The European Commission last year accused Microsoft of breaching competition rules with the „abusive“ bundling of its Teams and Office products.
The European Union on Friday said it has accepted commitments from Microsoft to unbundle its Teams workplace communication platform from its popular productivity apps.
The decision essentially exempts Microsoft from receiving a potentially hefty antitrust fine after the company was last year accused by the European Commission — the executive body of the EU — of breaching competition rules with the „abusive“ bundling of its Teams and Office products.
„With today’s decision, we make binding for seven years or more Microsoft’s commitments to put an end to its tying practices that may be preventing rivals from effectively competing with Teams“, Teresa Ribera, executive vice-president for clean, just and competitive transition, said in a statement.
