France intends to make Visio the single video communication platform for all ministries and government agencies by 2027, gradually phasing out the use of non-European solutions, including Microsoft Teams and Zoom, according to a statement on the government’s digital development strategy website.
David Amiel, Minister Delegate for Civil Service and State Reform, said the goal of the transition is to “end the use of non-European solutions” and ensure the security and confidentiality of public electronic communications through a “sovereign tool.”
According to the report, Visio was developed by the Interministerial Directorate for Digital Technologies (DINUM) and already has about 40,000 regular users, with deployment continuing to reach 200,000 employees. Among the first organizations to switch to Visio in the first quarter of 2026 are the CNRS, Assurance Maladie, the DGFIP tax service, and the Ministry of the Armed Forces. The CNRS plans to replace its Zoom licenses by the end of March.
It is noted that the solution is being implemented with the support of ANSSI, hosted on the Outscale cloud infrastructure (Dassault Systèmes group), certified by SecNumCloud, and includes AI features—in particular, transcription using technology from French startup Pyannote, as well as real-time subtitling based on Kyutai’s developments, planned for summer 2026.
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. will provide its products for distance learning, according to the Ministry of Education and Science.
“The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Zoom Video Communications, Inc. have agreed to grant a license for the unified communication platform Zoom Education and Large Meetings applications for organizing distance learning in educational institutions of Ukraine,” the ministry’s press service said.
It is noted that Zoom will provide a sufficient number of licenses so that every school and institution of higher education in Ukraine can carry out educational programs online.
The agency says that as of today, nearly 800 schools have licensed access to use Zoom tools, allowing millions of applicants to start the 2022-2023 school year on time.
American Zoom Video Communications for the 2022-2023 academic year will provide free access to Zoom Meetings for Education software.
“This is very important during the war, when all education takes place online. Now some students are defending their theses in the trenches, protecting the state, and teachers are conducting lessons for schoolchildren directly from bomb shelters,” wrote Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Education and Science, in a letter to educational institutions published on the Osvita.ua portal, said that the extended access of Large Meeting allows participants in the educational process to record meetings, as well as conduct training sessions for 1000 participants at the same time.
Also, according to the Ministry of Education, educational institutions that have applied for advanced features of Google Workspace for Education will receive the corresponding update until August 2022.
