Microsoft Bows To EU Competition Concerns, Unbundles Teams From Office
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Microsoft bundles Teams with its cloud-based Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites, which include its popular Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Excel programmes.
Microsoft will unbundle its Teams communications from its popular Office suite in an attempt to assuage EU antitrust concerns, the company said Thursday. The European Commission launched the investigation in July to see whether the US tech giant was "abusing and defending its market position" by bundling the software together.
If the commission probe finds against Microsoft, the company could face a hefty fine or other ordered remedies.
In a bid to address the concerns, Microsoft will unbundle Teams from its Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites in the European Economic Area and Switzerland from October 1, the company's vice president on European government affairs, Nanna-Louise Linde, said.
