Microsoft Breaks OpenAI Exclusivity, GitHub Copilot Integrates Claude Opus4.7 on Launch Day

For programmers who rely on GitHub Copilot daily, there's new tooling news. Microsoft recently broke its exclusive partnership with OpenAI and integrated Anthropic's Claude Opus4.7 into 9 development environments like GitHub Copilot on launch day.

Claude Opus4.7 is the strongest in its series, with enhanced complex software engineering capabilities, stable long-running task execution, and major visual breakthroughs. In coming weeks, it will replace older versions as the default for Copilot Pro+ users, and Microsoft 365 Copilot users can also access it in some frontier programs.