Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is deploying Nextcloud across state and municipal administrations for more than 50K public employees, replacing Microsoft SharePoint after an initial migration of 5K users completed without data loss.The platform runs under the GNU AGPLv3 license so officials can audit and modify code, will add chat and videoconferencing and pairs with OpenProject and Euro-Office while the state develops an AI assistant called LEA on OpenWebUI using European models Mistral and Tilde instead of US providers.Finance and Digitalization Minister
Heiko Geue and Chief Information Officer
Marco Anschütz cite digital sovereignty and projected licensing savings, confirm a cooperation agreement with Schleswig-Holstein, and
Nextcloud Chief Executive Officer
Frank Karlitschek says the adoption demonstrates open-source readiness for public deployment.