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Google hasfiled a complaintwith the European Commission ( EC ) , alleging that Microsoft practice anti - competitive licensing drill to strongarm troupe into remain on its cerulean cloud infrastructure .
The ill relates to a2019 licensing changewhich made it more expensive to campaign Windows Server software on rival clouds . That change actuate European not - for - net deal connection Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe ( CISPE ) tofile an antitrust complaintwith the EC in 2022 . In July , Microsoft settledfor$22 million , reportedly . It call that range Windows Server would become easy for CISPE members and at similar prices to Azure .
That settlement did n’t let in Google , one of Microsoft ’s primary cloud rivals alongside public cloud grocery store loss leader AWS , prompting the Alphabet subordinate into taking its own action .
Microsoft is already face European antimonopoly action on another front — in June , theEU accused the company of unfairly bundlingTeams with other democratic productiveness apps .
