Thousands of Microsoft developers will use GitHub Copilot CLI instead
Thousands of Microsoft developers will use GitHub Copilot CLI instead
by Tom WarrenMay 14, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC
Tom Warren is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.
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
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