Microsoft offers to sell Office without Teams to placate EU regulators

Core Points - Microsoft has proposed to unbundle its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 software suites from its Teams app to alleviate competition concerns raised by European regulators [1][2] - The European Commission acknowledged Microsoft's commitments to address issues related to the integration of Teams with its productivity tools like Word and Outlook [1] Group 1 - Microsoft will offer versions of Office 365 and Microsoft 365 without Teams at a reduced price [2] - Customers will be allowed to switch to Office 365 and Microsoft 365 without Teams, including under existing contracts [2] - Microsoft will enhance interoperability for Teams' competitors with other Microsoft products and allow customers to transfer their data out of Teams to competing products [2]