"Microsoft has committed to do the following: Make available versions of its Office suites without Teams and at a reduced price Allow customers with long-term licenses to switch to suites without Teams Provide interoperability for key functionalities between communication and collaboration tools that compete with Teams and certain Microsoft products Allow customers to move their data out of Teams to facilitate the use of competing solutions"
"Most of the commitments from Microsoft will be enforced by EU lawmakers for seven years, with the interoperability and data portability ones in force for 10 years. Microsoft originally unbundled Teams from Office in Europe in 2023 in an attempt to address regulator concerns, and then spun off Teams from Office 365 as its own separate app globally last year."
The European Commission accepted commitments from Microsoft to resolve competition concerns over bundling Microsoft Teams with Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions following a complaint by Slack. Microsoft will offer Office suite versions without Teams at a reduced price, let customers with long-term licenses switch to suites without Teams, provide interoperability for key functionalities between competing communication and collaboration tools and certain Microsoft products, and allow customers to move their Teams data to facilitate use of competing solutions. Most commitments apply for seven years, with interoperability and data portability obligations lasting ten years. Microsoft had unbundled Teams in Europe in 2023 and later spun it off globally.
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