Microsoft is just completely pathetic, it's become completely opposite of what companies want and it wouldn't surprise me if it becomes politics soon to switch to Linux on office spaces.
office 365 is the only thing stopping people from switching to linux as the only current alternative is ironically chromeos (android office) and macos (fully supported by microsoft)
Most tasks are done OK with the web version of office365 tools and I know a few companies who do not bother to pay the licence to install the full suite to all their workers so that should make them easy to switch.
I think there is more to it: IT desktop admins mostly trained on the microsoft ecosystem, GPOs, etc.
> I think there is more to it: IT desktop admins mostly trained on the microsoft ecosystem, GPOs, etc.
Compliance checkboxes. That is the true strength of Microsoft - in 365 you are pretty much compliant with everything out of the box or you at least get the tools and reports to achieve compliance, and even the stuff where compliance is questionable (i.e. GDPR), no one will bother you as an individual company too much because any court would throw that charge out for being unreasonable.
"No one ever got fired for buying IBM" is just as valid today, it's just Microsoft. If you are a large company, there is virtually no alternative than the unholy triumvirate of Microsoft (Azure, AD, O365), SAP and Oracle (Java + DB) - deviating from that means lots of paperwork.
But for now, with big enterprise office requirement, macOS is the next best refuge for most companies.