Microsoft ends Claude Code licenses and shifts developers to its in‑house Copilot model, signaling a strategic move toward AI self‑sufficiency and distribution power.

According to The Verge, Claude Code became "perhaps a little too popular" inside Microsoft, with many engineers regularly favouring Anthropic's offering over Microsoft's own Copilot CLI.

If you have ever waited for a login code that never showed up, you already know the pain. You type in your password. Microsoft asks for a code. Then you stare at your ...