News Summary

• The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Microsoft's business software.
• Competition, consumer choice, innovation and pricing are all set to be analyzed in the Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigation.
• Britain's investigation comes at an important point, with Microsoft now holding more than 15 million commercial users across the UK including across public sector organizations.
• If Microsoft is deemed to have too much control over the market, the CMA could impost interoperability requirements, bundling restrictions and other measures.