Before the Danish government announced its move, Denmark's largest cities, Copenhagen and Aarhus, had already announced plans ...

Denmark's Ministry of Digital Affairs will move away from Microsoft services, including Windows and Office 365. The ministry will shift to Linux and LibreOffice as replacements, as reported by ...

The Danish Ministry for Digital Affairs will move half of its employees off Windows and Microsoft 365 next month as part of a four-year 'digital sovereignty' push.

Denmark wants out of Microsoft's grip, turning to Linux and LibreOffice for independence The Danish government is choosing open source over vendor lock-in and foreign tech control LibreOffice ...

Denmark's Ministry of Digitalisation has announced its decision to transition from Microsoft Office 365 to the open-source ...

Denmark is the most prominent example of the changes that are underway, with its Ministry of Digital Affairs set to phase out Windows and Office 365 by November 2025, replacing them with Linux and ...

Update 6/22/25: Politiken has amended its original story to report that the Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs is only phasing out Microsoft Office—Windows is here to stay, for the time being ...

The radical change is being hailed as a major step toward "digital sovereignty" and a signal of growing European resistance to reliance on US tech giants. The move came soon after Danish officials had ...

While using Linux and LibreOffice will save some money, Denmark's Ministry of Digital Affairs highlighted a different reason for the move: digital sovereignty. You may like Denmark is not ditching ...