Digital Sovereignty
The latest Digital Sovereignty coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Copilot Faces ACCC Scrutiny: Bundling Concerns & Open Source Alternatives Rise
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission's (ACCC) lawsuit against Microsoft over its integration of Copilot into Microsoft 365 has ignited a global conversation that extends far beyond...
Microsoft Copilot Outage Exposes Cloud Vulnerabilities Amid Geopolitical Tensions
Microsoft's Copilot service experienced a significant region-wide disruption this week, leaving users across the United Kingdom and parts of Europe without access to AI assistance for several hours....
Linux Adoption Surges as Windows 10 End of Support Drives Mass Migration
The quiet exodus away from Windows that accelerated through 2025 is no longer a fringe narrative: a combination of lifecycle deadlines, hardware gating, improved Linux usability, and geopolitical...
EU May Regulate AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Under DMA: What It Means
The European Commission is actively considering expanding the scope of its landmark Digital Markets Act to include cloud infrastructure services, potentially subjecting Amazon Web Services, Microsoft...
ICC Dumps Microsoft Office for Open Source in Major Digital Sovereignty Move
The International Criminal Court's landmark decision to abandon Microsoft Office in favor of European open-source alternatives represents a seismic shift in government technology procurement that...
Microsoft Launches In-Country AI Processing for Germany, France, Switzerland
Microsoft is significantly expanding its digital sovereignty capabilities across Europe, launching new in-country AI processing solutions that promise to keep sensitive data within national borders...
ICC Drops Microsoft for OpenDesk in Major Digital Sovereignty Move
The International Criminal Court has initiated a strategic shift away from Microsoft Office to OpenDesk, a European open-source office and collaboration platform, marking a significant milestone in...
Azure Front Door Outage Exposes Critical Cloud Dependence Risks for Businesses
The cloud infrastructure that powers much of Europe's digital economy experienced another significant disruption this week when a configuration error in Microsoft's Azure Front Door service caused...
German State's 40K Mailbox Migration to Open Source: Complete Analysis
In a landmark move for European digital sovereignty, the German state of Schleswig-Holstein has successfully migrated over 40,000 mailboxes containing well over 100 million email and calendar items...
India's Digital Sovereignty Push: Building Indigenous Tech Stack to Counter Foreign Dominance
India's strategic moment for a homegrown \"critical digital stack\" is no longer academic—it is urgent, practical and already unfolding at pace across government, industry and the startup...
Defence Ran ‘Mission-Critical’ Apps on U.S. Cloud, Shelling Out $1.3B Since 2021
Ottawa has spent almost $1.3 billion on cloud services from American tech giants since 2021, newly tabled government documents reveal. The Department of National Defence (DND) acknowledged that some...
Microsoft’s Refinery Service Suspension Exposes India’s Critical Tech Dependency, Triggers Sovereignty Push
When Microsoft cut off email and collaboration tools to Nayara Energy last summer, it didn’t just disrupt a single refinery—it exposed a gaping vulnerability in India’s digital backbone. The...