Welcome to SharePoint Embedded—a fancy way of saying, “We gave your apps a brain and it lives in your tenant.” If you’ve ever wanted to build content-driven apps with enterprise-grade content and security services baked in, this is it.

With SharePoint Embedded, developers can embed document libraries and all the power of SharePoint’s compliance, search, and governance capabilities directly into their own applications—without exposing the rest of SharePoint or even showing the user they’re using SharePoint. It’s headless CMS with Microsoft 365 security, and it’s kind of a big deal.

For years we’ve had to kludge our way through APIs and Frankenstein workflows just to give users a consistent document experience inside custom apps. SharePoint Embedded says: stop that. Just build your app, define your content containers, and go. It lives in your tenant. It plays by your DLP and retention rules. And it’s managed just like any other modern Microsoft 365 workload.

Want to build a CRM, project tracker, contract automation tool, or customer portal with secure content management under the hood? Now you can—without reinventing the wheel or dealing with SharePoint site clutter.

I can’t wait to see many creative ways the M365 community will dig into this. The conversations online and at conferences make one thing clear: this changes the game for anyone building business apps on Microsoft 365. You’re not hacking around the edges anymore—you’re working with a proper platform service.

I’ve been in this space for over 14 years, and I can honestly say this is one of the most exciting evolutions since modern pages. If you care about building scalable, governed, and secure solutions, SharePoint Embedded is the thing to watch right now.

This is your sign to unsuck your projects that rely on content storage. Build boldly. Store responsibly. Architect like the pro you are.

Official overview page: SharePoint Embedded Overview (docs.microsoft.com)

Want to know even more? Check out this great module on Microsoft Learn: Set up SharePoint Embedded learning path