• 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.

Introduction to Native Co-Authoring in M-Files

Challenges Benefits
  • You need desktop applications to do your best work. But today’s workplace demands real-time collaboration, multiple users editing the same document at once.
  • Overcome the challenge of modern work, which is highly collaborative with various team members and stakeholders working on topics simultaneously.
  • You and your team members need desktop applications to do their work optimally.
  • Native co-authoring in M-Files enables seamless editing of documents by multiple people at the same time using their Microsoft 365 desktop applications.
  • Your work is becoming increasingly collaborative, where multiple users need to edit documents at the same time.
  • Microsoft 365 handles the co-creation of content, and M-Files organizes information, guides business processes, and automates security and compliance.
  • Lack of native co-authoring has forced you to do your work outside M-Files and only save documents on M-Files when they are completed.
  • With native co-authoring in M-Files, organizations get the best-in-class authoring experience and the full benefits of M-Files knowledge work automation.
Experience a Seamless, Collaborative, and Guided Flow of Work, with All Version Editors Captured Through Co-Authoring.

What is the best use for native co-authoring in M-Files?

  • Co-authoring is often needed in project work where there are multiple people and strict deadlines, making it more efficient to work simultaneously.
  • Discover how you can use M-Files to achieve efficient, high-quality project delivery.

How can I get access to native co-authoring in M-Files?

  • Native co-authoring capability is included in the M-Files Business Platform edition for M-Files Cloud customers. You will also need to have a Microsoft 365 subscription with Microsoft 365 Storage activated and use only new M-Files Web or M-Files Desktop.

Want to take advantage of our M-Files Managed & Expert Services?

  • These are dedicated service products that ensure undisturbed system usage and continuous development for M‑Files customers and their specific environments.  Managed & Expert Services  support M‑Files users in working efficiently with minimized disruptions. 
Activate Microsoft 365 Storage and Native Co-Authoring
  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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