European Union regulators have accepted Microsoft's proposed changes to its Teams app to resolve an antitrust investigation.
Full ScreenFILE - The logo of Microsoft is seen outside its French headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, on May 13, 2024. European Union flags flap in the wind outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept.
3, 2025. FILE - The logo of Microsoft is seen outside its French headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, on May 13, 2024. to Teams, resolving a long-running antitrust investigation that targeted the company's messaging and videoconferencing app. The European Commission said in a statement Friday that Microsoft's final commitments to unbundle Teams from its Office software suite, including further tweaks following a market test in May and June, are enough to satisfy competition concerns.The legally binding commitments will remain in force for up to 10 years and allow the company to avoid a potentially hefty fine. “We appreciate the dialogue with the Commission that led to this agreement, and we turn now to implementing these new obligations promptly and fully,” Microsoft's vice president of European government affairs, Nanna-Louise Linde, said in a statement.of “possibly abusive” practices after an investigation, saying that it was tying the Teams app to its widely used Office business software suite, which includes Word, Excel and Outlook. Slack, now owned by Salesforce, makes popular workplace messaging software. Microsoft responded by proposing to make its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 software packages available at a discount without Teams, and to let customers switch to packages without Teams. The company also promised to make it easier for rival software to work with Teams and for users to move their data to competing products. “Today’s decision therefore opens up competition in this crucial market, and ensures that businesses can freely choose the communication and collaboration product that best suits their needs,” said Teresa Ribera, the European Commission’s executive vice-president overseeing competition affairs.fined Google nearly 3 billion euros because its ad-tech business breached competition rules, prompting President Donald Trump to threaten retaliation. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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