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Sean Endicott

Google claims Microsoft is being anticompetitive in the cloud

Microsoft Azure servers

What you need to know

  • Google recently claimed that Microsoft's cloud business is participating in anticompetitive practices.
  • The crux of the argument is that Microsoft allegedly uses the dominance of Office 365, Windows, and on-premise business to get businesses to use Azure through bundling.
  • Microsoft has agreed to make changes to appease multiple smaller cloud vendors in Europe, but Google claims the changes are not significant enough.
  • A separate EU antitrust complaint by CISPE is still ongoing against Microsoft.
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