Cabinet Office terminates £9m Microsoft deal

But does not derail overall migration plans

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The Cabinet Office is a department supporting the PM and Cabinet
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The Cabinet Office is a department supporting the PM and Cabinet

The UK's Cabinet Office has terminated its £9 million contract with Microsoft, halting its migration away from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.

The termination, less than 10 months into its planned three-year term, was confirmed by the Cabinet Office through amendments made to a commercial notice. "Following the completion of the Discov...

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