https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/25/office_2019_server_preview/ > Microsoft threw a commercial preview bone to cloud-phobes* this week in the form of on-premises versions of its Server and Office applications. > While the software giant really, really wants its customers snugly ensconced in the loving embrace of Office 365, realists within Redmond Towers accept that a large portion of their customers would rather keep their data firmly within their own data centres.