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is apple and Microsoft still partner
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Short answer: They aren’t exclusive partners, but yes — Apple and Microsoft still cooperate commercially in many areas while remaining competitors in others.
Key points:
- Microsoft continues to develop and sell Microsoft 365/Office, Teams, OneDrive, Edge, Visual Studio Code, etc. for macOS and iOS/iPadOS.
- Apple supports Microsoft apps on its platforms and both companies’ products are commonly used together in businesses and schools.
- They no longer have a single formal, exclusive “partnership” (the well-known 1997 investment/agreement was a one-time event), but they have a long-standing, pragmatic relationship: cooperate where it benefits both customers and compete where their businesses overlap (cloud services, productivity, devices).
- If you want examples or the current status in a specific area (Office on Mac, Azure and macOS tooling, enterprise deployments, historical timeline), tell me which and I’ll give details.
Key points:
- Microsoft continues to develop and sell Microsoft 365/Office, Teams, OneDrive, Edge, Visual Studio Code, etc. for macOS and iOS/iPadOS.
- Apple supports Microsoft apps on its platforms and both companies’ products are commonly used together in businesses and schools.
- They no longer have a single formal, exclusive “partnership” (the well-known 1997 investment/agreement was a one-time event), but they have a long-standing, pragmatic relationship: cooperate where it benefits both customers and compete where their businesses overlap (cloud services, productivity, devices).
- If you want examples or the current status in a specific area (Office on Mac, Azure and macOS tooling, enterprise deployments, historical timeline), tell me which and I’ll give details.
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