Microsoft will now let customers worldwide buy Office without Teams, following EU antitrust concerns | CNN Business

Washington CNN  — 

Microsoft will no longer sell its Teams collaboration software as a bundled product with its Office 365 suite anywhere in the world, the company said Monday, in the face of antitrust concerns.

The decision to separate Teams from Office globally extends a previous announcement last year affecting only the European Union. And it comes after rivals such as Salesforce’s Slack complained in 2020 that Microsoft’s practices were a form of anticompetitive self-dealing.

Slack’s complaint led to a European Commission antitrust investigation of Microsoft that is still ongoing.

Monday’s announcement appears aimed at allaying some

→ Continue reading at CNN - Business News

More from author

Related posts

Advertisment

Latest posts

United Airlines asks pilots to take voluntary unpaid leave because of Boeing delivery delay | CNN Business

New York CNN  —  United Airlines is asking its pilots to take voluntary unpaid leave in May because of...

This One Thing Is the Secret to Higher Email Open Rates

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. By next year, people around the world will send and receive 376 billion emails...

Half a million California fast food workers will now earn $20 per hour | CNN Business

CNN  —  As of Monday, about half a million fast food workers in California are making at least...