Microsoft Adds Anthropic's AI Model Claude To Copilot 365

Model Claude in Microsoft Copilot (photo: Microsoft)

JAKARTA - Microsoft announced that it had added an Anthropic artificial intelligence (AI) model, namely Claude, to Microsoft 365 Copilot in the beta testing version.

"Copilot will continue to be supported by OpenAI's newest models, and now our customers will also have the flexibility to use the Anthropic model," wrote Charles Lamanna, President of Copilot Business & Industry in an announcement on the company's official website.

Now, users can also choose to use the Anthropic model, including Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1, both in the Researcher feature and when building agents at Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Through the Researcher feature, users can take advantage of in-depth reasoning agents to formulate marketing strategies, analyze trends, and make comprehensive reports with flexibility in choosing the model used.

While at Copilot Studio, Claude's model allows the manufacture and management of more sophisticated company-class agents, including multiagent orchestration and workflow automation.

"With a multiagent system and a prompt tool at Copilot Studio, you can even combine a model used for special tasks from Anthropic, OpenAI, or any model in the Azure Model Catalog," he explained.

Claude in Researcher launched today through the Frontier Program to subscribed subscribed customers Microsoft 365 Copilot.

To build an agent, users can also try Claude at Copilot Studio. Anthropic models are hosted outside Microsoft-run environments and subject to Anthropic Service Requirements.

"This is just the beginning, we are committed to delivering model innovations quickly to empower everyone with Microsoft 365 Copilot," concluded Lamanna.