Antitrust enforcers with the Federal Trade Commission have opened a wide-ranging investigation into Microsoft’s business practices, starting off a big legal project that an incoming Trump administrati

The FTC is looking at everything from the company’s cloud computing and software licensing businesses to cybersecurity offerings and AI products.

The FTC is unhappy with Microsoft’s practices and dominance across the cloud computing, AI and cybersecurity industries.

Microsoft is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission in a wide-ranging antitrust probe, making it the fifth Big Tech company to fall under such scrutiny in several years. The demand for information that spans hundreds of pages and culminates over a year of informal discussions with Microsoft competitors and partners.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft, scrutinizing its cloud computing, software licensing, cybersecurity, and AI businesses.

The probe was approved by FTC Chair Lina Khan ahead of her likely departure in January. The election of Donald Trump as U.S. president and the expectation he will appoint a fellow Republican with a softer approach toward business, leaves the outcome of the investigation up in the air.

The FTC has launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft's business practices, a report on Bloomberg has revealed.

Microsoft is set to go under the microscope of the nation’s top antitrust watchdog, the FTC, which is launching an investigation into the tech giant’s practices.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened a broader antitrust probe into Microsoft, making the software giant the latest big tech firm in the list of firms that the antitrust regulator has been scrutinizing heavily.