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The byok support tag covers GitHub Copilot’s move toward developer- and enterprise-controlled model selection. A June 23, 2026 update lets users choose providers and endpoints from the Copilot app’s model picker, including OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, Anthropic, LM Studio, Ollama, and other OpenAI-compatible services. The discussion focuses on how this changes Copilot from a Microsoft-selected hosted assistant into a client for different AI stacks. It also considers local model use, tenant-bound inference, supply-chain trust, and enterprise data boundaries, giving Windows developers and IT teams context for evaluating flexible AI deployment options.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    GitHub Copilot BYOK: Choose OpenAI, Local Models, or Azure Per Session

    On June 23, 2026, GitHub added bring-your-own-key support to the GitHub Copilot app, letting developers run agent sessions against OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, Anthropic, LM Studio, Ollama, or other OpenAI-compatible endpoints from the app’s model picker. The change looks like a...