Microsoft is in trouble with the Eu over its popular
collaboration app teams and could face a big fine.
Antitrust regulators charged the US tech giant on Tuesday of
illegally bundling the product with its office software making it
hard for rivals to compete. They said the app
was given a distribution advantage while limitations preventing interactions between
team's competitors and Microsoft's offerings hurt rivals. They also
said recent moves to unbundle, the package were insufficient
and more needed to be done. The European Commission
warned Microsoft needed to make more changes to restore competition
. The move was triggered by a complaint four years
ago by a salesforce owned messaging app. Slack teams
was added to office 365 in 2017 for free and
replaced Skype for business. His popularity soared during the
pandemic due in part to its video conferencing. Microsoft
said it would work to find solutions. In April
. It separated teams from office globally to try to
resolve eu antitrust concerns. If the company was fined
, it would be the first such punishment in two
decades for Microsoft in Europe