- Claude now works across your open Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in a single continuous session, carrying full context across all four apps.
- In one conversation it can triage email, draft documents, build models with real formulas, update slides, and schedule a meeting without switching tabs or re-explaining the project.
- Claude for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word are generally available on all paid plans; Claude for Outlook is in beta, available on Mac and Windows and via Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud's Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry.
Collaborate with Claude across Microsoft365 apps
- Claude operates across open Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files within one continuous session rather than per-app, one-off interactions.
- It carries full context across all four apps, so you don't lose track of the project or have to re-explain it at each step.
- An example workflow: triage your inbox in Outlook, open a client brief in Word to draft a recommendation memo in the firm's template, build a market-sizing model with real formulas in Excel, drop it into a client-branded deck in PowerPoint, and schedule the review meeting — all from one conversation.
- It produces real working artifacts: documents in a firm template, models with actual formulas, and updated client-branded slides.
- Claude for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word are generally available on all paid plans.
- Claude for Outlook is in beta.
- It is available on Mac and Windows.
- It is also available via Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud's Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry. Learn more at claude.com/claude-for-microsoft-365.
Microsoft 365 — Microsoft's suite of productivity apps including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Continuous session — A single conversation in which Claude works across multiple apps while keeping context.
Triage — Reviewing and prioritizing items such as incoming email.
Market-sizing model — A spreadsheet model estimating the size of a market, built here with real formulas.
General availability — A product state where a feature is fully released to all eligible users.
Beta — A pre-general-availability release stage, the current status of Claude for Outlook.
Amazon Bedrock — An AWS service for accessing foundation models, a deployment channel for Claude.
Microsoft Foundry — A Microsoft platform through which Claude is also available.
[Note: This video has no spoken narration; the following is based on its title and description.]
Collaborate with Claude across Microsoft 365 apps. Claude now works across your open Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in a single continuous session — triaging email, drafting documents, building models, updating slides, and carrying full context across all four apps without losing track.
Claude triages your inbox in Outlook, opens a client brief in Word to draft a recommendation memo in the firm's template, builds a market-sizing model with real formulas in Excel, drops it into a client-branded deck in PowerPoint, and schedules the review meeting — all from one conversation, without switching tabs or re-explaining the project at each step.
Claude for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word are generally available on all paid plans. Claude for Outlook is in beta. Available on Mac and Windows, and via Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud's Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry.
Learn more: claude.com/claude-for-microsoft-365
TL;DR
- Claude now works across your open Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in a single continuous session, carrying full context across all four apps.
- In one conversation it can triage email, draft documents, build models with real formulas, update slides, and schedule a meeting without switching tabs or re-explaining the project.
- Claude for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word are generally available on all paid plans; Claude for Outlook is in beta, available on Mac and Windows and via Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud's Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry.
Takeaways
- Claude operates across open Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files within one continuous session rather than per-app, one-off interactions.
- It carries full context across all four apps, so you don't lose track of the project or have to re-explain it at each step.
- An example workflow: triage your inbox in Outlook, open a client brief in Word to draft a recommendation memo in the firm's template, build a market-sizing model with real formulas in Excel, drop it into a client-branded deck in PowerPoint, and schedule the review meeting — all from one conversation.
- It produces real working artifacts: documents in a firm template, models with actual formulas, and updated client-branded slides.
- Claude for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word are generally available on all paid plans.
- Claude for Outlook is in beta.
- It is available on Mac and Windows.
- It is also available via Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud's Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry. Learn more at claude.com/claude-for-microsoft-365.
Vocabulary
Microsoft 365 — Microsoft's suite of productivity apps including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Continuous session — A single conversation in which Claude works across multiple apps while keeping context.
Triage — Reviewing and prioritizing items such as incoming email.
Market-sizing model — A spreadsheet model estimating the size of a market, built here with real formulas.
General availability — A product state where a feature is fully released to all eligible users.
Beta — A pre-general-availability release stage, the current status of Claude for Outlook.
Amazon Bedrock — An AWS service for accessing foundation models, a deployment channel for Claude.
Microsoft Foundry — A Microsoft platform through which Claude is also available.
Transcript
[Note: This video has no spoken narration; the following is based on its title and description.]
Collaborate with Claude across Microsoft 365 apps. Claude now works across your open Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in a single continuous session — triaging email, drafting documents, building models, updating slides, and carrying full context across all four apps without losing track.
Claude triages your inbox in Outlook, opens a client brief in Word to draft a recommendation memo in the firm's template, builds a market-sizing model with real formulas in Excel, drops it into a client-branded deck in PowerPoint, and schedules the review meeting — all from one conversation, without switching tabs or re-explaining the project at each step.
Claude for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word are generally available on all paid plans. Claude for Outlook is in beta. Available on Mac and Windows, and via Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud's Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry.
Learn more: claude.com/claude-for-microsoft-365