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143143If your organization routes AI traffic through Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud
144144Vertex AI, Azure AI Foundry, or an LLM gateway, your admin can deploy
145145the add-in without individual Claude accounts. See
146[Use Claude for M365 with third-party platforms](/docs/office-agents/third-party-platforms).
146[Use Claude for M365 with third-party platforms](/docs/office-agents/third-party-platforms.md).
147147 
148148## Key features
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246246Claude for Word supports connectors for pulling external context into
247247your document, and Skills for applying reusable task recipes. See
248[Connectors and Skills](/docs/office-agents/connectors-and-skills) for
248[Connectors and Skills](/docs/office-agents/connectors-and-skills.md) for
249249details.
250250 
251251## Set persistent instructions
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265265Claude for Word shares context with Claude for Excel, PowerPoint, and
266266Outlook, so a single conversation can span your open document,
267267workbook, deck, and inbox. See
268[Work across M365 apps](/docs/office-agents/work-across-apps).
268[Work across M365 apps](/docs/office-agents/work-across-apps.md).
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270270## Context and session management
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291291through Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI, Azure AI Foundry, or an
292292LLM gateway, the available models come from that platform and your
293293admin's configuration instead of your Claude.ai model access settings.
294See [Use Claude for M365 with third-party platforms](/docs/office-agents/third-party-platforms)
294See [Use Claude for M365 with third-party platforms](/docs/office-agents/third-party-platforms.md)
295295for details.
296296 
297297## Data handling
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306306Conversations are not stored on Anthropic's servers, are not synced
307307across devices, and can be cleared from Settings at any time.
308308Reinstalling the add-in or switching between Claude add-ins does not
309remove it. See [Data storage and retention](/docs/office-agents/data-storage)
309remove it. See [Data storage and retention](/docs/office-agents/data-storage.md)
310310for where it sits on disk and how long it is kept.
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312312Claude for Word does not inherit custom data retention settings your
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