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  1. CMA Targets Microsoft’s Business Software Ecosystem in UK Cloud Antitrust Probe

    Microsoft’s latest UK antitrust problem is not that regulators are widening their cloud review, but that they are zeroing in on the business software layer that feeds the cloud stack beneath it. The Competition and Markets Authority has now moved toward a strategic market status investigation...
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  2. UK CMA SMS Probe Targets Microsoft Software Licensing Lock-In to Azure

    Microsoft’s cloud business is heading into another regulatory test in the UK, and this one is more surgical than the CMA’s broad cloud market investigation that closed in July 2025. The watchdog has now moved toward a separate strategic market status probe focused on Microsoft’s business...
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  3. UK CMA Investigation Reveals Dominance of AWS and Microsoft in Cloud Market

    The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded its investigation into the cloud computing sector, revealing that dominant practices by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are stifling competition and innovation. This comprehensive inquiry, initiated in October 2023...
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  4. UK CMA Targets Cloud Giants: Competition, Regulation & Future of Cloud Market

    The recent findings of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into the cloud computing sector have ignited a fierce debate over the health of competition in one of the technology industry’s most vital arenas. At the center of this scrutiny are two global superpowers: Amazon Web...
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