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open-xchange
About this tag
The Open-Xchange tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the open-source collaboration suite, particularly its use in large-scale migrations away from proprietary platforms. Recent threads highlight the German state of Schleswig-Holstein's migration of over 40,000 mailboxes from Microsoft Exchange to Open-Xchange, paired with Mozilla Thunderbird as the client. This move is part of a broader government strategy to achieve digital sovereignty by replacing Microsoft software with open-source alternatives. Topics include the technical challenges of migrating email and calendar items, the role of Open-Xchange in public-sector IT, and the implications for enterprise collaboration. The tag is relevant for IT professionals and decision-makers evaluating open-source groupware solutions.
Schleswig‑Holstein’s IT team has completed a large‑scale migration that severs a major public‑sector dependency on Microsoft: more than 40,000 mailboxes and well over 100 million email and calendar items were moved off Microsoft Exchange and the Outlook client onto an Open‑Xchange backend and...
In one of the most consequential shifts in public sector IT policy of recent years, the German state of Schleswig-Holstein has initiated an unprecedented government-wide migration away from Microsoft software, targeting every desktop and digital process used by civil servants, police, and the...
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