Microsoft Bundling Practices Focus of Federal Antitrust Probe

The FTC is investigating Microsoft in a wide-ranging probe that will examine whether the company’s business practices have run afoul of antitrust laws.

One key area of interest is how Microsoft packages popular Office products together with cybersecurity and cloud computing services.

The FTC views the fact that Microsoft has won more federal business even as it left the government vulnerable as an example of the company's problematic power over the market, a person told ProPublica .

The FTC has sent Microsoft a civil investigative demand, the agency’s version of a subpoena, people familiar with the probe say.

Microsoft confirmed that it received the document, but declined to comment on the specifics of the investigation.

President-elect Donald Trump said this month that he will elevate Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to lead the FTC .