Comparison

Noveu alongside MijnBureau and DAWO

The Dutch government is building its own sovereign workplace (source 1). Your data and backups are stored in a Hetzner data centre in Falkenstein (Germany). Cloudflare (US) sits at the edge of the network. Available on request, in a pilot of 30 days.

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What the government is building itself

In July 2026, three ICT service providers of the central government received a joint assignment: SSC-ICT, DICTU and DUO-ICT. Together they are developing a sovereign digital working environment for the central government. In doing so, they build on MijnBureau and DAWO. (source 1)

The aim is to depend less on a small number of large technology suppliers. For that, the central government chooses open source, and stores data as much as possible in its own data centres or with sovereign European cloud solutions. (source 1, 2)

Municipalities are taking part too. Four municipalities are testing a Linux workplace with MijnBureau, together with the VNG (the Association of Netherlands Municipalities), BZK and SSC-ICT. That pilot runs until the end of 2026. (source 3, 4)

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The offerings side by side

Per topic, what each offering is. About MijnBureau and DAWO, this page only states what the sources below say, with the number of the source alongside.

Noveu, MijnBureau and DAWO per topic
Topic	Noveu	MijnBureau	DAWO
What it is	A workplace that we host and maintain, with business email, calendar, contacts, documents, files and notes.	An open-source environment for working together with, among other things, components from the French La Suite and the German openDesk. It is the Dutch version of a European suite that is being developed together with France and Germany. (source 2, 3)	The Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid (Digitally Autonomous Working Environment for Government): an existing initiative on which SSC-ICT, DICTU and DUO-ICT will jointly build. In the municipal pilot, the working environment, a Linux workplace with MijnBureau, runs on DAWO. (source 1, 3, 4)
Who it is for	Organisations that want to switch: municipalities, healthcare, education, implementing agencies, suppliers to the government and SMEs.	The government. The central government is building on it for its own working environment, and municipalities are testing it in a pilot. (source 1, 3)	The government. The central government is building on it for its own working environment, and in the municipal pilot the workplace runs on DAWO. (source 1, 3, 4)
Who builds it	Noveu Solutions, a Dutch company.	The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), under the direction of Open BSW, an open-source project of the government-wide programme Beter Samen Werken (Working Better Together). (source 2, 3)	SSC-ICT. In July 2026, SSC-ICT, DICTU and DUO-ICT were tasked by the ICBR, the committee that steers the operations of the central government, with building on it together. (source 1, 2, 4)
When available	Available on request, in a pilot of 30 days. Live: email, calendar, contacts, files, documents and notes.	Pilot phase according to its own source. The pilot with four municipalities runs until the end of 2026. The pilot also has to show which municipal employees can be the first to use it in production. (source 3, 4)	Pilot phase according to its own source. A first version is being tested in the same municipal pilot, which runs until the end of 2026. (source 3, 4)
Where your data is stored	In a Hetzner data centre in Falkenstein (Germany), and the backups too. Cloudflare (US) handles the edge of the network.	For the working environment of the central government: as much as possible in the government's own data centres, or with strictly controlled, sovereign European cloud solutions. (source 2)	For the working environment of the central government: as much as possible in the government's own data centres, or with strictly controlled, sovereign European cloud solutions. (source 2)
Open standards	Email through IMAP and SMTP, calendar and contacts through CalDAV and CardDAV, sign-in through OpenID Connect. You export documents as PDF or DOCX, and your calendar as .ics.	Open source. The central government is focusing on open-source technology to prevent vendor lock-in. (source 2, 3)	Open source, with a Linux workplace in the pilot. The central government is focusing on open-source technology to prevent vendor lock-in. (source 2, 4)

What it is

Noveu: A workplace that we host and maintain, with business email, calendar, contacts, documents, files and notes.
MijnBureau: An open-source environment for working together with, among other things, components from the French La Suite and the German openDesk. It is the Dutch version of a European suite that is being developed together with France and Germany. (source 2, 3)
DAWO: The Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid (Digitally Autonomous Working Environment for Government): an existing initiative on which SSC-ICT, DICTU and DUO-ICT will jointly build. In the municipal pilot, the working environment, a Linux workplace with MijnBureau, runs on DAWO. (source 1, 3, 4)

Who it is for

Noveu: Organisations that want to switch: municipalities, healthcare, education, implementing agencies, suppliers to the government and SMEs.
MijnBureau: The government. The central government is building on it for its own working environment, and municipalities are testing it in a pilot. (source 1, 3)
DAWO: The government. The central government is building on it for its own working environment, and in the municipal pilot the workplace runs on DAWO. (source 1, 3, 4)

Who builds it

Noveu: Noveu Solutions, a Dutch company.
MijnBureau: The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), under the direction of Open BSW, an open-source project of the government-wide programme Beter Samen Werken (Working Better Together). (source 2, 3)
DAWO: SSC-ICT. In July 2026, SSC-ICT, DICTU and DUO-ICT were tasked by the ICBR, the committee that steers the operations of the central government, with building on it together. (source 1, 2, 4)

When available

Noveu: Available on request, in a pilot of 30 days. Live: email, calendar, contacts, files, documents and notes.
MijnBureau: Pilot phase according to its own source. The pilot with four municipalities runs until the end of 2026. The pilot also has to show which municipal employees can be the first to use it in production. (source 3, 4)
DAWO: Pilot phase according to its own source. A first version is being tested in the same municipal pilot, which runs until the end of 2026. (source 3, 4)

Where your data is stored

Noveu: In a Hetzner data centre in Falkenstein (Germany), and the backups too. Cloudflare (US) handles the edge of the network.
MijnBureau: For the working environment of the central government: as much as possible in the government's own data centres, or with strictly controlled, sovereign European cloud solutions. (source 2)
DAWO: For the working environment of the central government: as much as possible in the government's own data centres, or with strictly controlled, sovereign European cloud solutions. (source 2)

Open standards

Noveu: Email through IMAP and SMTP, calendar and contacts through CalDAV and CardDAV, sign-in through OpenID Connect. You export documents as PDF or DOCX, and your calendar as .ics.
MijnBureau: Open source. The central government is focusing on open-source technology to prevent vendor lock-in. (source 2, 3)
DAWO: Open source, with a Linux workplace in the pilot. The central government is focusing on open-source technology to prevent vendor lock-in. (source 2, 4)

Sources, consulted on 30 September 2026 (all in Dutch)

SSC-ICT, 6 August 2026: SSC-ICT, DICTU en DUO-ICT samen aan de slag voor een Soevereine Digitale Werkomgeving
Computable, 7 August 2026: SSC-ICT, Dictu en DUO bouwen samen aan soevereine digitale werkomgeving
Digitale Overheid (NDS), 3 April 2026: Gemeenten verkennen autonome digitale werkomgeving
VNG, 2 April 2026: Gemeenten testen autonome digitale werkplek

What Noveu does for you today

Available on request

Email, calendar, documents and files are live. You request a pilot of 30 days, and we set up your workplace for you personally.

No servers of your own needed

We host, maintain and update the platform. Your team signs in and gets to work.

Primarily European

Your data and backups are stored in a Hetzner data centre in Falkenstein. Cloudflare (US) handles the edge of the network. Noveu is a Dutch company.

Open protocols, no long-term contract

Email works through IMAP and SMTP, calendar and contacts through CalDAV and CardDAV. Documents go out as PDF or DOCX, your calendar as .ics. You cancel your subscription at the end of the month.

Switching, in both directions

How you move your email, documents and other data.

To Noveu

We move your mailboxes over from Microsoft 365, through IMAP.
You import your address book from vCard or CSV.
You import an existing Word file (.docx) into Documents.

From Noveu to another environment

You retrieve your email through IMAP and copy it to your new environment.
You export documents as PDF or DOCX.
You export your calendar as .ics.
You download your files.
After your subscription ends, we deliver your contacts and messages on request within 30 days.

PageChoosing a sovereign workplace: seven questions up front (in Dutch)What to ask before you choose a working environment.
PageNoveu for municipalities, healthcare and education (in Dutch)The workplace as a service for the public sector.
PageNoveu compared with Microsoft 365Per topic, how Noveu and Microsoft 365 differ.

Questions we often get

Should we wait for MijnBureau or DAWO?: That depends on who you are. The central government is building a working environment for itself, and the pilot with municipalities runs until the end of 2026. If you want to get started yourself, you request a pilot of 30 days from Noveu. The pilot has a fixed end date, which is set at the start. After the pilot you move to a paid subscription, or you request an export of your data. (source 1, 3)
Can we still move to the government's working environment later?: Yes. Your subscription runs per month. You retrieve your email through IMAP, export documents as PDF or DOCX and your calendar as .ics. You download your files. After your subscription ends, we deliver contacts and messages on request within 30 days.
What does Noveu cost?: The rates per month are on the pricing page.

Pilot

Try Noveu with your own team

You use Noveu for 30 days.
The pilot has a fixed end date, which is set at the start.
It is for a team of at most 25 users.
After the pilot you move to a paid subscription, or you request an export of your data.

You request the pilot through the access form. Mention in your message that it is about a pilot. After that, one of us gets in touch with you to set up your workplace.

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