On April 1, Microsoft announced it will stop bundling its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software suite globally, a move that comes after antitrust scrutiny was triggered by a complaint from Slack. The decision to decouple Teams from the Office 365 and Microsoft 365 bundles is seen as a response to an antitrust probe by the EU Commission. Despite the unbundling, analysts, including @holgermu from @constellationr, suggest that this might not significantly impact Slack's position in the market, as Microsoft has already sold Teams to a substantial number of companies with existing Office accounts. The change, which has been in effect in the European Economic Area and Switzerland since October, is now official worldwide.
The decision by @Microsoft to separate out @MicrosoftTeams from its @Office365 and @Microsoft365 products might satisfy regulators, but the move won't change adoption trends. https://t.co/okV2KvwF9j via @techtargetnews
Microsoft’s announcement of globally unbundling Teams from Office 365 goes a long way to set some precedents in the software industry. A thread: (1/3) Most direct is the impact on competitive products like Zoom and Slack, whose independent products have long lived under the…
The @EU_Commission isn't messing around. On April 1, @Microsoft unbundled Teams and #Microsoft365 in response to an antitrust probe. Microsoft has been selling the products separately in the EEA + 🇨🇭 since Oct. Now, the change is official worldwide. https://t.co/syFbnVthRJ
As @Microsoft unbundles Teams, it might not have the impact on @Slack you think https://t.co/dgcvxhFKux @TechCrunch @Ron_miller “Microsoft has simply sold Teams to enough companies with its existing Office accounts and now no longer needs the energy...” - @holgermu
As @Microsoft unbundles Teams, it might not have the impact on @Slack you think https://t.co/pCIT3YpGuX @TechCrunch @Ron_miller “Microsoft has simply sold Teams to enough companies with existing Office accounts and now no longer needs the energy...” - @holgermu @constellationr
Microsoft splits Teams from Office after antitrust scrutiny https://t.co/DMKpel2t8n
Microsoft pushes Teams out of M365 and O365 bundle globally https://t.co/Iv9E3Wd5xN
As @Microsoft unbundles Teams, might not have the impact on @Slack you think https://t.co/jtQsdCdysB @TechCrunch @Ron_miller “Microsoft has simply sold Teams to enough companies with its existing Office accounts and now no longer needs the energy...” - @holgermu @constellationr
Microsoft stops bundling Teams with Office after a complaint from Slack triggered antitrust scrutiny. https://t.co/ykxjkVpJ6B
Microsoft Teams decouples from Office 365 suite globally https://t.co/pIGFtCvRBr
Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software after the practice attracted antitrust scrutiny. https://t.co/3pRD9pBmYT