Anthropic Adds Claude to Microsoft Foundry with Expanded Capabilities
Action Required
Developers using Microsoft Foundry now have access to Claude's advanced capabilities, requiring them to update their applications to leverage the new features and context window size.
AI Impact Summary
Anthropic has expanded Claude's availability by integrating it into Microsoft Foundry, offering access via Azure billing and OAuth. This includes full Messages API features, extended thinking capabilities, and a new 300k token context window for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, alongside significant updates to pricing, caching, and model capabilities like fast mode and data residency controls. This expansion represents a major capability release for Claude, broadening its reach and utility for developers.
Affected Systems
- Date
- Date not specified
- Change type
- capability
- Severity
- high