Coverage dated July 26, 2023

Three years after Slack complaint, European Commission opens formal Microsoft Teams probe

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Microsoft is officially back on the European Commission’s investigative agenda. European antitrust authorities opened a formal investigation Thursday into Microsoft’s bundling of Teams into Office 365 and Microsoft 365. The…

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  1. Geek Wire

    Three years after Slack complaint, European Commission opens formal Microsoft Teams probe (opens Geek Wire)

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    Microsoft is officially back on the European Commission’s investigative agenda. European antitrust authorities opened a formal investigation Thursday into Microsoft’s bundling of Teams into Office 365 and Microsoft 365. The…

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    EU investigates Microsoft over concerns bundling Teams with Office eliminates competition (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    The European Union has opened an antitrust investigation into Microsoft over concerns that bundling its Teams messaging and videoconferencing app with its Office productivity software gives it an unfair edge

  3. Engadget

    Microsoft faces an EU antitrust probe over its bundling of Teams (opens Engadget)

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    The investigation stems from Slack's 2020 complaint about Teams' inclusion in Microsoft 365..

  4. Wall Street Journal

    Microsoft Faces European Antitrust Investigation Over Bundling of Teams Software (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    The European Union opened an antitrust investigation into whether Microsoft is abusing its position by bundling its Teams videoconferencing app with its popular Office software.

  5. Deutsche Welle

    EU opens antitrust probe into Microsoft over Teams packaging – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The EU said it was concerned over Microsoft tying its Teams app to popular Office products, saying that could grant it "a distribution advantage by not giving customers the choice" to opt for other similar apps.

  6. Digital Journal

    EU opens antitrust probe into Microsoft over Teams (opens Digital Journal)

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    The EU Commission announced an antitrust probe into Microsoft bundling its Teams communications app with its popular Office suite.

  7. UPI

    EU launches antitrust probe of Microsoft into bundling of Teams with Office, Microsoft 365 (opens UPI)

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    The European Commission said Thursday it had launched an antitrust probe in to whether Microsoft's bundling of its Teams business chat app as part of its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 software packages breaches EU law.

  8. Fortune

    Microsoft is in serious EU antitrust trouble for the first time in a decade and a half (opens Fortune)

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    This time it's because of Teams, Microsoft's rival to workplace messaging app Slack.

  9. The Guardian

    EU opens antitrust inquiry into Microsoft’s Teams software (opens The Guardian)

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    European Commission says bundling of app with other products may be anti-competitive

  10. CNN

    Microsoft under European antitrust investigation over Teams (opens CNN)

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    European officials are investigating whether Microsoft’s practice of bundling its Teams software with Office 365 is anticompetitive, the European Commission said Thursday.

  11. Variety

    Microsoft Under EU Investigation on Possible Breach Of Competition Rules Over Teams After Slack Complaint (opens Variety)

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    The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to examine whether Microsoft may have breached EU competition rules by tying or bundling its communication and collaboration product Teams …

  12. FOX Business

    Microsoft faces antitrust investigation by European regulators over Teams, Office bundling (opens FOX Business)

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    Microsoft is under fire from European Union antitrust investigators over the software company’s bundling of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product.

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