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// AXIS	MicrosoftEnterprise agent platform (Copilot Studio · Foundry · Agent 365)	AnthropicProtocol-led, capability-led, safety-led
Products	Copilot Studio · Foundry · Connectors · Agent 365 · Declarative Agents checked 2026-05-07 · high confidence	Claude · MCP · Skills · Computer Use · Agent SDK checked 2026-05-07 · high confidence
Lock In	moderate Strong if you're building inside M365 / Azure. Connectors / Foundry resources are portable in concept; in practice, migration is non-trivial.	low MCP is open. Claude API is single-vendor; switching costs at the model layer are real but architectural lock-in is modest.
Mcp Stance	supportive Microsoft has shipped MCP support across Copilot Studio + VS Code + Azure AI.	creator Anthropic introduced MCP in November 2024. Strongest first-class support.
Disclosure	yes Sush is a Copilot Solution Engineer at Microsoft NZ. The take here is independent — not Microsoft's official position.	—
Leads At	Enterprise IT integration Existing M365 / Azure footprints Compliance / governance story	MCP Skills (capability bundling) Honest model behaviour Computer Use API
Lags At	Pricing complexity (multiple tiers) Brand / pace lag vs Anthropic on protocol-led features	Image / audio capabilities (text-only models) Smaller distribution than ChatGPT
Verdict	Default if your org already runs on M365 / Azure and you need the governance story.	Default for builders who care about protocols, plain behaviour, and cross-vendor interop.

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