SharePoint Showcase: Using SharePoint Embedded to create AI-ready infrastructure

Microsoft

Feb 24, 2026

Across industries like financial services, healthcare, government, and legal, some of the most critical business processes still rely on documents trapped in legacy systems; isolated from Microsoft 365, disconnected from collaboration, and invisible to AI.

As organizations embrace Copilot and AI‑assisted workflows, that disconnect is no longer just inconvenient. It’s a blocker.

That’s why SharePoint Embedded (SPE) is taking center stage in this month’s SharePoint Showcase. It represents a fundamental shift in how enterprise content is modernized: not by replacing existing applications, but by turning them into AI‑ready infrastructure.

Bringing AI, Collaboration, and Governance into Your Apps

SharePoint Embedded is an API‑only version of SharePoint delivered as an Azure service. It allows developers to modernize existing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Document Management System (DMS) applications by embedding Microsoft 365 capabilities (e.g., Copilot, Purview security and compliance, and familiar Office collaboration) directly into their solutions.

The result? Documents remain securely inside customers’ Microsoft 365 tenants, governance aligns with existing enterprise controls, and collaboration happens through experiences users already trust.

Why This Matters Now

As Copilot and SharePoint experiences continue to expand, enterprise content can no longer sit on the sidelines. SharePoint Embedded gives organizations a way to modernize document‑centric applications today, while preparing them for the AI‑driven workflows of tomorrow.

If you’re exploring how to evolve ECM or DMS investments without sacrificing security, compliance, or control, this is a story worth digging into. Customers around the world are replacing aging systems with SharePoint Embedded, and partners like M-Files and LexisNexis are leading their customers into the next generation of document centric productivity.

Read the full article to dive deeper into the LexisNexis journey and the architectural patterns behind SharePoint Embedded.
Register for the March 12 webinar to hear directly from product leaders and learn how customers are turning ECM into AI infrastructure and saying goodbye to content silos.
Watch the 2‑minute explainer video and see how SharePoint Embedded turns traditional document systems into modern, intelligent applications—without changing where data lives.

How LexisNexis Is Rethinking Legal Document Management

A powerful example of this approach comes from LexisNexis, who saw SharePoint Embedded not as a one‑off integration, but as a platform foundation.

Rather than modernizing a single product, LexisNexis built a reusable document services layer designed to support multiple legal solutions while keeping customer data firmly within Microsoft 365. That architectural decision unlocked something bigger: consistency across products, clearer governance conversations with customers, and a scalable path to AI‑assisted legal workflows.

It’s a case study in how SharePoint Embedded enables long‑term platform thinking, not just short‑term modernization.

SharePoint Turns 25: Celebrating the Past, Powering the AI‑Driven Future

Microsoft is marking SharePoint’s 25th birthday with a global digital event on March 2, 2026 @ 9:00AM PT, bringing together the SharePoint product team, community members, and industry leaders.

Registration is open so claim your spot now!

The live broadcast will reflect on SharePoint’s evolution and spotlight its role as the knowledge platform for Copilot and agents, share exclusive previews of new AI and Copilot powered innovations and a live Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) with the SharePoint product team.

The celebration also kicks off the 2026 SharePoint Hackathon, a two-week, hands-on experience running March 2–16, open to end users, designers, developers, and intranet leaders.