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Coverage of cloud switching on WindowsForum.com centers on the UK Competition and Markets Authority's review of how easily customers can move workloads between cloud providers, with AWS and Microsoft cited as making progress that regulators still consider insufficient. The discussion separates that cloud switching work from a parallel CMA proposal to give Microsoft strategic market status in business software, noting the two regulatory tracks are easy to confuse and affect IT admins differently. For administrators evaluating migration options or tracking UK competition oversight of major cloud platforms, this tag gathers the relevant regulatory developments and their practical implications.
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    UK CMA Proposes Microsoft Strategic Market Status as AWS Cloud Switching Review Continues

    The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says AWS and Microsoft have made real progress on cloud switching, but not enough. It is also proposing to give Microsoft "strategic market status" (SMS) in business software. Those are two separate regulatory tracks that are easy to confuse, and...