Google accused its archrival Microsoft of using its dominance in business software to unfairly benefit its cloud platform.

Alphabet unit Google filed a complaint to the European Commission on Wednesday against what it said were Microsoft's anti-competitive practices to lock customers into Microsoft's cloud platform Azure.

Google escalated a feud with Microsoft over cloud computing on Wednesday with a European Union antitrust complaint accusing its tech rival of anticompetitive practices. In a blog post, Google alleged that Microsoft's licensing practices lock business customers into using its Azure cloud computing platform.

The search giant argues that Microsoft is abusing its market power in enterprise software to push customers to use its cloud-computing service.

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet unit Google filed a complaint to the European Commission on Wednesday against what it said were Microsoft's anti-competitive practices to lock customers into Microsoft's cloud platform Azure.

Google isn’t happy with Microsoft’s cloud licensing terms for Windows Server on non-Azure cloud infrastructure.

Google said Wednesday that it had filed a complaint against Microsoft at the European Commission, accusing its rival of "anticompetitive" licensing practices to force customers to use its cloud service.

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), accusing it of unfair licensing practices regarding its Azure cloud computing service.