Nov 12, 2026 — 10:00 – 11:00 AM PT
Claude in Microsoft Foundry: control the cost, prove the value
Claude adoption in Microsoft Foundry is moving from pilots to production across entire organizations. Leaders want to know who's using Claude, what it costs, and how it's paying off. This technical session answers all three, starting with the choices on each Claude API call that lower cost, then showing how Microsoft Foundry and Claude work together to keep spend visible, predictable, and under your control.
Featured speakers
Amanda Wong
Applied AI @ Anthropic
Aurora Santiago-Moore
Director of Worldwide Business Strategy, Azure Digital & Application Innovation @ Microsoft
What you’ll learn
How to lower the cost of any Claude workload in Foundry by choosing the right model, setting effort, caching prompts, and trimming instructions.
How far your existing Azure controls take you for access, usage limits, and visibility.
Where the Claude apps Gateway fits alongside those controls, adding per-user identity, dollar caps, and team attribution for developer tools like Claude Code running on Foundry.
How to measure ROI by connecting spend to outcomes, such as cost per completed task for API workloads and commits and pull requests for developer teams.