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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...

Microsoft has quietly rewritten a crucial line in the Copilot playbook: business customers can now choose between OpenAI and Anthropic models inside Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio, with Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 joining the model roster for enterprise reasoning...

Microsoft has quietly made a strategic pivot in how Copilot delivers AI: Anthropic’s Claude models — Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — are now selectable backends inside Microsoft Copilot Studio and the Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot, giving enterprises explicit model choice and...

Microsoft’s Copilot has taken a decisive step away from single‑vendor reliance by adding Anthropic’s Claude family as selectable backends inside Microsoft 365 Copilot, a change that introduces model choice, cross‑cloud execution implications, and fresh governance responsibilities for enterprise...

Microsoft's Microsoft 365 Copilot is no longer a single‑vendor show: starting today the company is adding Anthropic’s Claude family — notably Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends inside Copilot, giving organizations the ability to route specific Copilot workloads to...

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code has folded Anthropic’s Claude 4 into its Copilot toolkit, and the result is a turning point for AI-assisted development: auto model selection in VS Code will now choose Claude Sonnet 4 as the primary backend for many paid Copilot users, while Anthropic’s Claude...

Microsoft has quietly begun a major pivot in the architecture that powers the AI features inside Office apps: Copilot will now route select workloads to Anthropic’s Claude family — notably the Sonnet 4 models — while continuing to use OpenAI models and Microsoft’s own engines where they remain...

Microsoft’s Office productivity stack is entering a new phase: after years of leaning hard on OpenAI, Redmond is reportedly adding Anthropic’s Claude family to the mix and routing certain Copilot workloads to the company’s Sonnet models — a pragmatic pivot toward multi‑vendor, workload‑specific...