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Monopoly Abuse by Microsoft Still Ongoing

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 01, 2023

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Official: Microsoft unbundles Teams in Europe

↺ Official: Microsoft unbundles Teams in Europe

> Microsoft has blinked first in its dispute with the EU over bundling Teams with Microsoft 365 and Office 365, and will now allow European customers to buy the two software suites without it. It also pledged to make it easier for rival meeting tools to work with the two suites.

Microsoft to unbundle Teams from Office in Europe amid antitrust probe

↺ Microsoft to unbundle Teams from Office in Europe amid antitrust probe

> Microsoft currently sells Teams as part of its Microsoft 365 software bundle, which includes the Office productivity suite. Three years ago, Salesforce Inc.’s Slack unit filed a complaint over the practice in the European Union. Germany-based videoconferencing provider Alfaview submitted a similar complaint in early July.

> The concerns raised by Microsoft’s rivals prompted the European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, to launch an antitrust probe into the matter. The commission believes that the fact Teams is bundled with Office may give the former service an unfair “distribution advantage” over competitors.

Microsoft to unbundle Teams from Office in bid to allay EU antitrust concerns

↺ Microsoft to unbundle Teams from Office in bid to allay EU antitrust concerns

> Microsoft's preliminary concessions failed to address concerns.

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