Microsoft ends Claude Code licenses and shifts developers to its in‑house Copilot model, signaling a strategic move toward AI self‑sufficiency and distribution power.

Microsoft used its Build 2026 keynote to ship a coding AI model built entirely in-house, a direct move to reduce its dependence on OpenAI for one of its most widely used developer products. The model, ...

Thomas Dohmke, who has been leading Microsoft GitHub since 2021, is leaving the company. Since Dohmke took over GitHub as CEO, the unit has more than doubled its user base. GitHub will keep operating ...

Developers who rely on GitHub Copilot now face a real choice between coding models built by Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, all competing inside the same editor. At Build 2026, Microsoft’s ...

In December of last year, Microsoft told thousands of its engineers, product managers and designers that they could use Claude Code, Anthropic’s command-line coding agent, on the company dime. By ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) speaks with Microsoft Chief Technology Officer and Executive VP of Artificial Intelligence Kevin Scott during the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center ...

What if you could build your own AI assistant—one that understands your unique needs and works tirelessly to simplify your day-to-day tasks? With Microsoft Copilot Studio, this isn’t just a futuristic ...

Microsoft has launched App Builder, a new AI agent that can be used to create apps using conversational language in just a few minutes. App Builder is based on Copilot and has a familiar workflow: ...

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...

Microsoft's new Azure Skills Plugin bundles curated Azure skills, the Azure MCP Server, and the Foundry MCP Server into a single install for AI coding agents. The package is designed to help agents ...

At its Build developer conference in San Francisco, Microsoft announced MAI-Code-1-Flash, its inaugural model in the AI coding space. Microsoft is trying to establish a presence with proprietary ...