Japanese regulators are investigating Microsoft Corp.’s local unit over possible anti-competitive practices involving the Azure cloud platform.
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission is probing whether the Redmond-based company restricted customers’ use of competing cloud services by preventing its software from running on platforms other than Azure, a person familiar with the matter said. The FTC launched an on-site inspection of Microsoft Japan’s Tokyo office to see if further action is needed, the person said, declining to be named discussing…

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