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Microsoft is taking the bet that mainstream productivity software will be judged by how well it weaves AI into everyday tasks, and today it has pulled those threads into a single consumer subscription: Microsoft 365 Premium, a new individual and family-focused plan that bundles Office apps with...

Microsoft has quietly widened the model roster behind Microsoft 365 Copilot, adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to a new Office Agent in Copilot chat that can produce ready‑to‑use PowerPoint decks and Word documents from a single, high‑level instruction — a move that...

Microsoft’s Copilot ecosystem has quietly entered a new phase: users and administrators can now choose Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as alternative engines inside Copilot Studio and the Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot, while Claude Opus 4.1 has also been added to...

Microsoft’s Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports Anthropic’s Claude family — specifically Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — giving enterprise customers an explicit choice between OpenAI and Anthropic models for selected Copilot experiences, while raising immediate governance, security, and...

Microsoft has quietly but decisively retooled the architecture of Microsoft 365 Copilot: Anthropic’s Claude family — specifically Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — is now a selectable backend inside key Copilot surfaces, giving organizations real model choice inside Researcher and Copilot...

Microsoft’s decision to fold Anthropic’s Claude models into Microsoft 365 Copilot marks the most visible step yet in a deliberate strategy: turn Copilot from a single‑model product into a multi‑model, multi‑vendor platform for enterprise AI. Announced on September 24, 2025, the rollout adds...

Microsoft has quietly recast Microsoft 365 Copilot from a single‑vendor productivity assistant into a deliberate multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.1 and Claude Sonnet 4 as selectable engines in Copilot’s Researcher tool and Copilot Studio, a change that gives...

Microsoft has quietly re‑engineered a cornerstone of its workplace AI strategy: Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports selectable Anthropic Claude models — specifically Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — inside two high‑visibility Copilot surfaces, the Researcher reasoning agent and Copilot...

Microsoft has broadened the intelligence choices inside Microsoft 365 Copilot by adding two of Anthropic’s Claude models—Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1—so enterprise users and administrators can now pick which provider powers deep reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows inside Researcher...

Microsoft’s decision to let Anthropic’s Claude models run inside Microsoft 365 Copilot marks a strategic inflection: Copilot is no longer a single‑vendor service built around OpenAI — it’s becoming a managed, multi‑model orchestration layer where IT teams can pick the engine best suited to each...

Microsoft has quietly re-engineered Copilot’s product story from «single‑vendor shortcut» into a deliberate multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as selectable engines inside Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Researcher feature and in Copilot Studio’s...

Microsoft’s Copilot has taken a decisive step away from single‑vendor dependency by adding Anthropic’s Claude models — notably Claude Opus 4.1 and Claude Sonnet 4 — as selectable backends inside Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Researcher feature and the Copilot Studio agent‑builder, a change Microsoft...

Microsoft’s quiet move to add Anthropic’s Claude models into Microsoft 365 Copilot is the clearest signal yet that Copilot is evolving from a single‑vendor showcase into a deliberate, multi‑model orchestration platform — one that balances performance, cost, and vendor risk while exposing...

Microsoft quietly handed enterprise IT teams a new lever in the Copilot era: Microsoft 365 Copilot now offers Anthropic’s Claude models — notably Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends inside the Researcher reasoning agent and the Copilot Studio agent-building surface...

Microsoft’s Copilot has taken a decisive step from a single‑vendor architecture toward a managed, multi‑model platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as selectable engines inside the Researcher reasoning agent and Copilot Studio, a move that delivers practical model...

Microsoft has quietly turned a previously single‑vendor Copilot architecture into a multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude models — Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends in Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Researcher agent and in Copilot Studio, with the...

Microsoft’s AI strategy quietly leaped forward this week as the company rolled OpenAI’s GPT‑5‑Codex into Azure AI Foundry at general availability and opened a public preview of the same model for GitHub Copilot inside Visual Studio Code — and, in a parallel move, broadened Microsoft 365...

Microsoft quietly turned Microsoft 365 Copilot from a single‑vendor assistant into a multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as selectable back‑ends in Copilot’s Researcher agent and Copilot Studio, while making clear that OpenAI models will...

Microsoft’s Copilot has quietly crossed a new strategic threshold: business customers can now pick Anthropic’s Claude models as alternatives to OpenAI inside Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio, marking the formal arrival of multi‑model choice in one of the world’s largest workplace AI...

Microsoft’s decision to let Anthropic’s Claude models run inside Copilot represents a decisive shift: Copilot is no longer a single‑vendor product but a multi‑model orchestration layer that gives enterprises explicit model choice for different workloads. Background / Overview For the past few...