Microsoft confirmed that the Microsoft 365 and Office 365 office suites for business customers will drop the Teams productivity solution in Europe, offering new lower-priced plans and Teams independently.
The European Commission announced in July the start of a formal investigation to determine whether Microsoft violated competition rules in the region by linking its Teams video conferencing and productivity application with the installation of Office software, a situation denounced by its competitor Slack in July 2020 against Brussels.
Then, Microsoft assured that it was going to work with the Commission to find a solution to the concerns that had motivated the investigation, and this Thursday it announced “proactive changes” that will affect Microsoft 365 and Office 365 for companies, in the European Economic Area and Swiss.
As of October 1st of this year, Microsoft will unlink Teams from the two office suites, and will offer this solution independently at a price of 5 euros per month or 60 euros per year. The two ‘suites’ will have a lower price.
The company qualifies in its official blog that current business customers may choose to maintain their subscription with Teams or switch to the new ‘suite’ without Teams. Instead, for small businesses and frontline workers, Microsoft will continue to offer Microsoft 365 and Office 365 with Teams, but also another offering without Teams, at a lower price.
K. Tovar
Source: Edition
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