# Dutch government plans broad migration of workplace and document management to Microsoft 365

DevFeed: [Dutch government plans broad migration of workplace and document management to Microsoft 365](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/de-totale-keuze-voor-microsoft-36348.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/de-totale-keuze-voor-microsoft/>)

Published: 2024-10-18T14:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: nl

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>), [microsoft 365](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft-365.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [autonomie](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/autonomie.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [datacenters](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datacenters.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [microsoft-365](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft-365.md>), [nederlands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nederlands.md>), [overheid](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/overheid.md>), [public](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/public.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that nearly the entire Dutch national government, along with many municipalities and agencies, is moving workplace, document, and file management to Microsoft 365 and Microsoft's public cloud. It criticizes the concentration of government data and services with one US provider, citing legal, sovereignty, security, and outage concerns.

## Source excerpt

Eerder deze week verscheen het rapport van de Auditdienst Rijk en daar staat het helder in: het is zo "dat straks (bijna) de volledige Rijksoverheid gebruik maakt van MS 365". En voor de zekerheid, verderop staat: "Hiermee wordt de on-premises werkplek van de Rijksoverheid verplaatst naar de public cloud [van Microsoft]". Het gaat dus gebeuren, de totale migratie van onze overheid naar MS 365, op Microsoft servers in Microsoft datacenters.