Claude for PowerPoint

Claude for PowerPoint is Anthropic's native Microsoft PowerPoint add-in, part of the Claude for Microsoft 365 suite (alongside Claude for Excel, Claude for Word, and Claude for Outlook in Beta). It accelerates slide development through template-aware AI assistance: it reads an existing deck including layouts, fonts, colors, and slide masters, and makes edits that respect brand formatting rather than producing generic slides that need manual reformatting. Capabilities: build new slides from a client or corporate template, iterate on a draft with pinpoint edits, generate a full deck structure from a natural language description, restructure storylines, convert bullets into diagrams, and add native PowerPoint charts. Open via the Claude sidebar in PowerPoint after installing the add-in from Microsoft AppSource. The March 2026 release unified Claude for PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook under the Claude for Microsoft 365 brand at claude.com/claude-for-microsoft-365. Shared cross-app context means a financial analyst can pull comps from Excel and have Claude drop the valuation summary into a pitch deck preserving the deck template without re-explaining the dataset or breaking formatting. Skills (saved one-click workflows) let teams capture standardized processes as reusable actions deployable to all users. Named gaps: Claude for PowerPoint does not yet appear in Enterprise audit logs or Compliance API, a gap for regulated industries. VBA macros and some advanced animation or transition workflows are outside the current scope. The add-in is bundled with Claude subscriptions rather than available as a standalone purchase. Pricing is bundled into Claude subscriptions with no separate Claude for PowerPoint fee, confirmed via the support help center. Available on Pro at $17 per month billed annually (or $20 monthly), Max 5x at $100 per month, Max 20x at $200 per month, Team, and Enterprise (custom). Enterprise deployment supports LLM gateway routing through Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI, or Microsoft Foundry. Inputs and outputs are auto-deleted within 30 days. Security confirmed on trust.anthropic.com: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and HIPAA are all certified for Claude via Anthropic API and Claude Enterprise. Claude for PowerPoint is not the right fit for pure design-from-scratch use cases with no existing brand template: Gamma and Tome optimize for visual aesthetics and produce polished decks without a template input. Organizations standardizing on Microsoft 365 Copilot for a single integrated AI vendor should use Microsoft Copilot for PowerPoint, which is embedded in M365 without requiring a separate Anthropic subscription. Teams requiring Compliance API audit logs should note that Claude for PowerPoint does not yet appear in Enterprise audit logs. Current state Q3 2026: Claude Fable 5 access restored July 1, 2026 after export controls were lifted. Sonnet 5 launched June 30 as the most agentic Sonnet model. Both are available through Claude for PowerPoint. Anthropic consolidated all Microsoft Office add-ins under the Claude for Microsoft 365 brand. SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and HIPAA certifications are confirmed on trust.anthropic.com. Microsoft AppSource listing is verified.