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This tag covers discussions about Microsoft's licensing practices in Japan, particularly in relation to antitrust scrutiny by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC). Recent content focuses on a JFTC dawn raid and investigation into whether Microsoft's licensing terms unfairly restrict customers from running Microsoft software on competing cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud, potentially favoring Microsoft's own Azure cloud. The tag includes analysis of how Windows and Microsoft 365 licensing may be used to limit competition in the Japanese cloud market, with implications for enterprise IT procurement and regulatory compliance.
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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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