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Will Microsoft’s Teams deal with EU enforcer cause it real pain? It’s complicated

By Nicholas Hirst ( May 16, 2025, 15:14 GMT | Comment) -- Questions abound over Microsoft's draft settlement with the EU antitrust regulator today to close its probe into the US tech giant's rollout of its Teams collaboration software. First, will it do the job of genuinely elevating competition in the market? More broadly, though, and vitally for both sides, how much will it be held up as a precedent for demands that other parts of Microsoft's software bundle be carved up, including its emerging AI ecosystem?Will it be Microsoft or the EU's antitrust enforcer that emerges as the winner from a settlement proposed today over how the US tech giant sells Teams? The ink may not yet even be dry, but it already appears clear that it will take years to answer the question. ...

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