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Microsoft Facing Formal EU Complaint Over Teams Video App
- Microsoft’s proposal to unbundle Teams faces opposition
- Case is one of growing list of Microsoft antitrust spats
Microsoft recently proposed to split its Teams app from a broader business software package.
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Microsoft Corp.’s attempt at avoiding deeper European Union scrutiny of its Teams video-conferencing app fell flat with the bloc’s antitrust enforcers readying a formal complaint against the firm’s conduct.
Microsoft’s recent proposal to split its Teams from a broader business software package and sell it to customers separately with an annual discount wasn’t enough to satisfy regulators’ concerns, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity.