Microsoft walks back plans to switch Chrome search to Bing for Office 365 customers

In what seems like a broad case of overreaching, an upcoming version of Microsoft’s Office 365 for enterprises will automatically switch Google Chrome’s search engine to Bing. And Firefox is next on the list.

Editor’s Note: On Feb. 11, Microsoft is saying that it will back off this decision, making it opt-in, as first reported by ZDNet.

”Based on your feedback...The Microsoft Search in Bing browser extension will not be automatically deployed with Office 365 ProPlus,” the company said in an update.

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