# Microsoft is rolling out its Copilot 365 AI assistant to all of Accenture's roughly 743,000 employees.

*business · news · 2026-04-28 · NDTV.com*

## Key points

- Microsoft is expanding Copilot 365 access to all 743,000 Accenture employees in its largest deal yet.
- Microsoft's exclusive access to OpenAI ended, allowing OpenAI to sell on rival cloud platforms.
- Accenture reported 97% of staff completed routine tasks up to 15 times faster using Copilot.
- Microsoft is pushing Anthropic's AI to customers to reduce reliance on OpenAI technologies.
- Copilot adoption remains low, with just above 3% of Microsoft's 365 enterprise users paying for it.

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

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