26/09/24 (Agence Europe) – In a complaint lodged with the European Commission on the evening of Tuesday 24 September, which was made public on Wednesday 25 September, Google accuses Microsoft of anti-competitive licensing practices for cloud computing contracts. According to the company, Microsoft is trying to force its European customers to use its Azure platform, thereby preventing them from migrating to its competitors’ cloud services. According to Google, this complaint is being used to “feed back” criticism “from its customers and the industry as a whole”. “Microsoft has reached an agreement to address similar concerns raised by European suppliers”, said a Microsoft spokesperson, contacted by AFP. “Having failed to persuade European companies, we expect Google similarly will fail to persuade the European Commission”. (IS)