Why Microsoft 365 copilot is scaling fast inside Indian IT

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Infosys, TCS and Wipro have expanded Microsoft 365 Copilot to over 300,000 employees, turning AI from a pilot into daily enterprise workflow. The real test now is whether this scale improves productivity, margins and client value without disrupting traditional IT services billing models.

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Infosys, TCS and Wipro are expanding Microsoft 365 Copilot deployments to more than 300,000 employees, doubling their combined licence base in under six months and moving enterprise AI from pilots into daily delivery workflows.

The rollout matters because India’s top IT services firms are not just using AI tools internally; they are pressure-testing the operating model they will sell to global clients. Each company has scaled Copilot access to more than 100,000 employees, turning AI-assisted work into a mainstream layer across engineering, sales, HR, finance and customer engagement.

Microsoft India and South Asia president Puneet Chandok said, “We are way past experimentation and pilots and have moved into large-scale, sustained deployments.” He added that Copilot is becoming the “connective layer” across more than 300,000 engineers and associates at the three firms.

Usage is also beginning to matter more than licence counts. Infosys has reported 91 percent usage, TCS 86 percent daily usage, while Wipro has built 29,000 citizen agents, according to Chandok’s interview with Business Standard.

The shift comes as Microsoft says Copilot has reached 20 million seats globally, with India emerging as one of its fastest-growing enterprise AI markets.

The harder question is commercial. If AI improves productivity in coding, support and delivery, Indian IT firms must prove that efficiency expands margins and client value, rather than weakening traditional billing models. The next test will not be adoption. It will be measurable business impact.