Microsoft Teams Up with Anthropic: Transform Your Microsoft 365 Experience with AI Task Delegation!

March 12, 2026

Copilot Cowork : Microsoft intègre la technologie d’Anthropic pour déléguer des tâches dans Microsoft 365

Microsoft has introduced Copilot Cowork, a new tool powered by Anthropic technology designed to handle your schedule, research, and meeting preparations within the secure cloud environment of Microsoft 365.

A Comprehensive Workflow Management Agent in Microsoft 365

On March 9th, Microsoft announced the launch of Copilot Cowork, an AI agent based on Anthropic’s technology, aimed at managing complete workflows within the Microsoft 365 suite. This tool leverages data from Outlook, Teams, and Excel to:

The operation is based on a delegation logic: the user describes the desired outcome, and Copilot Cowork devises and progressively executes an action plan using data from Outlook, Teams, Excel, and the entire suite. Checkpoints allow for validation, modification, or interruption of the tasks at any time.

An Answer to Claude Cowork, Amid Microsoft’s Diversification

Microsoft’s tool is directly inspired by Claude Cowork, the agent unveiled by Anthropic in January. The key difference lies in the execution environment: while Claude Cowork operates locally on a machine, Copilot Cowork runs in the Microsoft cloud, which the company claims as a mark of control for large organizations. By incorporating Anthropic’s technology, Microsoft is also diversifying its foundation of models.

Availability of Copilot Cowork

Copilot Cowork is currently in Research Preview for a limited number of clients. Broader access is expected by the end of March 2026 as part of the Frontier program. Part of the usage will be included in the Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription, priced at 30 dollars per user per month for businesses, with additional advanced features available for an extra fee.

The Redmond-based company also notes that Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet models are now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot, alongside OpenAI models, which were previously exclusive to the service.

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