Infosys, TCS and Wipro have each scaled Microsoft 365 Copilot deployments to more than 100,000 employees, taking the combined rollout across the three IT majors to over 300,000 licences in less than six months, in what Microsoft described as one of the largest enterprise AI deployments globally.The expansion marks a sharp increase from the roughly 50,000-seat deployments announced last year and reflects growing confidence that GenAI is delivering measurable business outcomes."The fact that they've doubled in six months is a proof point for the value they're seeing," Puneet Chandok, president of Microsoft India and South Asia, told TOI. "This is not a procurement decision; this is a value decision."The deployment numbers come as enterprises increasingly question whether AI investments translate into tangible returns. Chandok said the focus is shifting from licence counts and token consumption to business outcomes."Seats and tokens are inputs. The measure of success has to be outcomes," he said. "How efficiently can an organisation convert compute, energy and tokens into measurable economic output? Inputs only matter until they translate into outcomes."Microsoft said usage levels across the three companies indicate that AI tools are becoming embedded into daily workflows. Infosys reported 91% monthly active usage among Copilot users, while TCS saw 86% daily active usage. Wipro, meanwhile, has built more than 26,000 employee-created AI agents and recorded 95% monthly active usage."Everybody who's got a Copilot is using it significantly," Chandok said. "This is sustained usage, deep integration and real outcomes. We've moved from experimentation to scale."The company cited examples of productivity gains emerging from these deployments. At TCS, teams have reported 20-25% productivity improvements in research and content-related work, two-times faster insight generation and a 25-35% reduction in cycle times. Wipro has deployed AI agents across learning and performance management functions, including its iSkill platform, which helps employees acquire AI skills faster.But Chandok argued that the broader impact extends beyond productivity metrics."The whole thesis around AI so far has been about productivity. What we're finding is AI is lifting individual potential," he said. Referring to Microsoft's latest Work Trend Index, Chandok said 49% of Copilot usage globally is concentrated in cognitive work such as analysis, creativity and problem-solving, while 58% of users say they are doing work they could not perform a year ago."As AI and agents take on execution, human agency expands," he said. "The opportunity for human potential at work has never been greater."The shift is also changing the nature of work inside technology companies. Engineers are increasingly expected to focus on architecture, system design, security, and governance rather than routine coding tasks."If AI handles repetitive layers like code completion, testing and documentation, humans have to do more value-adding work," Chandok said. "The nature of work itself is changing."India is emerging as one of Microsoft's fastest-growing markets for Copilot and agentic AI adoption. "India is setting the pace for Asia," Chandok said. "This is a decisive shift towards enterprise-wide AI adoption at scale and no longer just experimentation."Box: Microsoft builds AI capacity with H'bad data centre pushThe adoption is also underpinning Microsoft's broader investment push in India. Puneet Chandok, president of Microsoft India and South Asia, said the company is backing up enterprise AI demand with a $17.5 billion investment over four years to expand cloud and AI infrastructure in the country. "We're building the largest AI capacity in the country," Chandok said. Microsoft is set to bring online a new data centre region in Hyderabad later this year as part of its infrastructure expansion. The company is also focused on training 20 million people and 2 million teachers in AI skills.Ready to Make a Smarter Property Decision? Build Your Legacy with TOI Homes.