# Microsoft's Copilot 365 AI assistant is now available to all Accenture employees.

*genai · news · 2026-04-27 · The Economic Times*

## Key points

- Microsoft's Copilot 365 will be deployed to all 743,000 Accenture employees, its largest deal yet.
- Copilot initial deployment at Accenture reportedly enabled routine tasks up to 15 times faster.
- Only about 3% of Microsoft's 450 million enterprise users currently pay for Copilot 365.
- Accenture links top-level promotions to AI usage to encourage internal adoption.
- Microsoft's exclusive access to OpenAI tech has ended, allowing OpenAI to sell products on rival clouds.

**Companies:** Microsoft, Accenture
**Countries:** United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia

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