Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
Microsoft plans to cancel most of its internal Claude Code licenses and redirect developers to Copilot CLI, ending a broad internal rollout that began in December.
Microsoft first started opening up access to Claude Code in December, inviting thousands of its own developers to use Anthropic's AI coding tool daily. It was part of an effort to get project managers, designers, and other employees to experiment with coding for the first time, and sources tell me that Claude Code has proved very popular inside Microsoft over the past six months.
Perhaps a little too popular, as Microsoft is now preparing to walk back its Claude Code push. I understand that Microsoft is planning to remove most of its Claude Code licenses and push many of its developers to use Copilot CLI instead. While Claude Code has been … Read the full story at The Verge.
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