{"id":219271,"date":"2024-04-01T23:58:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T23:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/01\/microsoft-stops-bundling-teams-with-office-after-a-complaint-from-slack-triggered-antitrust-scrutiny\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:19:31","slug":"microsoft-stops-bundling-teams-with-office-after-a-complaint-from-slack-triggered-antitrust-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/01\/microsoft-stops-bundling-teams-with-office-after-a-complaint-from-slack-triggered-antitrust-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft stops bundling Teams with Office after a complaint from Slack triggered antitrust scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1930365333-e1712015523208.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"articleContent\">\n<p>Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust scrutiny.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p>The tech giant said Monday that customers buying Office subscriptions starting this week won\u2019t get Teams bundled with the service. Microsoft will start selling the two products separately around the world,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/microsoft-office-teams-slack-antitrust-europe-b6c2a18f5420ddd553a4cb6ab79f838f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-c908bf88-0 iyWINF\">following a move last year<\/a>\u00a0to separate the products in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>That was after the European Union\u2019s executive commission, the 27-nation bloc\u2019s top competition enforcer,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/eu-microsoft-antitrust-investigation-teams-office-d7a6f5727387bae9b427d560218be84f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-c908bf88-0 iyWINF\">opened a formal investigation<\/a>\u00a0over concerns that bundling Teams with Office gives the company an unfair edge over competitors.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation was triggered by a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/intl\/en-gb\/blog\/news\/slack-files-eu-competition-complaint-against-microsoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-c908bf88-0 iyWINF\">complaint<\/a>\u00a0filed in 2020 by Slack Technologies, a maker of popular workplace messaging software.<\/p>\n<p>Slack, owned by business software maker Salesforce, alleged that Microsoft was abusing its market dominance to eliminate competition \u2014 in violation of EU laws \u2014 by illegally combining Teams with its Office suite, which includes Word, Excel and Outlook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-f923d9ed-0 dNwVje article\" data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\">Subscribe to the new Fortune CEO Weekly Europe newsletter to get corner office insights on the biggest business stories in Europe. <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/newsletters\/ceo-weekly-europe?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout&amp;itm_campaign=ceo_weekly_europe\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-c908bf88-0 iyWINF\">Sign up<\/a> for free.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/europe\/2024\/04\/01\/microsoft-splits-teams-office-eu-antitirust-probe-slack-bundling-complaint\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust scrutiny. 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