India, May 26 -- Microsoft is reportedly preparing to cut back most internal use of Anthropic's Claude Code across parts of its engineering organisation, while directing developers towards GitHub Copilot CLI.

Reports citing an internal Microsoft memo suggest that the company viewed Claude Code as useful for learning, but saw GitHub Copilot CLI as a tool it could shape more directly around its own repositories, workflows, security expectations, and engineering needs.

The move does not mean Microsoft is ending its relationship with Anthropic. Claude models remain available through Microsoft Foundry, and Anthropic has separately announced that Claude models are available in Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft 365 Copilot.

The reported shift, ...