As you may know, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-is-officially-under-investigation-by-the-eu-for-bundling-teams-and-office-365″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-is-officially-under-investigation-by-the-eu-for-bundling-teams-and-office-365″>Microsoft Teams has been under scrutiny for bundling Teams with Office 365, with rivals like data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/salesforce” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/salesforce”>Salesforce‘s Slack citing anticompetitive business practices. In 2023, the tech giant caved to antitrust pressure, forcing it to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/office-365/microsoft-caves-to-antitrust-pressure-and-unbundles-teams-from-its-office-365-package-worldwide” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/office-365/microsoft-caves-to-antitrust-pressure-and-unbundles-teams-from-its-office-365-package-worldwide”>unbundle Teams from Office 365. This means users can purchase Office plans without Teams or Teams as a standalone service.
More recently, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-teams/microsoft-dodges-eu-antitrust-fine-unbundles-teams-from-office-365″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-teams/microsoft-dodges-eu-antitrust-fine-unbundles-teams-from-office-365″>Microsoft dodged a hefty fine from the European Commission by changing the pricing of Office 365 and data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/microsoft-365″ data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/microsoft-365″>Microsoft 365. Both services…
