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Accenture and Avanade unveil 5,000-strong Copilot practice

Accenture says it also intends to double internal Copilot rollout from 100,000 to 200,000 staff

Oxygen staff by Oxygen staff
15 November 2024
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Julie Sweet, Accenture

Julie Sweet, Accenture

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Accenture and its Microsoft-backed joint venture Avanade are going all in on Microsoft Copilot, launching a joint 5,000-employee business transformation practice dedicated to the technology.

The duo’s new ‘Copilot business transformation practice’ aims to “transform business functions and industries with the power of generative AI and Copilot technologies”.

Having launched Avanade as a joint venture with Microsoft in 2000, Accenture today majority owns the Microsoft-specialised partner.

Accenture and Avanade will both contribute employees to the new practice, which will also be supported by Microsoft product specialists.

The move follows Accenture’s deployment of 100,000 Microsoft 365 Copilots and agents internally, echoing similar moves from other Microsoft partners including Vodafone, Bytes Technology Group, Node4, Softcat and Advania UK.

Accenture has committed to doubling its internal roll out to 200,000 staff.

“The investment we are making with Microsoft takes our long-standing partnership to the next level, helping our clients accelerate and integrate AI at scale as a catalyst for reinvention,” stated Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accenture (pictured top).

“The powerful combination of Microsoft Copilot, agentic and generative AI technologies, and Avanade’s and Accenture’s deep industry and functional expertise will help enable enterprises to reimagine their processes and operations, discover innovative ways of working, strengthen their security and open up new pathways to value.”

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