The European Commission has taken the first step towards settling its antitrust probe against Microsoft, after the US tech giant offered new concessions on its Teams and Office products to avoid a hefty fine.

Microsoft has offered to sell its Office product without Teams at a lower price than Office with Teams as well as offer rivals better interoperability access to its services and products, EU antitrust regulators said on Friday.

The EU charged Microsoft after complaints from Slack and alfaview about Teams bundling, citing antitrust violations despite Microsoft’s unbundling efforts.