(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.’s attempt at avoiding deeper European Union scrutiny of its Teams video-conferencing app fell flat with the bloc’s antitrust enforcers readying a formal complaint against the firm’s conduct.
Microsoft’s recent proposal to split its Teams from a broader business software package and sell it to customers separately with an annual discount, was not enough to satisfy regulators’ concerns, people familiar with the matter said.
The people, who asked not to be identified as the matter is private, said that the commission was preparing a statement of objections to send to the company, which could come in the next few months.
At the end of August, Microsoft attempted to appease concerns raised by the European Commission as part of a new investigation into how it ties Teams to its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 packages. The EU’s investigation followed a complaint from Salesforce Inc.’s messaging platform Slack some three years ago.
Microsoft didn’t immediately comment on the news while the European Commission didn’t responded to a request for comment.
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