Overview

• Formal charges are expected within weeks, following a complaint by Slack in 2020.
• Microsoft's prior concessions, including unbundling Teams from Office, deemed insufficient by the EU.
• Rivals claim Teams is optimized to work better with Microsoft's own software, disadvantaging competitors.
• The European Commission is also investigating Microsoft's $13 billion partnership with OpenAI.
• Microsoft risks fines up to 10% of its global annual turnover if found in violation of EU competition laws.