# Microsoft is reportedly cancelling most internal licenses for Anthropic’s Claude Code AI coding tool.

*genai · news · 2026-05-15 · Times of India*

## Key points

- Microsoft will cancel most Anthropic Claude Code licenses for employees by the end of June 2024.
- Developers are being shifted to GitHub Copilot CLI as the new primary AI coding tool.
- Claude Code licenses are ending partly to cut costs ahead of Microsoft’s new fiscal year.
- Anthropic models will remain available via Copilot CLI and Microsoft Foundry, despite ending internal licenses.
- Microsoft and GitHub leadership now share responsibility for developing and improving Copilot CLI.

**Companies:** Microsoft, GitHub, Anthropic
**Countries:** United States

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