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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. The European Commission has been investigating Microsoft's tying of Office and Teams since a 2020 complaint by Salesforce-owned competing workspace messaging app Slack. Teams, which was added to Office 365 in 2017 for free, subsequently replaced

The European Commission has been investigating since 2020 whether the firm's products stifle competition.

The European Commission has been investigating Microsoft's tying of Office and Teams since a 2020 complaint by Salesforce-owned competing workspace messaging app Slack

Microsoft has said it is splitting the Teams business messaging and video app from its Office software globally.

Going forward, the price of the Office Suite without the Teams app will cost between US$7.75 to $54.75 depending on the product while Teams Standalone will cost $5.25.