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Pearson deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot to its global workforce of approximately 18,000 employees, expanding from a prior pilot, as part of a multiyear strategic partnership with Microsoft announced in January 2025. The deployment is intended to enhance efficiency, creativity, and productivity across Pearson's internal operations.
Details
After piloting and testing Microsoft 365 Copilot internally, Pearson committed to expanding its deployment to its global workforce as part of the Microsoft-Pearson multiyear partnership announced in January 2025. Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI assistant integrated into Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook) that uses large language models to help employees draft documents, summarize meetings, and automate routine writing tasks. Pearson described this as part of an ongoing effort to introduce workplace AI tools to drive better operational performance.
Products affected
Microsoft 365 Copilot (internal)
Sources & Evidence
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Trace Foundation. (2026). Pearson Education: Pearson deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot to its global workforce of approximately 18,000 employees, expanding from a prior pilot, as part of a multiyear strategic partnership with Microsoft announced in January 2025. The deployment is intended to enhance efficiency, creativity, and productivity across Pearson's internal operations (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/c202b76d-d423-4876-aeff-380192483fcf. Accessed October 5, 2026.
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- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/c202b76d-d423-4876-aeff-380192483fcf
- Data as of
- May 11, 2026
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Other practices by Pearson Education
OtherPearson announced Communication Coach, an AI-powered tool integrated into Microsoft 365 that analyzes employees' speech, meeting interactions, and written communication in real time and delivers feedback on grammar, vocabulary, tone, and clarity. The product was previewed at Microsoft Ignite in November 2025, with pilots and general availability planned for 2026.ProductivityPearson deployed Smart Lesson Generator, an AI tool for English language teachers that produces curriculum-aligned lesson activities in seconds based on the teacher's chosen topic, vocabulary, and proficiency level. As of April 2025, over 4,000 educators worldwide had access to the tool.RecommendationPearson offers an AI tool within Pearson+ Channels that accepts a student's uploaded course syllabus and generates a personalized study plan sequenced to match the order topics appear in that syllabus. The feature became available to students in fall 2024.
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