Microsoft to rejig Office-Teams cost to avoid EU fine

It has already asked some companies for feedback on the price differential by offering a one-week deadline, post which it will decide whether it wants to launch a formal market test, Reuters quoted sources as saying.

However, the widening of prices between Office and Teams could act as an advantage for rivals as they can offer their video conferencing or collaboration software for less, taking market share away from Microsoft.

For Microsoft, the current situation is a reminder of an investigation it faced from the Commission in the mid-2000s that ultimately ended with Microsoft having to unbundle its Media Player offering from its Windows suite and also pay $2.3 billion as EU antitrust fines.