Subagents now run by default in the background while Claude continues working and receives notification upon completion; Claude in Chrome is now generally available.
Claude Desktop is now available as a complete platform with Chat, Cowork, and Code across all three cloud environments and can be rolled out via existing enterprise management systems (Intune, GPO, Jamf).
Successful human-agent teams require agents with persistent memory, independent credentials, and broad access to organizational information, plus clear, transparent workflows at the workspace level rather than fragmented access boundaries.
Agent Identity shifts access control from user-based to agent- and channel-based, enabling administrators to centrally define which tools, APIs, and data an agent may use in which context.
Claude receives its own service accounts and identities instead of access to personal user credentials, enabling admins to centrally and granularly define which tools and data each AI agent can use in which channels.
The Claude apps gateway eliminates manual credential management per developer for CTOs and enables centralized access control, spending limits, and telemetry for Claude Code on Bedrock and Google Cloud.
The Claude Gateway enables enterprises to manage identity via OIDC, enforce centralized policies, and track per-user costs without administrative overhead per developer.
Claude is now available as a production offering through Microsoft Foundry on Azure and integrates with existing Azure authentication and billing processes.
