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The UK cloud regulation tag covers the Competition and Markets Authority's ongoing scrutiny of cloud infrastructure and software licensing practices, particularly involving Microsoft and Amazon Web Services. Recent threads detail the CMA's hybrid approach, including voluntary commitments from AWS and Microsoft to reduce switching frictions, alongside a separate strategic market status probe into Microsoft's software licensing lock-in to Azure. These developments reflect broader concerns about competition in enterprise IT, cloud migration, and the interplay between software ecosystems and cloud services. The tag is relevant for readers tracking UK antitrust actions, cloud market dynamics, and regulatory impacts on enterprise cloud adoption.
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    UK CMA’s Hybrid Cloud Plan: Commitments for AWS and Microsoft Probe for Software

    The United Kingdom’s cloud competition debate has entered a distinctly hybrid phase: the regulator is trying to soften some of the market’s sharpest switching frictions while still opening a fresh antitrust-style probe into Microsoft’s wider software ecosystem. On March 31, 2026, the Competition...
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    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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