Officials have sent questionnaires to Microsoft rivals and partners asking about possible anti-competitive practices. Picture: Bloomberg
The questionnaire asks respondents whether they have signed agreements to be part of Microsoft’s programs that allow other partner and cloud providers to resell Microsoft programs, as well as questions around whether the company is making it harder or more expensive to run some of its programs on rival cloud providers networks.
As companies increasingly mix and match programs from the vendors, or use multiple clouds, OVH and others are claiming Microsoft’s software licensing terms put them at a disadvantage for running Microsoft products and make it easier or cheaper to pair things like Windows, Office and Windows Server with Microsoft’s own Azure cloud.
The request for information asks for details on things like whether Microsoft’s cloud-based Windows and Office products are capable of running on rival’s cloud products or whether Microsoft would need to “make technical adjustments” to enable that. And it inquires if the respondent feels it needs to include certain Microsoft products or services in its own cloud infrastructure offering “in order to compete effectively”.
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