• Native Co-Authoring in M-Files

Maximize the Business Value of M-Files while Protecting and Extending your Microsoft 365 Investment

M-Files and Microsoft have partnered to deliver the latest business-driven innovations, introducing native Microsoft 365 experiences with M-Files to boost productivity and efficiency.

Activate Microsoft 365 Storage to access current and future Microsoft native experiences in M-Files.

Requirements for native Microsoft 365 co-authoring: 

Benefits of Native Microsoft Experiences

Gain real-time collaboration

  • Open M-Files content in Microsoft 365 applications and co-author simultaneously with colleagues
  • @mention and assign tasks to colleagues, the same as documents in SharePoint and OneDrive
  • Default experience for new M-Files Desktop and Web users
  • Note - check-out/check-in functionality will remain the default and only available experience for classic M-Files Desktop users.

More AI use cases and enhanced AI results

Maximize your Microsoft investment

  • Protect your investment in Microsoft by re-using the native capabilities of Microsoft 365 with M-Files
  • Enhance the power and performance of Microsoft 365 with M-Files context-enriched content

Ensure Readiness for future innovations

  • Ensure future Microsoft 365 innovations are available for M-Files content by activating Microsoft 365 Storage
Introduction to Native Co-Authoring in M-Files

Best-in-Class Authoring Experience Combined with Context-First Document Management Benefits

Modern work thrives on collaboration. With native Microsoft 365 co-authoring in M-Files, you can edit documents simultaneously while M-Files organizes information, guides business processes, and automates security and compliance. Native co-authoring in M-Files brings you the best-in-class authoring experience, enhancing your satisfaction, engagement, and adoption. By managing the full lifecycle of documents within M-Files, you will boost productivity and minimize risks.

Requirements for native Microsoft 365 co-authoring: 

Activate Microsoft 365 Storage to Access Current and Future Microsoft Native Experiences in M-Files
  1. Set up a Microsoft 365 connection:



    Instructions in M-Files User Guide: Setting up a Microsoft 365 connection


  2. Enable Microsoft 365 Storage



    Instructions in M-Files User Guide: Enabling Microsoft 365 storage


  3. Edit documents with co-authoring


    Instructions in M-Files User Guide: Editing documents with co-authoring

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