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Exactly. For as long as you still control the DNS records then you could switch to a european provider within mere hours. It would likely cost 10%-20% more but that's it. The real kicker is Windows and Office licenses but likely companies would be greenlighted by their local governments to just pirate in these circumstances. And in the follow-up many would migrate to Linux so even a cut-off from security updates would mean an increased risk for a month or two until the move is complete. That's it.
This isn't just about Emails though. Companies that went to outlook and teams most likely pivoted to the MS cloud options like SharePoint and azure.
Sure there are alternatives available, but all data on there would be lost. Even with backups, it would take months to get another system running and properly migrate everything.
It's doable but sure it would cost. Our company last year migrated from AWS to Azure and it does take time to set everything up again for sure. But that is pretty much only relevant for tech companies. And while it might hinder and delay their development teams, for administration and management I feel it is indeed only emails and document storage. And some custom tools to fulfil local laws. But in europe that part anyway runs on SAP and european tools.
So basically you throw off your development schedule by some months and that's it. It's not for free but it likely wont tank the company or even the project.
Well, hard to "just pirate" office365, teams or sharepoint. European institutions sold their asses and the public sector is in the deepest pond
I mean there are frictions but web office and sharepoint could be changed for nextcloud+collabora and that is ready and commercially available, same for other services. Likely just a bit more expensive.
Piracy is how sanctioned countries like russia do it. I guess sanctions and killing all trade is painful, but I don't feel like software licenses are the decisive and most hurtful thing.