Barbara Moens:

Since the initial complaint, Microsoft has unbundled Teams from Office 365 in the EU, but critics said the changes were too narrow.

In May, the $3.7 trillion software giant promised concessions, such as continuing the Teams and Office separation for seven years.

After a market test, Microsoft has since made additional commitments, such as publishing more information on so-called “interoperability” or the ability to use its products with others made by rivals.

These new pledges have satisfied the EU’s regulator, which said on Friday that it helped to restore fair competition and open the market to other providers.

I doubt this will be as effective overall as the EU hopes it will be, but preventing market concentration is important. The biggest win for consumers in all of this is the ability to pay less for the other Microsoft services in a bundle that excludes Teams.