Microsoft is the subject of a Competition and Markets Authority investigation after the regulator said in an announcement it will open a probe in May into the company’s position in the business software ecosystem under the country’s digital competition rulebook.
The inquiry targets concerns about Microsoft’s footprint in productivity software, operating systems, database management and related security services, the regulator said.
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The CMA said it will use powers in the digital competition rulebook to examine how Microsoft’s products and services interact across those areas. The announcement described the move as an investigation of Microsoft’s “position in the business software ecosystem,” citing the specific software categories listed above.
The probe is scheduled to begin in May. The CMA provided no additional timeline in its announcement and did not outline next procedural steps in the brief release.
The recap
- Competition and Markets Authority opens probe into Microsoft’s business software position
- Probe scheduled to begin in May under new competition powers
- Concerns focus on productivity software, operating systems, databases, security services
