The Federal Trade Commission is readying an investigation into Microsoft’s cloud-computing business as its full-throttle approach to antitrust continues in the final weeks of the Biden administration, according to a report.

The agency led by Chair Lina Khan is looking into claims that the company is abusing its market clout by enforcing terms that prevent users from moving their data from its Azure service to other cloud-computing software, people with direct knowledge of the matter told the Financial Times.

Microsoft has allegedly been hiking subscription fees for those that are leaving the platform, charging sky-high exit fees and making its Office 365 products incompatible with other cloud services, the report said. 

The regulatory agency has yet to request documents or information from Microsoft, sources told the Financial Times.

The FTC and Microsoft declined to comment.

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