Microsoft and CISPE met last week to review the progress of Windows Azure Local.

Last week, Microsoft and Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers of Europe (CISPE) opened their technical summit. The purpose of the meeting was to assess Microsoft’s progress on its cloud products. The Windows company has a complaint about the unfair competition it is creating in the cloud market. Microsoft would be content with some changes to its cloud products. The progress was discussed in a detailed meeting.

Wine tasting and more serious things

The meeting between Microsoft and CISPE took place last week. The Register was given the opportunity to view the agenda. In addition to a wine tasting, a discussion about the EU data law and all sorts of partner introductions, the big goal of this meeting was to review Microsoft’s progress.

In July, Microsoft and CISPE agreed to resolve a competition complaint filed with the European Commission. It was about the licensing of cloud software, in which Microsoft pushes the competition into the background with its cloud products. Now Microsoft has reportedly agreed to pay a relatively small amount and make changes to its Azure Local.

Participant

According to a draft agenda obtained by The Register, there were not many Microsoft engineers present at the meeting, but there were many from marketing and regulatory teams. It was only on the second day that further technical profiles were added, which could tell more about the settlement from a technical perspective.

A spokesperson for the 36-company trade association told The Register: “We expect to have a good mix of senior staff responsible for securing the legal elements of the settlement and managers responsible for leading the development teams responsible for the technical Create requirements.” We have a busy schedule and expect progress. We will report this in the first ECCO paper before the end of the year.”

“Our continued partnership with CISPE builds on our long-standing commitment and investment to create opportunities and grow the European technology industry,” said a Microsoft spokesperson.