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# Swiss Federal Chancellery launches programme to replace Microsoft 365 with open source
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-02-switzerland-federal-chancellery-opendesk-sovereign-workplace/
- Published: 2026-09-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:54:46.000Z
- Description: Switzerland's Federal Chancellery launched a programme to move about 3,000 federal employees off Microsoft 365 onto a sovereign open source office platform by end of 2027, budgeting CHF 9 million for the first phase, following the PoC BOSS feasibility study.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Swiss Federal Chancellery press release, 2 September 2026](https://www.admin.ch/de/newnsb/EgX1XHIfGtUN?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that the platform will replace Microsoft 365 across the whole federal administration, only an initial pilot cohort targeted by end of 2027.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, who operates, whose law governs. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 1 of 3 (small), Verified counts in full: weight +6 of 36 possible. Funded CHF9m programme moves 3,000 staff off MS365 to sovereign OSS; national pilot, not yet complete. [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 and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)