Claude Tag in Teams: Waitlist Only — Use Claude Today

Does Claude Have an Official Microsoft Teams App?

Short answer, as of October 2026: no — there is no official Claude app you can install in Microsoft Teams, and Claude Tag for Teams is waitlist-only with no release date. Here's the honest picture so you can decide what actually works for your team.

Claude's official chat integration is Slack-first

Anthropic's workspace chat product, Claude Tag — Claude you can tag in a channel — launched on Slack in beta on June 23, 2026, for Claude Team and Enterprise plans. Anthropic has confirmed that Claude Tag is coming to Microsoft Teams and runs a waitlist, but as of October 2026 there is no release date, no beta and nothing to install in Teams yet.

The Microsoft 365 connector is not Claude Tag in Teams

Anthropic ships a Microsoft 365 connector that lets Claude.ai search your Teams messages, Outlook, SharePoint and OneDrive. If your admin has enabled write tools, Claude.ai can also send a Teams chat message or post/reply in a channel (you confirm each send). That is still Claude talking to Teams from claude.ai — not Claude Tag living inside Teams as a channel teammate you can @mention.

Where Plug and AI fits

Plug and AI is a Microsoft Teams app (live in the Teams marketplace) that lets your team chat with Claude directly in Teams — 1:1 or by @mention in a channel. It reaches Claude via OpenRouter, so you get the Claude family and 300+ other models in one bot, without waiting for an official Anthropic release.

How to Get Claude in Microsoft Teams with Plug and AI

Three steps, about a minute. No per-seat setup.

1

Install Plug and AI from the Teams marketplace

Add the app from the Microsoft Teams app store. Your tenant gets a free starter credit — no credit card required to try it.

2

Open a 1:1 chat or @mention in a channel

Message the bot directly for a private conversation, or @mention Plug and AI in any channel to bring Claude into a group discussion. You also get a personal tab to check your tenant's balance, usage and default model chain.

3

Ask for Claude — and switch models any time

Name the model in your message (for example "use Claude Opus"), or set a per-tenant default chain so Claude answers by default. Switch to GPT, Gemini or Grok mid-conversation whenever another model fits the job better.

What Claude Is Best At in Teams

Claude is a strong default for careful, document-heavy work. In Plug and AI for Teams it shines on:

Long documents & PDFs

Attach a PDF, HTML file or image in a 1:1 chat and ask Claude to read, summarize or extract from it. Claude handles long-context material well.

Careful reasoning & writing

Nuanced drafting, editing and step-by-step analysis where you want a measured, well-structured answer rather than a quick guess.

Vision & file analysis

Understand screenshots, diagrams and scanned pages. Ask Claude what a chart shows or to pull the key points from an uploaded file.

Claude itself doesn't generate images. In Plug and AI, image generation is handled by image-capable models such as Gemini — Claude covers reading and reasoning over images, not creating them.

Claude + 300 Other Models, One Teams Bot

Locking your Teams tenant to a single model family means paying for one vendor's strengths and weaknesses. Plug and AI keeps Claude available and lets you reach for another model the moment it fits better — no second app, no second bill.

Switch when another model fits

Draft with Claude Sonnet, get a second opinion from GPT, pull a web-grounded answer from Gemini, or hand a coding question to DeepSeek — all in the same Teams conversation.

One tenant, one balance

Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Llama, Mistral and 300+ more draw from a single shared tenant balance. Set a per-tenant default chain so the team gets a sensible model without thinking about it.

See the full lineup on the models page.

Pricing: Claude in Teams, the Math

Plug and AI is pay-per-use with no per-seat fees: $0/month fixed, AI provider rates plus a 10% service fee, drawn from a shared tenant balance you top up with Stripe. You pay for what your team actually uses; free models cost $0.

$0/month fixed

no per-seat fees · pay per use · free starter credit · see pricing

	Plug and AI (Claude in Teams)	Anthropic Claude Team plan
Runs inside Teams	Yes — 1:1 & channel	Not yet — Claude Tag for Teams is waitlist-only (as of Oct 2026)
Pricing model	Pay per use, no per-seat fees	$20/seat/mo annual, $25 monthly (Standard, as of Oct 2026)
Team of 10, monthly	Pay per use · $0 fixed (pricing)	$200 annual (10 × $20) · $250 monthly
Models included	Claude + 300+ others	Claude only
Minimum seats / commitment	None	2-seat minimum (teams of 2–150)

Anthropic Claude Team pricing ($20/seat/month billed annually or $25 monthly, Standard seat, teams of 2–150) was checked on 2026-10-08 and may change — check claude.com/pricing for current rates. Anthropic's Team plan is a claude.ai product, not a Microsoft Teams app.

See full pricing and the top-up fee math ($10 top-up → $9 credit) →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Claude Tag available in Microsoft Teams?

Not yet. Anthropic says Claude Tag is coming to Microsoft Teams and runs a waitlist, but as of October 2026 there is no release date, no beta and nothing to install in Teams. Claude Tag launched on Slack in beta for Claude Team and Enterprise plans on June 23, 2026. To use Claude in Microsoft Teams today, Plug and AI lets you chat with Claude 1:1 or by @mention in a channel.

Is there an official Claude app for Microsoft Teams?

As of October 2026 there is no official Claude app you can install in Microsoft Teams. Anthropic launched Claude Tag — Claude you can tag in a channel — on Slack in beta on June 23, 2026, for Claude Team and Enterprise plans. Anthropic says Claude Tag is coming to Microsoft Teams and runs a waitlist, but there is no release date, no beta and nothing installable yet. Separately, Anthropic's Microsoft 365 connector lets Claude.ai search Teams messages, and — if your admin has enabled write tools — send a Teams chat message or post/reply in a channel (with your confirmation). That is Claude talking to Teams from claude.ai; it is not Claude Tag living inside Teams as a channel teammate. Plug and AI is a practical way to chat with Claude directly inside Microsoft Teams today.

How do I use Claude in Microsoft Teams?

Install Plug and AI from the Teams marketplace, open a 1:1 chat with the bot or @mention it in a channel, and name a Claude model ("use Claude Opus"). Plug and AI routes your message to Claude and returns the reply in Teams. You get a free starter credit to begin.

Which Claude models can I use in Teams?

Plug and AI gives you the Claude family — Claude Opus, Claude Sonnet and Claude Haiku — inside Teams via OpenRouter, with Claude in the premium chain. You also get GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek and 300+ other models in the same bot, switchable per message. See the models page for the full list.

How much does Claude in Teams cost?

Plug and AI is pay-per-use: $0/month fixed, AI provider rates plus a 10% service fee, from a shared tenant balance you top up with Stripe. No per-seat fees; free models cost $0. Anthropic's Claude Team plan is a separate claude.ai product at $20/seat/month billed annually or $25 monthly (Standard, as of October 2026) — $200–250/month for 10 seats.

Can Claude read PDFs in Microsoft Teams?

Yes. Attach a PDF, image or HTML file in a 1:1 chat with Plug and AI and ask Claude to analyze it — summaries, extraction, Q&A over the contents. Claude is strong at long documents and vision. Note that Claude doesn't generate images; image generation in Plug and AI uses image-capable models such as Gemini.

Does Plug and AI for Teams charge per seat?

No. There are no per-seat fees and no seat minimum. Your whole Microsoft Teams tenant shares one balance and you pay only for the AI usage plus a 10% service fee.