As the ministry explains in its response, in the Dinum circular, it is clearly stated that "the deployment of Office 365 is prohibited in French administrations

As the ministry explains in its response, in the Dinum circular, it is clearly stated that "the deployment of Office 365 is prohibited in French administrations". The State's interministerial digital director has decided to intervene to protect the "sensitive data" held by several public officials. According to the circular published in 2021, it is written that data should no longer be hosted on Microsoft 365 cloud services, to protect it from a possible security breach or even misuse by US intelligence services.