"The tech firm filed the complaint with the European Commission (EC) back in September 2024, accusing Microsoft of trying to lock customers into Azure by making it difficult and costly to shift workloads to rival clouds, such as those offered by Google and AWS. Google called for regulators to force Microsoft to allow customers to use their licenses for Windows Server on any cloud at no additional cost."
""We filed our antitrust complaint with the European Commission (EC) to give voice to our customers and partners about the issue of anticompetitive cloud licensing practices," said Giorgia Abeltino, head of government affairs and public policy at Google Cloud Europe, in an update to the original blog post about the complaint. "Today, we are withdrawing it in light of the recent announcement that the EC will assess problematic practices affecting the cloud sector under a separate process.""
Google withdrew its complaint to the European Commission accusing Microsoft of anti-competitive cloud licensing that allegedly locks customers into Azure and imposes steep markups for moving to rival clouds. The complaint, filed in September 2024, sought regulatory action to let customers use Windows Server licenses on any cloud without extra cost. The European Commission launched three market investigations into cloud services in November, prompting Google to withdraw the formal complaint while affirming its claims about a reported 400% markup and pledging continued advocacy for openness and customer choice in the cloud market. Microsoft declined immediate comment.
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