It is a weird choice, especially considering how every computer assigned to an end user is a Windows Desktop, Especially Widnows 10 as of 2017 - https://www.army.mil/standto/archive/2016/05/10/
I can see how licensing for Office is "expensive" but this is the DoD so that should be the least concerning issue.
Training is touched in the PR, but, it is not 1:1, especially for excel spreadsheets with macros, pivot tables or integration to PowerBi, which again is Office 365. I doubt FPA/Accounting and such are going to move over to Google.
For tech, same ,I don't see it happening. I could see an excuse as "more secure" as the identity is entirely cloud based, and you don't need to label/track content via Azure AIP/DRM'ish and it's easily accessibly within google, but that is entirely possible on O365 after it's tuned for that. I also am curious about general mail routing and such, no more exchange? No more outlook? (Well, I guess you could use outlook via imap, but then again what's the point?)
This PR just has me asking more questions, especially since all of the options AFAIK for gsuite require an active internet connection and a modern/newer browser. The same org that uses Panasonic Toughbooks, is going to have a have to use an "offline" mode of gsuite.
This is almost certainly a proof of concept based on language in the PR. The Government should always keep a pulse on the market and be willing to buck the status quo. Office is the standard now, but GSuite could be so in 15 years.
God I hope not. GSuite is a resource hog, well almost any webapp is. Also, it makes it more insecure. It is always better to have native apps that work off-line than a webapp
Office can work in an airgapped environment, anything using Google Workspace can be compromised over the Internet. (I presume the Army is a big enough deal they could get a private network link to Google, but that still isn't an airgap.)
I can see how licensing for Office is "expensive" but this is the DoD so that should be the least concerning issue.
Training is touched in the PR, but, it is not 1:1, especially for excel spreadsheets with macros, pivot tables or integration to PowerBi, which again is Office 365. I doubt FPA/Accounting and such are going to move over to Google.
For tech, same ,I don't see it happening. I could see an excuse as "more secure" as the identity is entirely cloud based, and you don't need to label/track content via Azure AIP/DRM'ish and it's easily accessibly within google, but that is entirely possible on O365 after it's tuned for that. I also am curious about general mail routing and such, no more exchange? No more outlook? (Well, I guess you could use outlook via imap, but then again what's the point?)
This PR just has me asking more questions, especially since all of the options AFAIK for gsuite require an active internet connection and a modern/newer browser. The same org that uses Panasonic Toughbooks, is going to have a have to use an "offline" mode of gsuite.