AI NewsAnthropic’s Microsoft 365 Integration Expands With Claude for Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Anthropic’s Microsoft 365 Integration Expands With Claude for Excel, PowerPoint and Word

2:33 PM IST · May 8, 2026

Anthropic, on Thursday, announced the general availability of several of its Microsoft 365 add-ins. Eligible users can now access the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot inside Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Additionally, the San Francisco-based AI startup also announced that Claude's integration with Outlook was pushed to public beta, which means it is also likely to be released to all users in the coming weeks. The feature does not just add a chatbot that can answer queries related to the documents, but gives it agentic powers, allowing it to take actions on the page autonomously.