![]() ![]() ![]() That potential investigation stemmed from complaints made by European cloud companies that raised concerns after their customers were asked to pay more to run Microsoft software in non-Microsoft cloud environments, under what they saw as restrictive cloud licensing policies. Microsoft has faced a number of sanctions from the European Commission during the last decade, having been fined hundreds of millions of dollars by the Commission in 2004, 2008, and 2015.Įarlier this year the company attempted to ward off another potential investigation by reportedly agreeing to change its cloud computing practices in order to avoid an antitrust probe from the EU. Consequently, an investigation is now likely to take place and if found in breach of the EU’s antitrust rules, Microsoft risks being fined up to 10% of its global turnover. ![]() However, Reuters is now reporting that attempts by Microsoft to remedy the situation have hit a roadblock, specifically that the price reduction Microsoft offered for Office minus the Teams app was not as low as the EU had been hoping. Microsoft had seemingly been hoping to address the concerns with the EU before a formal investigation was opened, with Reuters reporting in December 2022 that the tech giant had made a “preliminary offer of concessions” to try and settle the European Commission’s concerns.
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