The departments’ claims primarily concern the inclusion of Teams in the Microsoft 365 office suite, and its distinctive pricing policy makes it difficult for the product to compete, making it difficult for users to switch to similar services. This also applies to Teams’ compatibility with similar products.
Microsoft’s attempts to reach a series of agreements with the European Commission to separate Teams from other products, including Microsoft 365, have failed. Now relations between Europe and Microsoft are heating up again. The company could face serious antitrust fines and the EU investigation is the latest development since the 2000s.
New legal actions are also possible. According to some sources, the amount of the fine could be $560 million or more.
Source: Ferra
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