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Can Nextcloud Office solve the Microsoft Office 365 issue?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 2025 the most popular Microsoft Office products fall out of support, including the most widely used Office versions: Microsoft Office 2016 and 2019. Microsoft’s recommendation? Move to their subscription-only Microsoft 365 offering which changes the scope of data privacy, access, and the financial relationship SME’s depend on \u2014 becoming subject to sudden price changes, like the previous up-to-25% price hikes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We believe there’s a need for a real alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clock is ticking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Currently more than 80% of small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) in Germany use Microsoft Office packages that will have reached end-of-life next year<\/a>, including Office 2016 and Office 2019. Essentially, „support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 will end on October 14, 2025 and there will be no extension and no extended security updates.“ states<\/a> Microsoft. Without an upgrade „you could expose yourself to serious and potentially harmful security risks.“ And\u2026 they’re right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why businesses hesitate with Microsoft 365<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft’s recommendation to move to Microsoft 365 carries significant implications for essential everyday office tools in enterprises. Data show that enterprises are hesitating to upgrade<\/a>, with market share of Office 2010, 2013, 2015 and 2019 remaining stable in the last 24 months. Why the hesitation to upgrade?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can think of a few reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The financial implications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The soon-to-expire versions of Microsoft Office follow the traditional licensing model, which SMEs expect and appreciate for it’s predictability. With Microsoft’s suggested move to Office 365, that model gets thrown away for the monthly subscription model with cloud services. Which leads us to question\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why does Big Tech love subscriptions?<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Price control: increased prices at any time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There’s an incentive to lock you into recurring pricing through subscriptions that cause price control: the ability for them to raise prices at any point, leaving SMEs at the mercy of their new subscription overlords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason this is so effective?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cancelling is painful: the vendor lock-in guarantee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Subscription models provide a perfect vendor lock-in scenario, creating this dependency and making it both difficult and costly to switch providers if the service does not meet expectations. Another step to this vendor lock-in includes the technical challenges associated with a massive migration from a subscription service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about my data privacy?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Is it acceptable that internal documents, Intellectual Property, and private communications are the new building blocks for Microsoft’s AI models?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving to Microsoft 365 drastically changes the expectations of data privacy, sovereignty, and transparency. With the suggestion to move the entire office suite to Microsoft’s cloud, your data may no longer be solely yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft’s Privacy Statement<\/a> even states „As part of our efforts to improve and develop our products, we may use your data to develop and train our AI models.“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the European Commission this year was found to infringe on its own EU data protection laws<\/a> through its use of Microsoft 365, which „failed [\u2026] to ensure that personal data transferred outside the EU are afforded an essentially equivalent level of protection as guaranteed in the EU.“<\/p>\n\n\n

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Webinar on Nextcloud Hub vs Microsoft 365: Choosing digital sovereignty for your organization<\/h2>

Discover in this on-demand webinar how Nextcloud Hub stacks up against Microsoft 365, offering greater flexibility, privacy and full compliance. Includes a features demo and a Q&A session.<\/p>\nWatch webinar now<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\n

Nextcloud Office: refreshing alternative to Microsoft technologies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nextcloud Office presents a migration path that addresses all of these Big Tech problems, from the grips of vendor lock-in to the critical data privacy concerns. It’s your ideal Microsoft 365 alternative!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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