Atlas continues to redefine how organizations discover, trust, and act on knowledge. With the release of Atlas 7, users can expect a suite of enhancements that make knowledge work more intuitive, reliable, and tailored to each organization’s unique needs.
Key Features in Atlas 7
An easier to use AI Assistant
Atlas 7.0 focuses on cleaner citations and branding. A simpler, smarter assistant:
- Cleaner citations with subtle highlights and bracketed formats.
- Character limit clarity with live counters.
- Expand/Collapse controls for easier navigation.
- Feedback undo—users can retract feedback with a click.
- White-label branding for a seamless, organization-specific look and feel.
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Smarter Search and In Focus Refinement
Search is now quicker and more flexible:
- Header search verticals allow instant searches on click.
- Type-ahead highlights and tooltips make filters more intuitive
- Synonym support allows users to now filter by synonym
- Multiple layout options (horizontal, vertical, panel) with customizable borders, alignment, and resizable drawers for a tailored search experience.
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AI taxonomy suggestions in Add It and Auto-tagging*
AI suggests tags; you approve in seconds:
- AI taxonomy suggests tags for files; users can apply them instantly.
- Auto-tagging is available via Atlas API.
- Enables smarter, future-ready knowledge management.
* Requires Atlas Fuse license.
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Easier-to-govern Knowledge Collections that know your data
Governance and control are front and center:
- Stop sync actions for incremental runs.
- Antibot-protected web sources can now be indexed.
- Smarter incremental syncs that remove outdated items automatically.
- Global property mappings for up to four custom managed-metadata fields.
- Metadata enrichment at the source level, ensuring every chunk of knowledge is context-rich and actionable.
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Looking ahead: The Atlas Roadmap
Atlas is committed to continuous innovation. Here’s a glimpse of what’s coming:
- Updated Events pages and calendar views.
- Starter prompts and descriptions for Knowledge Collections.
- Saved Searches and Microsoft Bookmarks for easier retrieval.
- Content Change Alerts to stay updated.
- AI Assistant everywhere with Office Add-Ins.
- Enhanced deployment processes.
- Support for MS Graph Connectors, AI Analytics, and Agentic RAG/GraphRAG.
- Atlas Microsoft Copilot Agent and MCP Server.
Future releases (Atlas 7.1, 7.2–7.3, and 8.x) are scheduled through 2026 and into 2027, promising even more powerful features and integrations.
Atlas 7 is more than just an update—it’s a leap forward in delivering intelligent, trusted, and user-friendly knowledge experiences. Whether you’re searching, tagging, or governing knowledge, Atlas empowers you to find, understand, and act—faster and smarter than ever before.
Please don’t forget that clients can also use the Atlas Feedback Portal to promote their own and other peoples ideas for improvements and new features.
Interested in learning more or seeing Atlas 7 in action? Book a personalized demo now.
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