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'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft (us.afpnews.com)

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At a time of growing concern over the power of the world's mighty tech companies, one German state is turning its back on US giant Microsoft.

In less than three months' time, almost no civil servant, police officer or judge in Schleswig-Holstein will be using any of Microsoft's ubiquitous programs at work.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It doesn't say, but seems to be an ad-hoc solution.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This process started in 2021 already.

They will use GNU/Linux, LibreOffice, Nextcloud, Open Xchange (OX), Thunderbird and Univention AD-Connector.

https://www.computerwoche.de/article/2833398/schleswig-holstein-verabschiedet-sich-von-microsoft.html

https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/themen/digitalisierung/linux-plus1/Projekt

this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2025

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