Microsoft is unbundling Teams from Office in Europe to address regulator concerns
Microsoft is unbundling Teams from Office in Europe to address regulator concerns
Slack has forced Microsoft to unbundle Teams from Office.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
“Today we are announcing proactive changes that we hope will start to address these concerns in a meaningful way, even while the European Commission’s investigation continues and we cooperate with it,” says Nanna-Louise Linde, VP of Microsoft european government affairs.
“These changes will impact our Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites for business customers in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.”
The unbundling means that enterprise customers in EU markets will be able to purchase Microsoft 365 subscriptions at a lower monthly price without Teams, or have to buy a standalone version of Teams at a list price of €5 per month or €60 per year.
“We will instead simply sell these offerings without Teams at a lower price (€2 less per month or €24 per year),” explains Linde.
“We believe these changes balance the interests of our competitors with those of European business customers, providing them with access to the best possible solutions at competitive prices,” says Linde.
We will continue to engage with the Commission, listen to concerns in the marketplace, and remain open to exploring pragmatic solutions that benefit both customers and developers in Europe.”
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Nice, that means more businesses will finally be able to escape the total microsoft dependence and just use the products they need.
You mean Microsoft will recoup the cost of unbundling by charging more per product compared to the previous bundle, given that it's now different products?
'cause at work the powers that be has gone all-in on MS and this decision won't change a bit their "strategy".
Of course they will, but the fact that businesses don't have to buy everything as a pack means that they will consider alternatives to office and onedrive instead of just using what they pay for already.
One can hope.
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