Arapahoe County to accelerate migration off Google Cloud to avoid new Microsoft licensing costs
County IT presented a plan to bring servers back on premise ahead of the Google enterprise agreement to avoid an expected $230,000 licensing bill and to renegotiate or end a roughly $48,000-a-month Google subscription; commissioners gave informal approval to proceed to the Q2 budget review for asset reappropriation.
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Arapahoe County staff told commissioners they want to move county servers out of Google Cloud now rather than in 2027 to avoid sharply higher Microsoft licensing costs. Bridal Austin, the systems presenter, said the county can use fixed assets already planned for replacement to bring production and backup storage in-house and avoid an estimated $230,000 annual licensing charge.
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