By Emma Thompson
Publication Date: 2026-11-09 00:30:00
Microsoft plans to bring processing for Anthropic’s Claude models in Microsoft Copilot into its EU Data Boundary by the end of 2026, extending its regional data-processing commitments to those models.
The change covers customers in the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA), including organizations using Claude through Copilot Cowork.
Charles Lamanna, Executive Vice President, Copilot, Agents, and Platform at Microsoft, said European customers wanted “the latest AI without trading off the data processing/residency commitments they rely on.”
Claude models already support work across Copilot Chat, Microsoft 365 apps, Copilot Cowork and Copilot Code. The announcement extends the regional processing arrangements for those models, which sit alongside other providers’ models within Copilot’s governed experience.
Lamanna also referenced Copilot’s “auto” model router as part of that experience.
Regional processing commitments extend to Claude
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