EU accuses Microsoft of competition rules breach by tying Teams to office apps

EU regulators have accused Microsoft of ‘possibly abusive’ practices that violate the bloc’s competition rules by bundling its Teams messaging and videoconferencing app with its widely used business software (Thibault Camus/AP)

Microsoft violated European Union competition rules with “possibly abusive” practices by tying its Teams messaging and videoconferencing app to its widely used business software, the bloc has said.

The European Commission said on Monday that it has informed Microsoft of its preliminary view that the US tech giant has been “restricting competition” by bundling Teams with core office productivity applications such as Office 365 and Microsoft 365.