SharePoint AI Content Creation and Curation Preview

Introduction

Microsoft is expanding SharePoint from a content destination into a more active content creation and curation platform. For IT teams and intranet owners, this matters because SharePoint content increasingly powers Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents, making content quality, freshness, and structure more important than ever.

What’s new in SharePoint AI

Microsoft highlighted several new AI-powered capabilities for modern intranet management, now available in public preview.

AI-assisted page creation and editing

Authors can now use natural language prompts to create and refine SharePoint pages from multiple entry points, including:

• The site floating action button
• The template gallery
• New page creation from a site
• The Publish tab for updating recent pages

Once in edit mode, AI can help:

• Generate a structured first draft
• Rewrite or summarize content
• Move, add, and reformat page elements
• Restructure content while preserving author control

This gives content owners a faster path from idea to publish-ready page while still allowing manual editing with layouts and web parts.

AI-generated charts for visual storytelling

SharePoint now also supports AI-generated charts. Authors can describe the chart they want in plain language, and SharePoint can build interactive visuals grounded in existing documents.

This should make it easier for business users to present complex information clearly without needing advanced design or reporting skills.

“Improve your site” recommendations

On the curation side, Microsoft introduced Improve your site, an AI-driven experience that helps site owners maintain content quality at scale.

Capabilities include:

• Retiring outdated or low-activity pages
• Identifying content gaps from employee search behavior
• Fixing broken links and navigation issues
• Recommending updates for clarity, accessibility, and engagement
• Improving discoverability with metadata, keywords, and featured content suggestions

Microsoft says the feature uses behavior signals, search insights, and page analytics, with one-click actions and bulk update options.

Why it matters for admins

For SharePoint administrators and intranet managers, these features can reduce the effort needed to keep sites current and useful. More importantly, better-governed and better-structured SharePoint content can improve the responses generated by Microsoft 365 Copilot and other AI experiences.

Organizations that rely on SharePoint as a knowledge source should view this as both a productivity update and a content governance opportunity.

Next steps

Admins and site owners should:

• Review the public preview capabilities in their tenant
• Identify intranet sites that would benefit from AI-assisted authoring
• Assess content quality and page lifecycle practices
• Prepare governance guidance for AI-generated and AI-curated content
• Monitor how these features support Copilot readiness across Microsoft 365

As Microsoft continues to expand AI in SharePoint, strong content hygiene will remain the foundation for better AI outcomes.