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For the OS and Office I know the equivalents, but what about GUI driven MDM, cloud MDM and directory services? Cloud storage and online document editing. I’m sure something exists but I couldn’t name those solutions currently.
So if you had to build a cloud only equivalent to Microsoft 365 setup based on FOSS / European software alternatives, what would it look like?
I only ask as for companies to adopt this setup over Microsoft or Google work space it’s going to have to offer the same feature set and level of integration between components. But also have a path for less experienced IT teams to manage it. Otherwise it’s a much harder sell.
Another poster mentioned Next cloud, which I had heard of as an alternative to personal OneDrive via my tinkering with dietpi, it does look pretty fleshed out for enterprise also. But obviously for corporations, they will want tools for enterprise level device management, data protection across devices and cloud, etc so just wondered who is offering those solutions currently.
Authentik and Nextcloud using LDAP and SAML 2.0 is my approach
Edit: Haha, just saw that you mentioned Nextcloud in your post yourself
In my view, the authentik x Nextcloud is more than adequate for most companies. The real issue is usually cultural: a reluctance to refactor and a preference for migrating legacy setups rather than rebuilding them properly. It reflects the familiar “don’t change a running system” mentality. As a result, corporate IT grows unnecessarily complex, driven by managers who continually modify or extend outdated systems instead of adopting simpler, more suitable solutions.
The Microsoft stack itself is being replaced.
For the OS and Office I know the equivalents, but what about GUI driven MDM, cloud MDM and directory services? Cloud storage and online document editing. I’m sure something exists but I couldn’t name those solutions currently.
There are plenty of options for MDM and directory services and cloud storage and online document editing has a million alternatives.
So if you had to build a cloud only equivalent to Microsoft 365 setup based on FOSS / European software alternatives, what would it look like?
I only ask as for companies to adopt this setup over Microsoft or Google work space it’s going to have to offer the same feature set and level of integration between components. But also have a path for less experienced IT teams to manage it. Otherwise it’s a much harder sell.
Another poster mentioned Next cloud, which I had heard of as an alternative to personal OneDrive via my tinkering with dietpi, it does look pretty fleshed out for enterprise also. But obviously for corporations, they will want tools for enterprise level device management, data protection across devices and cloud, etc so just wondered who is offering those solutions currently.
Authentik and Nextcloud using LDAP and SAML 2.0 is my approach
Edit: Haha, just saw that you mentioned Nextcloud in your post yourself
In my view, the authentik x Nextcloud is more than adequate for most companies. The real issue is usually cultural: a reluctance to refactor and a preference for migrating legacy setups rather than rebuilding them properly. It reflects the familiar “don’t change a running system” mentality. As a result, corporate IT grows unnecessarily complex, driven by managers who continually modify or extend outdated systems instead of adopting simpler, more suitable solutions.