英国竞争与市场管理局（CMA）周五表示，亚马逊网络服务（AWS）和微软已使切换云服务提供商变得更加容易，但仍有更多工作要做。CMA还建议将微软纳入其最严格的数字规则之中。
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have made it easier to switch cloud providers but still have more to do, the UK competition watchdog said on Friday. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also proposed bringing Microsoft under its toughest digital rules.
此次更新是CMA自3月以来的首次进展检查。当时，CMA接受了两家公司的自愿承诺，而未对云市场展开正式调查。CMA当时表示，将在六个月后再次评估进展情况。
The update is the CMA’s first progress check since March, when it accepted voluntary commitments from the two companies instead of opening a formal investigation into the cloud market. At the time, it said it would look at progress again after six months.
自那时起，两家公司已将其数据中心直接连接到竞争对手的数据中心，起始点是谷歌。它们还取消了客户将数据转移至其他提供商时产生的费用。
Since then, both companies have connected their data centres directly to their rivals’, starting with Google. They have also dropped fees for customers who move their data to another provider.
此外，两家公司现在均允许客户和竞争对手请求改进服务之间的连接，并提供人工智能工具以协助迁移。
On top of that, both now let customers and rivals request better links between services and offer AI tools that help with a move.
接下来，CMA希望两家公司使跨不同云平台的用户管理和访问变得更加便利。它还希望建立能够在不同提供商之间无额外障碍地迁移的系统。
Next, the CMA wants both firms to make it easier to manage users and access across different clouds. It also wants systems that can move between providers without extra hurdles.
监管机构计划在2027年春季发布另一次更新。它尚未排除在其新权力下对云市场进行全面调查的可能性。
The regulator plans another update in spring 2027. It has not ruled out a full cloud investigation under its new powers.
与此同时，微软在另一 fronts 面临更严格的审查。CMA已提出在商务软件领域赋予微软战略市场地位，此举源于其在5月启动的一项调查。
Meanwhile, Microsoft faces closer scrutiny on a separate front. The CMA has proposed giving it strategic market status in business software, following an investigation opened in May.
如果获批准，微软将成为继谷歌和苹果之后，第三家受英国新数字市场监管制度约束的公司。
That would make it the third company, after Google and Apple, to fall under Britain’s new digital markets regime.
CMA的提案涵盖Windows、Office、安全工具、服务器软件和数据库。起初，CMA希望审查微软如何向竞争对手云服务提供商授权其软件。它还将检查客户是否能够自由选择除Copilot以外的人工智能工具。
The CMA’s proposal covers Windows, Office, security tools, server software, and databases. Early on, the CMA wants to examine how Microsoft licenses its software to rival cloud providers. It will also check whether customers can freely pick AI tools other than Copilot.
“组织应能够选择最适合其需求的产品，”CMA首席执行官莎拉·卡德尔说道。
“Organisations should be able to choose the products that work best for them,” said Sarah Cardell, the CMA’s chief executive.
微软方面表示，它不同意英国竞争与市场管理局的观点，认为其所有产品（包括Copilot）都是开放且互操作的，据路透社报道。它还欢迎英国竞争与市场管理局的认定，即其云计算地位不值得被指定。
Microsoft, for its part, said it does not share the CMA’s view and that all of its products, including Copilot, are open and interoperable, according to Reuters. It also welcomed the CMA’s finding that its cloud position does not warrant a designation.
与此同时，亚马逊网络服务欢迎这一更新。它表示，今年一直在人工智能和跨云工具方面持续投入。
AWS, meanwhile, welcomed the update. It said it had kept investing in AI and in tools that work across clouds this year.
英国竞争与市场管理局现在将就该提案征求意见，并预计将在2027年2月作出最终决定。
The CMA will now take views on the proposal and expects to make a final decision by February 2027.