Microsoft sidesteps hefty EU fine with Teams unbundling deal

On Friday, the European Union said it accepted commitments. Microsoft Teams from popular productivity applications to solve the workplace communication platform.

The decision is exempting a potentially large antitröst money after Microsoft is accused of violating the rules of competition with the company’s executive organs – the EU’s executive organs and office products “abusive” last year.

Teresa Ribera, Vice President of the Clean, Fair and Competitive Transition, “Today, we provide a commitment to terminating the binding practices that can prevent competitors from competing with teams.” He said.

Microsoft’s first commitment announced for the first time in May, the US Software Giant, Office 365 and Microsoft 365 software suits will offer versions of the software suits at a low price without a team and will allow customers with long -term licenses to pass to team -free suites.

The Company will also provide funvability between teams and some Microsoft products competing products and allow customers to carry the data from teams to competitors.

Microsoft later In addition, after testing the company’s first commitments of the European Commission market, he offered to make more commitment to solve competition concerns.

Some Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Suites and those who do not have a 50% increase between the teams and the teams, and the advertising of a team with a team Microsoft websites should show the relevant offer without it.

“We appreciate the dialogue with the commission leading to this agreement, and now we’re turning to implement these new obligations immediately,” Nanna-Louise Linde said on Friday. He said.

In July 2023, the EU filed an antitröst investigation in Microsoft. Salesforce-Slack with a competing chat service to teams. Purchased by Slack Salesforce for 27.7 billion dollars In 2021.

When CNBC contacted it, Slack was not available for comments immediately.