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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 09/14/2025 11:34 EDT

Microsoft Escapes EU Competition Probe by Unbundling Teams for Seven Years, Opening API

TechCrunch reports:

Thanks to a pledge to unbundle its corporate messaging app Teams from its productivity suites, Microsoft has managed to slip unscathed through a major antitrust investigation by the European Commission that could have resulted in massive fines for the tech giant.

The Commission on Friday okayed Microsoft's concessions to address the EU's competition concerns over the company including Teams along with the rest of its Office productivity suite for free, concluding a multi-year investig

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