Microsoft to Unbundle Teams from Office Suite Worldwide Amid Antitrust Scrutiny

Microsoft will begin selling its Teams chat and video app separately from its Office product globally, following a six-month period of unbundling the two products in Europe to address potential EU antitrust concerns. The move comes in response to an investigation initiated by the European Commission after a complaint by competing workspace messaging app Slack. Microsoft's decision to unbundle the products aims to provide multinational companies with more flexibility in their purchasing decisions and to address feedback from the European Commission. The company will introduce new commercial Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites that do not include Teams in regions outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland, as well as a standalone Teams offering for Enterprise customers in those regions.