Microsoft Risks EU Fine After Antitrust Warning Over Teams
- EU says US company’s practice protected its market dominance
- Microsoft’s Smith says the company will work to find solutions
The Microsoft Teams app.
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Microsoft Corp. risks a hefty European Union fine after regulators accused the company of abusing its market power by bundling the Teams video-conferencing app to its other business software.
The European Commission said it fired off a so-called statement of objections alleging that Microsoft’s practice of tying Teams to its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 packages fell foul of the bloc’s competition rules.