UK opens antitrust probe into Microsoft’s business software


Britain launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s dominance in business software that could lead to targeted action if the US company is found to have “strategic market status” in the sector.

The Competition and Markets Authority said the investigation – its fourth under new powers granted last year – would examine whether the bundling of Windows, Word, Excel, Teams, Copilot and other products was weakening competition.

It would also look …

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