Accenture Rolls Out Microsoft 365 Copilot to 7.43 Lakh Employees

Accenture is rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot across its workforce of about 7.43 lakh employees, comparable to Denver’s population.

Internal 2025 data from 2 lakh users show that 97% of employees reported completing routine tasks up to 15 times faster with Copilot, while 53% reported improvements in productivity and efficiency.

The companies did not disclose financial terms. The development supports Microsoft, with just over 3% of its 450 million-plus Microsoft 365 enterprise users currently paying $30 per month for the add-on.

“Copilot is a personal digital colleague,” said Tony Leraris, Chief Information Officer at Accenture. “It changes the way our people work, the way they research, ideate, analyse, and execute many daily activities.”

Accenture first deployed the tool in 2023, shortly after Microsoft introduced Copilot. It began with a large group of employees before expanding further, using each phase to test features, set controls, and assess changes in work patterns.

The company said adoption was driven by integration within Microsoft 365 tools already used by employees. “What we want is the generative AI to meet the employee in the flow of their work, instead of creating separate destinations,” Leraris said.

Accenture cited Copilot’s ability to access enterprise data across SharePoint and OneDrive as a factor in its rollout. The firm manages about 24 petabytes of data across these systems.

The company also emphasised governance controls, allowing teams to test features with select groups and restrict capabilities based on regulatory requirements. “We have an amazing amount of granularity of control, which gives us flexibility to have new features available to different parts of our workforce at different times,” Leraris said.