September 25, 2024

Google files EU antitrust complaint over Microsoft’s cloud practices

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Google files EU antitrust complaint over Microsoft’s cloud practices

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge

Google has filed an antitrust complaint to EU regulators, accusing Microsoft of unfair licensing contracts for its Azure cloud services. CNBC reports that Google, which is third behind Microsoft and Amazon in the cloud market, alleges that Microsoft uses licensing terms that make it difficult and expensive to use Windows Server and Office products on non-Azure cloud infrastructure.

Reuters reports that Google Cloud vice president Amit Zavery told reporters Microsoft made customers pay a 400 percent markup to continue using Windows Server on rival cloud providers but that this fee doesn’t apply on Azure.

Google’s complaint comes just months after Microsoft reached a settlement with an industry group backed by European cloud infrastructure…

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