Claude Is Now Generally Available in Microsoft Azure Foundry with SSO, Consolidated Billing, and US Data Zone

What's new

• Native Azure identity: Integration with existing Azure identity, networking, and governance controls
• Consolidated billing: Microsoft Enterprise Agreement customers can draw Claude usage against their Azure commitment
• US data zone: For organizations requiring US data residency compliance
• Available models: Claude Opus 4.8 and Claude Haiku 4.5 via Messages API with prompt caching and extended thinking
• Two deployment modes: Hosted on Azure (native auth/billing) or Hosted on Anthropic (full API features)

Why it matters

For enterprise customers with existing Microsoft agreements and governance requirements, this is a critical integration — it eliminates a separate billing relationship with Anthropic and allows deploying Claude within the organization's existing security framework.

How to try it

Available immediately for organizations with Microsoft Foundry access via Azure documentation.