Microsoft operates two cloud regions in Brazil: one in Rio and another in São Paulo. In September 2024, the company said it ...

Microsoft’s response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) ongoing investigation into its cloud licensing practices has seen it accuse arch-rivals Amazon and Google of “muddying the waters” ...

Microsoft’s cloud ambitions just hit a major snag in the UK. The tech giant is facing a £1bn ($1.27 billion) lawsuit over how it licenses software to customers using rival cloud platforms. Filed in ...

Google Cloud has emerged as the latest party to take issue with Microsoft’s strategy of charging enterprise customers more for running its software in competing cloud environments by filing a ...

Google isn’t happy with Microsoft’s cloud licensing terms for Windows Server on non-Azure cloud infrastructure. Google isn’t happy with Microsoft’s cloud licensing terms for Windows Server on ...

Microsoft’s licensing of its software and services in the cloud is getting it into more hot water in Europe. This time it’s a group of Spanish startups that has called on regulators to investigate ...

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), accusing it of unfair licensing practices regarding its Azure cloud ...

Microsoft this week updated its licensing options in hopes to increase VMware users to migrate to Azure. The incentive is aimed at current users of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), a private cloud ...

Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has issued its third European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) report, praising Microsoft's licensing concessions while accusing Broadcom ...

BRUSSELS, July 10 (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab cloud subsidiary will look into other options in its fight against Microsoft's (MSFT.O), opens new tab licensing practices ...

CISPE’s European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) will keep an eye on Microsoft and other hyperscalers to ensure fair competition for regional service providers. Microsoft’s cloud business is ...

Microsoft and Broadcom are expanding their partnership, unveiling plans to support VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) subscriptions on Azure VMware Solution. Customers that own or purchase licenses for ...