"Microsoft Unbundles Teams from Office Worldwide Amid Antitrust Pressure"

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Microsoft is globally unbundling Teams from the Office apps, following a similar move in the EU, in response to regulatory pressure and complaints from competitors like Slack and Zoom. New commercial customers can now purchase Teams and Office apps separately, with separate price tags, while existing Microsoft 365 customers can continue to subscribe to both together. The move aims to address concerns about market dominance and competition, with Microsoft offering a range of pricing options for different subscription tiers.
- Bowing to pressure, Microsoft unbundles Teams from Microsoft 365 worldwide Ars Technica
- Exclusive: Microsoft to separate Teams and Office globally amid antitrust scrutiny Reuters
- Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 ZDNet
- Microsoft Office no longer comes with this popular software Yahoo Finance
- Microsoft will now let customers worldwide buy Office without Teams, following EU antitrust concerns CNN
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