Microsoft to unbundle Office and Teams globally following years-long criticism

Microsoft will introduce a brand new model of Microsoft 365 and Workplace 365 subscription service that excludes Groups, unbundling a collection following scrutiny from the European Union regulator and complaints from rival Slack.

The transfer follows Microsoft agreeing to sell Office 365 suite sans Microsoft Teams offering in the EU and Switzerland final 12 months. The corporate launched Groups as a complimentary providing to the Workplace 365 suite in 2017.

Microsoft has loved an unfair benefit by coupling the 2 choices, many companies have argued. Slack, owned by Salesforce, termed the transfer “unlawful” alleging that Microsoft compelled set up of Groups to prospects by means of its market-dominant productiveness suite and hid the true cost of the chat and video service.

In a statement to Reuters, Microsoft mentioned the unbundling “additionally addresses suggestions from the European Fee by offering multinational corporations extra flexibility after they need to standardize their buying throughout geographies.”

Reuters reported that Microsoft will introduce the brand new Workplace 365 lineups on Monday. Microsoft had not carried out the change on the time of publishing.

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