Microsoft Teams, a corporate messaging and video meeting service, will no longer be included with Microsoft Office. The software break-up comes as a result of antitrust investigation in Europe, where Teams and Office 365 have been de-bundled since October of last year. The software separation is global as of today.
Reuters reports that Microsoft is making the European-style offering standard across the world. “To ensure clarity for our customers, we are extending the steps we took last year to unbundle Teams from M365 and O365 in the European Economic Area and Switzerland to customers globally,” a spokesperson told the news service. While the bundled version of Teams and Office is still available worldwide, customers can choose to switch to a separate Teams-only subscription, an Office package that does not include Teams, or continue with their current package.
