The European Commission announced an antitrust investigation into Microsoft over the bundling of Teams with its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 productivity suites. The inquiry follows a 2020 complaint by Slack Technologies and a second complaint filed in July 2023 by German rival Alfaview.
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In a press statement on 27 July, the European Commission expressed concern over Microsoft potentially granting Teams a distribution advantage by not allowing customers the option to exclude access to the product when subscribing to their productivity suites.
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In July 2023, Microsoft’s German competitor, Alfaview, added a second EU antitrust complaint against the company.
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