The Netherlands is rolling its own software and services after U.S. sanctions took Microsoft off the table

What happened

And work is underway to bring it to fruition. From operating systems to office software and cloud services, a new system had to be devised and rolled out.

imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, it also meant that its chief prosecutor lost access to Microsoft services, forcing the Dutch government to make alternative plans. government imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, it also meant that its chief prosecutor lost access to Microsoft services, including email. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond.

It was then that the Dutch government decided that it was time to make plans that would reduce its reliance on software and services that were made or based in the United States. The result of that decision was DAWO, or Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid (Digital Autonomous Work Environment for Government in English).