Microsoft has quietly but decisively shifted Microsoft 365 Copilot from a single‑backend assistant into a managed, multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude family — specifically Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable engines inside Copilot’s Researcher agent...
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...
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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...
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