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The latest European Commission coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Brussels Opens DMA Probes into AWS and Azure, Putting Cloud Gatekeeper Rules on the Fast Track for IT Teams
European Union regulators opened formal investigations into Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure on November 18, 2025, setting the stage for both hyperscalers to be designated as "gatekeepers"...
Google Drops Antitrust Complaint as EU DMA Targets Microsoft Cloud Practices
Google's surprising decision to withdraw its 2024 antitrust complaint against Microsoft represents a significant strategic shift in the ongoing battle over cloud market regulation and competitive...
Microsoft 365 Achieves GDPR Compliance with EU Data Boundary and Teams Unbundling
The European Commission’s journey toward achieving GDPR compliance for Microsoft 365 is a landmark moment—not only for the EU’s digital sovereignty but for the global cloud ecosystem at large....
European Data Protection Supervisor Clears Microsoft 365 for EU Use with Strict Compliance Measures
In a major development for digital sovereignty and regulatory compliance within Europe, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has concluded its high-profile investigation into the European...
EU Forces Microsoft to Unbundle Teams: A New Era for Digital Collaboration and Enterprise Software Competition
The digital workplace has become the battleground for some of the 21st century’s most significant antitrust disputes, and none is more emblematic than the standoff between Microsoft and the...
Microsoft’s European Cloud Antitrust Challenge: Navigating Compliance, Competition, and Data Sovereignty
Microsoft’s ambitions in the European cloud computing market have rarely operated in isolation—they have unfolded within a dense web of regulatory oversight, industry rivalries, and evolving...
European Cloud Sovereignty: How OVHcloud Challenges AWS and Azure in the Fight for Digital Independence
The European cloud computing market has long been dominated by American tech giants like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, creating a dependency that has raised concerns about data sovereignty,...
EU Shifts to Digital Sovereignty: OVHcloud May Replace Microsoft Azure
The European Commission is making waves in the tech industry with its potential pivot from Microsoft Azure to OVHcloud, signaling a bold step toward digital sovereignty. This move, if finalized,...
European Commission's Investigation into Microsoft Teams Bundling: Implications for Digital Market Competition
Introduction The European Commission's recent probe into Microsoft's bundling of Teams with its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites is a significant development in the sphere of digital competition...
Microsoft Faces EU Antitrust Charges Over Teams-Office Bundling Under DMA
The European Commission's preliminary finding that Microsoft violated EU antitrust rules by bundling Teams with its Office suite marks a pivotal moment in the continent's quest to rein in Big Tech's...
Microsoft Teams EU Antitrust Settlement: Unbundling Impact & Future of Collaboration Tools
The hum of virtual meetings has become the soundtrack of modern work, and at the center of this digital orchestra sits Microsoft Teams – a platform that grew from relative obscurity to commanding...