GoFAST in the spotlight in the SeRViR Alumni ENA-INSP magazine
Our GoFAST solution is featured in the SeRViR Alumni ENA-INSP magazine (No. 544, March–April 2026), through an interview with our president-founder, Christopher Potter. In this exchange entitled « From principles to action », he highlights a strategic challenge for public sector stakeholders: moving from declarative digital sovereignty to concrete and operational actions.
A growing trend in the public sector
For several years, public administrations have been accelerating their transition toward sovereign solutions, driven by growing concerns around security, data control, and cost reduction. This trend has been reinforced by the increase in cyber threats, constraints linked to extraterritorial regulations such as the Cloud Act, as well as the evolution of business models from major US software vendors.
The interview also highlights a broader trend: the desire to regain control over critical infrastructure, particularly through On-Premise approaches or dedicated SaaS hosted in European-owned data centers, as an alternative to imposed SaaS solutions subject to extraterritorial laws.
July 2026: SharePoint Server end of support, a warning signal for IT departments
The timeline makes this reflection particularly urgent. SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 reach their official end of support on July 14, 2026. More broadly, Microsoft announced in early 2026 the gradual withdrawal of SharePoint Online standalone plans (P1/P2), with a sales shutdown scheduled for June 2026, forcing organizations to migrate to the full Microsoft 365 suite, which is more expensive and fully hosted in the US cloud.
This dual movement—the end of support for on-premise versions and the disappearance of standalone SharePoint plans—creates a “squeeze effect” for many public administrations and local authorities: they find themselves forced to move to a more expensive US SaaS offering, poorly suited to high-volume document environments, and above all incompatible with the “Cloud First” circular (No. 6282/SG) as well as with the sovereignty requirements embedded in their IS security policies (PSSI).
Why GoFAST is the natural alternative to SharePoint
GoFAST was designed from the outset as a sovereign collaboration and document management platform, capable of replacing not only SharePoint, but the entire Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Teams, Office, and soon Exchange/Outlook with GoFAST Mail in 2026).
Several strengths differentiate GoFAST in the SharePoint replacement market:
- A true DMS at the core of the product: GoFAST is based on Alfresco, considered the most serious open-source alternative to SharePoint in the DMS market, enriched with best-of-breed open-source components (Bonita for BPM, OnlyOffice for document co-editing, Element/Matrix for chat, Jitsi Meet for video conferencing). More than 11,000 integration days have been invested to deliver a unified experience.
- End-to-end sovereignty: On-Premise deployment or dedicated SaaS hosted in European-owned data centers (3DS Outscale SecNumCloud, OVHcloud, NumSpot). No exposure to extraterritorial laws. Compliant with the “Cloud First” circular, ANSSI requirements, and the SecNumCloud framework.
- Proven migration expertise: CEO-Vision has supported complex SharePoint migrations for leading organizations: Department of Haute-Savoie (1M+ documents, including finance with SEDIT integration), City of Nanterre (1,700 users migrated in under 3 months), a financial market regulator (4 SharePoint systems + e-signature + classified documents), as well as migrations from Teams, file servers, and legacy DMS systems.
- Advanced security and classification: fine-grained access control by workspace, document classification from C0 to C3 / EUCS / TLP, prevention of sensitive document extraction, secure link sharing without attachments, GDPR compliance facilitated by metadata.
- Full interoperability: Open APIs (REST, CMIS, WebDAV), integration with existing IT systems (AD/LDAP, SSO, business applications), open standards ensuring reversibility, source code available on GitHub.
- A controlled economic model: per-user subscription including technology watch, security (hotfix), monitoring, maintenance, major updates, and user support, with no hidden costs.
Successful migrations in just a few months
As Christopher Potter states in the interview: « Our expertise is based on real and complete migrations away from Microsoft, including from SharePoint, file servers and soon Exchange. […] There is no need to be afraid of taking action: full migrations have been successfully completed in just a few months. »
Among the organizations trusting GoFAST for their digital sovereignty: AIFE/French Ministry of Finance, Department of Haute-Savoie, City of Nanterre, French National Police (Police Academy), EUDA (European Union Drugs Agency), University of Le Mans, Occitanie Region, French Senate, Ministry of the Interior, and many others.