Microsoft unbundles Office and Teams globally following years-long criticism

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Date: 2024-04-02
Microsoft unbundles Office and Teams globally following years-long criticism

Microsoft has introduced new versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 365 subscription services that exclude its business collaboration chat offering Teams following scrutiny from the European Union regulator and complaints from rival Slack. The move, which some analysts say is unlikely to change the commercial growth trajectory of Office 365, follows Microsoft agreeing to sell the Office 365 suite without the Microsoft Teams offering in the EU and Switzerland last year. At the time, the software giant said it was making the changes to address the concerns raised by the European Commission. The company introduced Teams as a complementary offering to the Office 365 suite in 2016. Microsoft said it is also introducing a new standalone Teams offering for enterprise customers outside the EU and Switzerland. Though Microsoft has long allowed businesses to pay separately for Teams, it has also offered the service bundled in the widely popular Office 365 suite.

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