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Sean Endicott

Microsoft accused of 'possibly abusive' practices by European Commission for bundling Teams and Microsoft 365

Microsoft Teams on Android.

What you need to know

  • The European Commission has shared its preliminary view with Microsoft that the tech giant has breached EU antitrust rules by bundling Microsoft Teams with Microsoft 365.
  • The Commission's view is that Microsoft relayed dominance in the productivity software space to restrict competition for communication and collaboration tools.
  • Microsoft started offering some suites of productivity software without Teams in July 2023, but the European Commission preliminarily found the changes to be "insufficient."
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