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Geneva's government approves shift of Microsoft 365 functions to US cloud

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.

Reported Editor-read ictjournal.ch, 17 June 2025

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

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