The European Union (EU) said Friday that it has accepted Microsoft’s proposed changes to its Teams platform, sparing the tech giant from an antitrust fine.

Microsoft will unbundle the messaging and conferencing app from Microsoft 365 and Office 365, after the bloc’s executive arm issued a preliminary finding last year that the company had violated antitrust laws by tying the products together.

The firm will offer its suite of business software products, such as Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, separately from Teams for a reduced price and allow existing customers to switch to this option.

It will also make some Microsoft products interoperable with Teams competitors, while allowing customers to transfer their data out of the app.

“Organisations big and small across Europe and aroun

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