EC Approves Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)’s Commitments Over Teams Integration Concerns

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is among the 15 Stocks ChatGPT Predicts Could Make You Wealthy in 5 Years. Last week, the European Commission (EC) accepted the company’s proposed commitments to address EU competition concerns related to the integration of Teams with M365 and Office 365 suites.

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The commitments, which will be legally binding under the EU antitrust rules, address the EC’s concerns on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s practice of bundling Teams with its widely used applications, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

This had resulted in concerns about whether the practice potentially violated the EU’s competition rules by preventing rival communication and collaboration from competing.

Under the commitments, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has agreed to provide versions of these suites without Teams and at a reduced price, and allow customers with long-term licenses to switch to suites without Teams.

Moreover, the company will offer interoperability between its products and competing communication and collaboration tools, and allow customers to shift their data out of Teams to other platforms.

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