- Microsoft removes teams to € 2 discount, option to add it to € 5
- More needs to be done to improve software inter operability
- Rivals and customers seem satisfied with the solution
Microsoft is ready to avoid a major anti -rust fine after the European Union accepted his offer for Unbundle Video Conference Platform team from Office -which means teams now have to be sold separately from Office 365 and Microsoft 365 licenses.
The conditions determine that Microsoft must sell team-less packages for less to reflect the removal of its online collaborative software.
Microsoft also needs to do more to improve the interoperability of its software with rivals in an attempt to prevent supplier-in.
Microsoft is set to unbunde teams after European match
The impending agreement comes after a long-standing match in the European case comes from a 2020 complaint from Slack. Despite Europe’s efforts to reach agreements rather than issuing fines, they have not come without their reasonable share of control.
The White House has already criticized Europe’s alleged control over US tech companies.
Bloomberg Notes that competitors and customers have not raised any major concerns following the proposal to remove teams from the rest of the Microsoft package, which suggests this could be the last step required to write off the complaint.
Earlier under the complaint of the complaint, we already saw Microsoft and its rivals open some of the bureaucracy to improve the interoperability between their platforms.
A year ago, Microsoft President Brad Smith noticed: “On teams we have done a lot of work, our work has not yet been done. Microsoft is obliged to find a decision on the concerns of supervisory authorities.”
Smith also admitted to Microsoft expected to take “further steps” to reassure regulators.
Microsoft shared details of its team-less pricing in 2023, confirming that the packages would cost € 2/month or € 24/year less in the EEA and Switzerland. However, teams would be available as an independent package for € 5/month or € 60/year, resulting in a higher overall cost and giving Europe’s decision largely ineffective.
Techradar Pro reached out to the Europe Commission and Microsoft for further clarification on the steps forward and details of pricing, but we did not receive an immediate answer.
