United Kingdom: Competition and Markets Authority opened consultation as part of strategic market status investigation into Microsoft's business software ecosystem

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Competition and Markets Authority opened consultation as part of strategic market status investigation into Microsoft's business software ecosystem

On 14 May 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation as part of its strategic market status (SMS) investigation into Microsoft under section 9(1) of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, until 4 June 2…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2026-03-25
under deliberation

On 25 March 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Board decided to launch a Strategic M…

2026-05-14
in consultation

On 14 May 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation as part of its st…

2026-06-04
processing consultation

On 4 June 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closes the consultation part of its str…