Claude Available on Microsoft Foundry — New Models & Capabilities

AI Impact Summary

Anthropic has expanded Claude's availability to Microsoft Foundry, offering access to Claude models via the Azure AI Foundry platform. This includes full API access with billing and OAuth, along with key capabilities like the Messages API, extended thinking, PDF support, and a 300k token context window (in beta). Notably, they've introduced new features such as automatic caching, data residency controls, and fast mode for Opus 4.6, alongside model deprecations for older versions like Sonnet 3.7 and Haiku 3.5, requiring migration to newer models.