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Microsoft Syntex features

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The following sections describe the major Microsoft Syntex features available across eligible Microsoft 365, Office 365, and SharePoint Online plans. The available features may change without notice. For the most up-to-date, complete list of features, see the SharePoint Syntex plans and pricing page.

Document processing models

Microsoft Syntex uses AI models to identify and classify documents that are uploaded to SharePoint document libraries, and then extract the information you need from each file. Document processing models are custom models trained to recognize and extract common values from unstructured, structured, and freeform documents. Microsoft Syntex uses Microsoft Power Apps AI Builder to create the structured and freeform models.

To learn more, see Overview of model types in Microsoft Syntex.

Prebuilt models

Microsoft Syntex provides prebuilt models to automate the extraction of information from files. These models are preconfigured to recognize specific document types and entities from them. Unlike custom models, these models can be quickly configured from just a single file, selecting the detecting fields that make sense for your business purpose.

To learn more, see Overview of prebuilt models in Microsoft Syntex.

Content center

Microsoft Syntex provides a site template—called a content center—for managing content at scale, integrating metadata and workflow, and delivering compliance automation. Content centers supply capabilities to teach the cloud how to read and process documents the same way you would manually. Syntex uses those insights to automatically recognize content, extract important information, and apply metadata tags. In addition, you can track the effectiveness of your models with integrated visual analytics.

To learn more about content centers and how to create them, see Create a content center in Microsoft Syntex.

Content Assembly

Syntex lets you generate documents like contracts, statements of work, vendor agreements, HR documents, sales proposals etc. at scale using Content Assembly. You convert an existing document into modern template by adding fields to the documents for dynamic text, which changes from one document to the other. You can associate these fields with SharePoint Lists and automate document generation using “Generate Documents using Microsoft Syntex” power automate action. To learn more, see Overview of content assembly in Microsoft Syntex | Microsoft Learn.

Advanced taxonomy services

Syntex includes capabilities that let you watch and analyze term creation and usage throughout Microsoft 365. These reports are delivered in the SharePoint admin center.

Shared content types can be published to SharePoint and Microsoft Teams through SharePoint hub sites. Publishing content types from the central gallery to hub sites provides a much more flexible way to ensure that commonly used content types—enhanced with content understanding—can be rapidly deployed and upgraded across broad sections of your architecture, as needed. Sites connected to hubs will automatically receive published and updated content types.

Microsoft Graph content connectors

Syntex uses Microsoft Graph connectors to integrate remote sources—such as file shares, Azure SQL, or third-party sources like Box and IBM FileNet—into the Microsoft Graph, making it searchable and usable throughout Microsoft 365.

With Microsoft Graph connectors, customers can index items in external repositories for inclusion in Microsoft Search results. Microsoft 365 E5 and Office 365 E5 include the ability to index up to 500 items using Microsoft Graph connectors for Microsoft Search (not included with A5). Any user with a suite or standalone license that includes a SharePoint or OneDrive plan can see search results from Microsoft Graph connectors for Microsoft Search.

Today, connectors to more than 130 sources are available from Microsoft or one of our partners. To learn more, see Overview of Microsoft Graph connectors.

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