Google said Microsoft was exploiting its dominant Windows Server operating system to prevent competition
unit Google filed a complaint to the European Commission on Wednesday against what it said were Microsoft’s anti-competitive practices to lock customers into Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure.and Amazon Web Services, said Microsoft was exploiting its dominant Windows Server operating system to prevent competition.
Microsoft in July clinched a 20-million-euro deal to settle an antitrust complaint about its cloud computing licensing practices with CISPE, averting an EU investigation. However, the settlement did not include Amazon Web Services , Google Cloud Platform and AliCloud, prompting criticism from the first two companies.
Google said Microsoft had locked customers into using collaboration application Teams even when they preferred alternatives and was using the same playbook for Azure. “We are asking the European Commission to act now. We’re asking them to really look at this issue, help customers decide and keep the choices going for them,” Zavery said.
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