Microsoft Faces Antitrust Probe In European Union Over Azure

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Another day, another Microsoft news to hit the wire. After an expected yet surprising victory in EU over Activation-Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft hits another road. This time surrounding its Cloud Business - Azure.

According to a Bloomberg report, EU's antitrust watchdog has opened an informal probe into Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform over anti-competitive practices. 

It should be clarified that this probe has nothing to do with the recently concluded EU's probe into Microsoft's proposed Activision-Blizzard acquisition.

Customers and competitors contacted by the EC have until May 16th to respond and have been asked to submit any non-confidential evidence of Microsoft’s abuses. This, Bloomberg says, indicates that the EC is close to announcing a formal investigation. 

According to EC:

The commission has received several complaints regarding Microsoft, including in relation to its product Azure, which we are assessing based on our standard procedures

 

Sources:

Bloomberg

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