External Release Notes: Microsoft SharePoint Embedded Co-Editing Integration (October 21, 2026)
New Features and Enhancements
Choose the Data Location for the SharePoint Embedded Container
Administrators can now choose the Microsoft 365 geographic location in which the SharePoint Embedded container is created when setting up the Microsoft Office Desktop and Online (SPE) Co-Editing integration.
Previously, the container was always created in the Microsoft 365 tenant's default location. Organizations with data residency requirements can now keep co-edited documents in the region that meets their compliance obligations such as an EMEA Egnyte domain can place its container in the European Union even when the Microsoft tenant's default location is the United States.
Selecting a location other than the tenant default requires the Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo add-on to be enabled on the tenant for that location. If Multi-Geo is not enabled, the Container location option is not shown and the container is created in the tenant's default location. The location cannot be changed after the container is created; to use a different location admins must reset the configuration, which creates a new container.