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The eu competition policy tag covers European Union scrutiny of cloud infrastructure under the Digital Markets Act. Recent discussions focus on the European Commission’s preliminary view that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure could be designated as cloud gatekeepers, following investigations and stakeholder engagement in Brussels. The coverage examines how tougher competition obligations may affect hyperscale cloud providers and the organizations that depend on them. For Windows IT teams, the issue connects cloud procurement, AI workloads, identity systems, security, databases, software delivery, and public-sector resilience. The tag follows the proposed regulatory direction and its potential significance for Microsoft Azure, AWS, and enterprise technology planning.
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    EU DMA Gatekeeper Probe: AWS and Azure on Path to Tough Cloud Rules

    The European Commission said on June 25, 2026, that it has reached a preliminary view that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as cloud “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act in the European Union. That does not yet make AWS and Azure fully regulated DMA...
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    EU DMA Push Targets AWS and Azure as Cloud Gatekeepers: What Windows IT Teams Need

    The European Union is moving toward treating Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as Digital Markets Act “gatekeepers” after opening cloud market investigations in Brussels on November 18, 2025, with stakeholder roundtables scheduled for July 1, 2026. The decision is not merely another...
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    • ai and portability ai dependency ai infrastructure ai sovereignty ai workloads aws aws and azure aws azure aws azure dma aws azure regulation aws competition aws gatekeeper azure azure and aws azure aws compliance azure dma azure for windows azure gatekeeper azure licensing cloud competition cloud compliance cloud computing cloud gatekeeper cloud gatekeepers cloud governance cloud lock-in cloud regulation digital markets act enterprise ai enterprise it enterprise it strategy eu antitrust eu competition law eu competition policy eu digital markets act eu digital sovereignty eu dma eu regulation european commission european dma hyperscale ai it governance it procurement microsoft azure regulatory compliance windows admin windows it
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