French Government Ditches Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex and GoTo In Favour Of Sovereign ‘Visio’ Meeting Platform

The French Government will expand its use of Visio, a sovereign and secure video conferencing tool, across the public sector in a move aimed at reducing reliance on non-European software platforms.

Minister Delegate for Public Service and State Reform, David Amiel, confirmed the rollout during a site visit to the CNRS I2BC research facility in Île-de-France. He said Visio would become the unified communications platform for all French Government agents by 2027.

The decision follows a year-long trial and forms part of France’s digital sovereignty strategy.

Transition Away From External Tools

Many public agencies currently use a mix of platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex and GoTo Meeting. Officials said this diversity of tools introduces security risks, creates interoperability issues between departments and generates unnecessary costs.

The government said Visio will replace these tools with a standardised, French-developed platform supported by national infrastructure.

“This project is the concrete illustration of the Prime Minister and Government’s ambition to regain our digital independence,” Amiel said.

“We cannot risk exposing our scientific exchanges, sensitive data or strategic innovations to non-European platforms.”

CNRS And Major Agencies Among First Adopters

Visio is already in use by around 40,000 regular users and is currently being rolled out to a further 200,000 public servants.

The CNRS, France’s national scientific research body, will replace all Zoom licences with Visio by the end of March, covering 34,000 internal staff and 120,000 researchers associated with its labs.

Other departments joining the rollout in early 2026 include the Ministry of Armed Forces, Assurance Maladie and the Directorate General of Public Finances (DGFiP).

Hosted Locally, Backed By ANSSI

The platform has been developed by DINUM, the Interministerial Directorate for Digital, in collaboration with ANSSI, France’s cybersecurity agency.

Visio is hosted on Outscale infrastructure, a Dassault Systèmes subsidiary certified under France’s SecNumCloud standard. The system includes automatic meeting transcription using French startup Pyannote’s speaker separation models.

Real-time subtitles will also be introduced by mid-2026 using speech processing technology from the French AI research lab Kyutai.

Savings Of €1 Million Per 100,000 Users

Officials say the transition to Visio will save an estimated €1 million each year for every 100,000 users who move off licensed commercial software.

Last Updated on January 27, 2026 by Nick Ross