Almost 5 months after Microsoft gave engineers access to Anthropic’s Claude Code, company is canceling licenses; says: This is shared accountability to make …

Microsoft is reportedly cancelling most internal licenses for Anthropic’s Claude Code AI coding tool as it starts shifting developers toward its own GitHub Copilot CLI platform. The move comes nearly five months after Microsoft first expanded access to Claude Code for thousands of employees, including engineers, project managers and designers. According to The Verge report, Claude Code quickly became popular among Microsoft employees and was widely used for coding, prototyping and testing ideas. However, Microsoft is now moving to make Copilot CLI its primary AI coding tool across major teams including Windows, Microsoft 365, Outlook, Teams and Surface engineering groups.

Microsoft plans Claude Code cutoff by June end

According to internal discussions cited in the report, Microsoft’s Experiences + Devices division plans to wind down usage of Claude Code by the end of June this year. Employees are reportedly being encouraged to move their workflows to GitHub Copilot CLI before…