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# Microsoft's Teams unbundling commitments become legally binding in the EU
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-09-12-microsoft-teams-unbundling-commitments/
- Published: 2025-09-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T04:00:37.000Z
- Description: The European Commission made Microsoft's Teams commitments legally binding on 12 September 2025, closing its tying probe without a fine; Microsoft must sell Office without Teams more cheaply across the EEA for seven years.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [European Commission press release IP/25/2048, 12 September 2025](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip%5F25%5F2048?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not fine Microsoft, and compliance rests on a monitoring trustee rather than an automatic penalty.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-14\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)