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Atos Group and Microsoft expand strategic partnership to scale Secure Agentic AI to Atos Group employees and customers
Atos Group becomes the first French Global System Integrator to implement Microsoft 365 Copilot and one of the first in France to be headquartered on Microsoft 365 Frontier Suite, continues its journey to become a global AI-powered company, embedding Secure Agentic AI in all its activities and bringing the same playbook to its customers around the world.
Redmond, Washington, and Paris, France – June 9, 2026 – Atos group and Microsoft today announced a significant expansion of their strategic partnership to scale secure agentic AI across Atos Group’s workforce and customer ecosystem. Atos is rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot to all 56,000 employees in 54 countries, putting AI in the hands of every employee, from consultants and engineers to frontline workers. The deployment is built on Microsoft 365 Copilot E7, which unifies Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Agent 365 into a single solution, powered by Work IQ, and enhanced with Microsoft Entra Suite and advanced Defender, Intune, and Purview security capabilities.
With this deployment, Atos becomes the first French Global System Integrator to implement Microsoft 365 Copilot and one of the first in France to be headquartered on Microsoft 365 E7 and one of the first users worldwide to work entirely on the platform from general availability.
Atos uses Microsoft Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry to design, build and operate agents for Atos IT, Atos business functions and Atos customers, unifying these efforts under a single, cohesive business model. These capabilities will become technological components of Atos’ Sovereign Agentic AI studiosfocused on bringing AI safely into production within organizations.
“We have entered a new era of work – one in which the most ambitious companies are not just adopting AI, but redesigning the work around it,” says Jared Spataro, Chief Marketing Officer, AI at Work, Microsoft. “That’s exactly what Atos is doing. By putting AI in the hands of employees, they’re unlocking new levels of speed, quality and innovation for their customers – and we’re proud to partner with them on that journey.”
A staff-wide implementation, based on security and governance
Through the expanded partnership, Atos and Microsoft will deliver:
- Microsoft 365 Copilot for all 56,000 Atos employees worldwide, embedding AI directly into the Microsoft 365 applications they use every day (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint).
- Microsoft 365 E7 as the foundation platform, which brings together Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft 365 E5 security and compliance, and Microsoft Agent 365, Microsoft’s control plane for observing, controlling, and securing AI agents across the enterprise.
- End-to-end agent management with Microsoft Agent 365, allowing Atos to manage a rapidly growing population of 19,000 AI agents through a single solution, including agents acting on behalf of users, agents running their own credentials, and agents from the Atos ecosystem, using the same management and security workflows that Atos IT and security teams already use.
In addition, the companies will strengthen their existing joint go-to-market initiatives, leveraging Atos’ own transformation journey to support and guide its customers in adopting agentic solutions in regulated industries.
“This is the most significant technology investment in our people that Atos has made in a generation, and a direct expression of our AI strategy,” said Frédéric Aubrière, Group Chief Digital & Information Officer, Atos Group. “Giving every Atos and Eviden employee, wherever he or she sits in the value chain, a personal AI assistant changes what is possible for our customers. We are not experimenting. We are deploying this at the scale of the entire company because we believe agentic AI will define the next decade of professional services, and we want our Atos people to lead, not follow, that future.”
Security, identity and governance are at the heart of business AI
As one of the first Microsoft Frontier Suites based in France, Atos has made a conscious architectural choice to unify identity, security, compliance and agent governance into a single enterprise control plane, integrating Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Defender and Intune, Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Agent 365.
For a company that operates in 54 countries and highly regulated industries including defense, financial services, healthcare and public administration, this consolidation makes the secure, workforce-wide deployment of AI at scale both feasible and sustainable.
This move is a central part of Atos Group’s commitment to accelerate AI transformation, both for internal use and for the benefit of its customers. The strategy of Atos Group is built on three closely linked pillars: Agentic AI for mission-critical environments, designed to operate in the most regulated and sensitive contexts; Digital sovereignty, which allows customers to maintain control, authority and responsibility over their digital assets; Cybersecurity, by providing end-to-end security throughout the entire digital chain.
Atos believes Agentic AI will define the next era of enterprise services and is excited to partner with Microsoft as the challenge for enterprises today is execution. Atos is already working with customers to deploy agentic AI at scale in complex environments. By first transforming its own business model and acting as Client Zero, Atos is industrializing agentic AI as a controlled, production-ready capability, delivering value today and not promises tomorrow.
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About Atos Group
Atos group is a global leader in digital transformation with c. 56,000 employees and an annual turnover of c. €7.2 billion (at future level), active in 54 countries under two brands: Atos for services and Eviden for products and systems. Atos Group, Europe’s number one in cybersecurity and cloud leader, is committed to a secure and low-carbon future, offering tailor-made, AI-powered end-to-end solutions for all sectors. Atos Group is listed on Euronext Paris.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) creates platforms and tools powered by AI to deliver innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. The technology company is committed to making AI widely and responsibly available, with a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
Contacts
Media Relations Atos Group: Laurent Massicot – laurent.massicot@atosgroup.com
Microsoft Media Relations, We. Communications for Microsoft, (425) 638-7777, rapidresponse@wecommunications.com
