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# Geneva's government approves shift of Microsoft 365 functions to US cloud
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-06-17-geneva-microsoft-365-cloud-deployment/
- Published: 2025-06-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:03:15.000Z
- Description: Geneva's Conseil d'Etat approved a progressive rollout of Microsoft 365 cloud functions hosted on US servers, reversing its earlier policy of keeping Microsoft tools on local infrastructure. The canton spends CHF 4.7 million a year on Microsoft licences.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [ictjournal.ch, 17 June 2025](https://www.ictjournal.ch/news/2025-06-17/letat-de-geneve-amorce-un-deploiement-progressif-de-microsoft-365-dans-le-cloud?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish the final migration scope or headcount affected; the Green party has since demanded a disengagement plan.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-20\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)