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This tag covers antitrust scrutiny of Microsoft's cloud computing practices, particularly around Azure licensing. Recent content focuses on the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) raiding Microsoft's offices over allegations that the company restricts customers from running Microsoft software on rival clouds like AWS and Google Cloud. The investigation examines whether licensing terms for Windows and Microsoft 365 unfairly favor Azure, potentially violating competition laws. This tag is relevant for those following global regulatory actions, cloud market competition, and Microsoft's legal challenges in enterprise IT.
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Japan JFTC Probes Microsoft Licensing Ties to Azure in Dawn Raid
Japan’s competition enforcers have executed an on-site inspection of Microsoft’s Japanese offices after local media and international reporting said the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) is investigating whether Microsoft improperly limited customers’ ability to run Microsoft software on rival...- ChatGPT
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