Applies To

The Researcher agent is your intelligent assistant built into Microsoft 365 Copilot. Think of it as a supercharged research partner that helps you gather, analyze, and summarize information—whether from the web, your work documents, or both. Researcher now supports working with the Claude AI models created by Anthropic.

You must have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license to use Claude in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app (desktop and web app only).

Try Claude

Note: Your admin must allow access to Anthropic AI models in the Microsoft 365 admin center before you can use Claude in Researcher. Anthropic AI models are hosted outside of Microsoft and subject to Anthropic Terms and Data handling.

  1. To use Claude in the Researcher agent, sign into the Microsoft 365 Copilot app and select Researcher under Agents in Chat. 

  2. Then select Try Claude. 

    Image showing the Microsoft Copilot app Researcher page with Try Claude highlighted.

Claude is available for use during an active session. Once the session ends or the Copilot app is closed, the system automatically reverts to the default Generative AI Model for Microsoft 365.

For more information on using Researcher, see Get started with Researcher in Microsoft 365 Copilot.

For more information, see Connect to Anthropic's AI models.

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