GitHub Copilot Pro+

Microsoft is urging thousands of its engineers to adopt Claude Code, the coding tool developed by rival Anthropic, even as the company continues to market its own GitHub Copilot as the industry standard, according to multiple reports this week.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the public preview launch of GitHub Spark on July 23, a new AI-powered tool that enables users to build full-stack web applications using simple natural language descriptions without any coding knowledge. The tool transforms plain English prompts like "Create a website that recommends movies based on my mood" into complete applications with frontend, backend, and AI functionality within minutes.