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   Google reminds regulators it complained about Microsoft's cloud practices a   
   year ago - but says nothing has been done   
      
   Date:   
   Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:46:09 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   One year ago Google Cloud complained about Microsoft - and now its reminding   
   us of that.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Google has published a new blog post reminding the world it filed a formal   
   complaint with the European Commission one year ago over Microsofts cloud   
   licensing practices, but that nothing still has been done.    
      
   The company argues Microsoft penalizes customers who run Windows Server and   
   other software on rival clouds, like its own Google Cloud (GC) as well as AWS   
   and others.    
      
   According to the complaint, Microsofts licensing rules make it up to 5x more   
   expensive to move workloads to competitors, essentially resulting in vendor   
   lock-in.   
      
   Google isnt dropping its Microsoft complaint    
      
   The problem is Microsoft allows existing on-prem licenses to transfer to   
   Azure, but rivals like Google Cloud require customers to buy new licenses,   
   which adds to the cost.    
      
   Britains Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has already deemed that   
   Microsofts policies restrict cloud choice , but it has not yes imposed any   
   remedies. Americas Federal Trade Commission (FTC) also launched its own   
   antitrust investigation in 2023 .    
      
   GC VP of Government Affairs and Public Policy Marcus Jadotte and GC Europe   
   Senior Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy Giorgia Abeltino   
   noted: Restrictive cloud licensing has caused an enormous amount of harm to   
   the global economy over the last year.    
      
   Speaking about the ongoing risk of inaction, Jadotte and Abeltino accused   
   Microsoft of acquiring customers at two or even three times the rate of   
   competitors.    
      
   In a bid to strengthen its case and speed up action, the Google Cloud blog   
   claims governments could unlock up to 1.2 trillion in additional EU GDP by    
   the end of the decade, saving up to 450 billion per year in gained   
   productivity.    
      
   Microsoft has already settled similar concerns with European cloud providers,   
   with a company spokesperson telling TechRadar Pro : "Microsoft settled   
   amicably similar concerns raised by European cloud providers, even after   
   Google hoped they would keep litigating. Having failed to persuade European   
   companies, we expect Google similarly will fail to persuade the European   
   Commission."   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-reminds-regulators-it-complained-about-mi   
   crosofts-cloud-practices-a-year-ago-but-says-nothing-has-been-done   
      
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