Several European governments and organizations have decided to drop Microsoft products like Office or Windows in favor of open-source equivalents. Here's why.

Microsoft Sovereign Cloud, the umbrella under which all the new solutions fall, gives organizations in Europe more control ...

Microsoft has announced new ‘sovereign cloud’ services for Europe in response to regulations and concerns about control, ...

German state of Schleswig-Holstein also turns its back on Microsoft as Europeans fear being ‘blackmailed’ by Big Tech ...

Plans to go open-source were drawn up by Schleswig-Holstein as far back as 2017. In 2021, the state found another incentive ...

Microsoft Office is being banned from government systems in some European countries, including Germany, to maintain data ...

The radical change is being hailed as a major step toward "digital sovereignty" and a signal of growing European resistance ...

Denmark wants out of Microsoft's grip, turning to Linux and LibreOffice for independence The Danish government is choosing ...

Denmark is replacing Office 365 and Windows with Linux and LibreOffice in a move toward digital independence and data control ...

Germany announced an ambitious plan to migrate approximately 30,000 computers across various public institutions from ...

German state Schleswig-Holstein is phasing out the use of Microsoft products in favour of open source alternatives.