See how Atlas transforms firm-wide knowledge management
In an era where legal work is increasingly distributed and AI-enabled, firms need a legal Knowledge Management (KM) platform that does more than surface documents from a repository. They need a platform that automates the knowledge lifecycle, unifies knowledge across systems, and ensures both people and AI operate from the same authoritative foundation.
AI has shifted the expectations placed on knowledge functions. Firm leadership now expects knowledge to be structured, governed, and instantly accessible. A modern legal KM platform is required to unify knowledge across systems, support the flow of work, and ensure that people and AI operate from the same authoritative foundation.
For AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot to deliver reliable value, they must be grounded in trusted knowledge, not fragmented content sprawl. This requires a modern legal KM platform that treats knowledge as infrastructure, not just content.
Many firms still rely heavily on document management systems such as iManage. While these systems store documents effectively, they limit knowledge and search to what resides within the DMS itself. In practice, some of the firm’s most valuable knowledge lives outside the DMS: in Microsoft Teams, SharePoint intranets, practice hubs, workflows, client portals, and collaboration spaces.
This is the gap Atlas is designed to address.
Why Atlas is a powerful legal KM platform
Today, knowledge lives everywhere: Microsoft 365, Teams, intranet content, email, portals, practice sites, workflows and client collaboration hubs. Research across intranet and collaboration maturity shows firms need unified, integrated, and governed environments that bring these elements together.
This is where Atlas stands apart. It is a firm-wide, enterprise-grade legal KM platform designed for scale, consistency and AI-ready knowledge governance.
If content for AI and search are fundamentally limited to the content stored in your DMS, that means:
Atlas automates how knowledge is created, captured, governed, maintained, and retired across Microsoft 365. This embeds KM best practice directly into everyday legal workflows rather than relying on manual curation after the fact.
For KM teams, this means knowledge is structured, enriched, reviewed, and retired consistently. For firm leadership, it means knowledge is AI-ready by design, not retrospectively cleaned up.
Atlas treats the firm’s entire digital workplace as its knowledge domain, not just the DMS. It connects and contextualizes knowledge across SharePoint intranets, Teams collaboration workspaces, matter sites, practice hubs, client portals, and knowledge libraries.
Rather than copying content into yet another repository, Atlas creates a single, governed knowledge layer across systems. Source authority, permissions, and ownership are preserved, while shared taxonomies and metadata provide firm-wide consistency.
The result is a unified knowledge ecosystem rather than fragmented silos.
Atlas orchestrates how knowledge is retrieved, prioritizing authoritative, relevant content. This ensures the right knowledge surfaces first, reducing noise, duplication, and risk. For KM teams, it means less reliance on user judgment to determine what is trustworthy. For lawyers, it means faster access to reliable answers in the flow of work.
AI orchestration is where Atlas becomes critical for law firms. Atlas governs how AI tools access and use knowledge. It controls which knowledge collections AI can query, how context is assembled, and how responses are logged and traced back to source content. This enables provenance, auditability, and explainability, which are essential in regulated legal environments.
Rather than exposing AI to uncontrolled content sprawl, Atlas ensures AI is grounded in approved, authoritative knowledge, with transparency and control built in.
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Atlas provides three core capabilities that together form a modern KM and AI foundation.
Whether your firm has a dedicated KM team or none at all, Atlas acts as an intelligent extension of KM capacity by offering:
frictionless knowledge capture in the flow of work
automatic metadata and classification
contextual surfacing of knowledge inside Teams, Outlook, matter sites and intranet hubs
intuitive experience aligned with modern intranet expectations for personalization, integration and ease of use
The result is a repeatable, scalable KM function that doesn’t rely on manual curation or heroic effort from subject matter experts.
Atlas creates a single pane of knowledge for matters, clients, insights, people and work product, mirroring what modern intranets and client collaboration platforms aim to achieve for operational efficiency and user experience.
multi-geo compliant with region-aware provisioning
AI-optimized, feeding AI tools with authoritative, structured content
This alone elevates Atlas beyond any tool confined to a single repository.
Atlas assembles context-rich, governed collections of knowledge that:
improve AI precision
ensure responses are grounded in verifiable content
maintain lineage, provenance and audit trails
support defensible, compliant, explainable AI
This aligns with what client collaboration research identifies as critical: reliable, cross-system knowledge flows that support transparency, efficiency and strategic decision-making across internal and client-facing contexts
Firms choose Atlas when they need more than document search. They need a platform that governs knowledge at scale, supports hybrid search, strengthens collaboration, and prepares the firm for sustained AI adoption.
Atlas delivers:
Deep Microsoft 365 integration
Enterprise-scale governance and lifecycle management
Faster matter delivery and reduced rework
Improved client experience and transparency
Protection of institutional knowledge as experts retire
De-risked AI adoption through governance and provenance
FAQs
What makes Atlas different from other legal KM platforms?
Atlas unifies and governs knowledge across Microsoft 365 and other enterprise systems, not just the DMS. It combines knowledge lifecycle automation, search orchestration, and AI governance at enterprise scale.
Can Atlas support firms at different KM maturity levels?
Yes. Atlas supports firms with established KM teams as well as those with limited formal KM resources by automating structure, metadata, and governance in the flow of work.
How does Atlas reduce AI risk in law firms?
Atlas reduces AI risk by controlling which knowledge AI can access, enforcing governance and metadata consistency, and maintaining provenance and audit trails for AI-generated responses.
Does Atlas require firms to change how lawyers work?
No. Atlas embeds KM and AI enablement into existing Microsoft 365 tools such as Teams, Outlook, SharePoint, and can also be accessed from tools like iManage, minimizing disruption and change fatigue.
How does Atlas handle confidential or client-restricted content?
Atlas respects existing permissions and security models across systems. AI and search access are governed by the same controls, ensuring confidentiality is preserved.
Can Atlas support multiple AI tools, not just Copilot?
Yes. Atlas is designed to support multiple AI tools and models by providing a consistent, governed knowledge layer that can feed different AI experiences.
Does Atlas replace iManage?
No. Atlas complements iManage. While Insight+ enhances search within iManage, Atlas provides the firm-wide layer for knowledge, search, collaboration and AI governance.
Can Atlas support global, multi-region deployment?
Yes. Atlas is built for multi-geo environments, with region-specific taxonomy, provisioning and compliance support.
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