# Dutch government email: keeping systems on government-owned servers instead of moving to Microsoft's cloud

DevFeed: [Dutch government email: keeping systems on government-owned servers instead of moving to Microsoft's cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/demissionair-de-cloud-in-denderen-doe-het-niet-36351.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/demissionair-de-cloud-in-denderen/>)

Published: 2025-06-07T18:42:36Z

Content type: opinion

Language: nl

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

Topics: [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>), [email](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/email.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/servers.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [email](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/email.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that the Dutch government should consider maintaining its email systems on government-owned servers when support for the current software ends on 14 October 2025. It describes Microsoft's promotion of migration to its US cloud and notes that nine ministries plan to acquire newer software to keep email on their own servers.

## Source excerpt

De hele korte versie: De kern van de Nederlandse overheid draait nu op eigen emailservers, in eigen beheer. Op 14 oktober 2025 verloopt de ondersteuning op de gebruikte software. Microsoft stimuleert sterk om dan alle email over te dragen aan de Amerikaanse cloud, met alle gevolgen van dien. Maar het is ook mogelijk (met wat moeite) om een nieuwe versie van de email software aan te schaffen, zoals 9 ministeries van plan zijn.