News Summary

• Britain will investigate Microsoft's dominance in business software using its powers to oversee big tech.
• The Competition and Markets Authority said its "strategic market status" investigation would examine whether the bundling of Windows, Word, Excel, Teams, Copilot and other products was uncompetitive.
• An SMS designation, which does not assume wrongdoing in itself, will also allow the CMA to intervene in the cloud market.
• Microsoft faces antitrust investigations globally, including in the European Union and United States, targeting its business software, cloud computing and AI partnerships.