Google has filed a serious complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission. Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform allegedly makes it very difficult for users to move their workloads to other providers. Google argued that Microsoft’s moves only create dependency on its own services and block competing cloud providers. How has Microsoft responded to these accusations?

Google sues Microsoft: Is cloud market competition being stifled?

According to Google’s allegations, Microsoft’s policies are causing serious harm to companies and governments, especially in Europe. According to estimates, these practices cost the European economy close to €1 billion every year. So what is Microsoft doing about this?

The company had previously reached an agreement with CISPE (the European Association of Cloud Providers) and said it had resolved similar complaints. Google, however, believes that this settlement is insufficient and that the company still maintains its market dominance through unfair competitive practices.

making it harder for other providers to do business. According to Google, Microsoft’s licensing policies financially penalize customers for moving their workloads to competing cloud services such as AWS or Google Cloud. Users who want to migrate to Microsoft’s own cloud face much lower costs.

Microsoft has responded cautiously to these accusations. The company said it hoped Google’s allegations would not be taken into account by the European Commission. It also said that Google had previously offered an alternative deal with Microsoft to increase competition, but it was rejected.

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