Millions of people using Windows 10 are facing a tough choice. Microsoft plans to stop offering security updates for the system, leaving countless computers vulnerable. For many, upgrading to Windows 11 simply isn’t an option because their hardware isn’t new enough. This situation is pushing users to look for alternatives. But here’s a fresh twist […]
I think you should be good. If I only had some office people, it would make it a lot easier. But we have a lot of engineers who require specific CAD products (Catia, autoCAD) which would make it difficult, as well as we are completely locked into the Microsoft eco system (M365, MSSQL, Azure). Not even saying it wouldn’t be possible for most users, but it would be a massive undertaking (we have around 2000 users in 20 different locations) and I just don’t see us getting any type of support for this kind of project. Not in the least because we only jist migrated from on-prem to M365 cloud which was a multi-year project.
We are starting to use Linux more in the server space (Ubuntu and for some applications like Abaqus we will use RHEL) and I’m drafting a proposal to start switching certain databases to Postgresql to save on license costs, but that’s about it.