The CMA opens its fourth Strategic Market Status case into Microsoft
Windows, Office, Teams, Copilot, server operating systems, and the cloud licensing the regulator already flagged last July. A nine-month investigation, a February 2027 designation decision, and the first CMA SMS case to walk straight through the door the cloud market inquiry left ajar.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has opened a Strategic Market Status investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, the fourth such case under the digital markets regime that came into force in January 2025.
The previous three (Google search, Apple mobile, Google mobile) were designated in October. Microsoft is now the next name on the list, and the scope is wider than anything the CMA has previously taken on.
The case covers Windows, Office (Word, Excel, and the rest), Teams, the rapidly expanding Copilot footprint, server operating systems, database management systems, and security software.
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