# Wordsmith AI and Microsoft partner to bring governed Legal AI to enterprises > Ungoverned AI in legal is a board level risk. Wordsmith's availability on the Microsoft Marketplace gives enterprises a governed path to deploying legal AI, putting an end to shadow legal for good. Canonical URL: https://www.wordsmith.ai/blog/microsoft-market-place Mar 12, 2026ARTICLE ## Wordsmith AI and Microsoft partner to bring governed Legal AI to enterprises Ungoverned AI in legal is a board level risk. Wordsmith's availability on the Microsoft Marketplace gives enterprises a governed path to deploying legal AI, putting an end to shadow legal for good. ![Wordsmith AI and Microsoft partner to bring governed Legal AI to enterprises](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/fzjkft9j/production/8e5bf8e514ff0a50fb8f8b045d2169040672d12c-3600x2400.png?w=1536&fit=max&fm=webp&q=100&w=1600&fit=max&fm=webp&q=90) **LONDON, UK, 12th March, 2026** Wordsmith AI, the command center for in-house legal teams, today announces its availability on the Microsoft Marketplace and its integration with Microsoft 365. The platform enables in-house legal teams to review and negotiate contracts, automate legal workflows, and extend legal oversight to business teams, all within their existing Microsoft environment, on the secure and scalable foundation of Azure. Organizations can now find, procure, and deploy Wordsmith directly through the Microsoft Marketplace, streamlining purchasing and billing within their existing Microsoft agreement. Built on Azure and integrated with Microsoft 365, Wordsmith inherits enterprise security protocols and simplifies compliance, meeting the requirements of both CIOs and General Counsel at global organisations. For General Counsel navigating the rapid adoption of AI across their organisations, this marks a significant step forward. As employees increasingly turn to general-purpose AI assistants for sensitive legal work, reviewing contracts, interpreting policy, seeking legal guidance, without oversight or auditability, the risk of ungoverned "shadow legal" activity has become a board-level concern. Wordsmith's availability on Microsoft Marketplace gives enterprises a trusted, procurement-streamlined path to deploying legal AI responsibly. Built on Microsoft Azure and fully integrated with Microsoft 365, Wordsmith meets the security, data privacy, and scalability requirements that enterprise IT and legal teams demand. For existing Microsoft customers, Wordsmith can be adopted within their trusted cloud environment, inheriting existing security protocols and simplifying compliance. Procurement and billing are streamlined directly through the Microsoft Marketplace, reducing friction for enterprise buyers. The distinction in the market comes down to architecture and focus. Where general-purpose AI assistants run foundational models against documents without legal domain context, Wordsmith places a proprietary legal intelligence layer on top of those models, trained on how in-house lawyers actually work. And while much of the legal AI market remains focused on law firms, Wordsmith has been built from the ground up for in-house teams: ensuring sales, procurement, compliance, and other business functions all realise value, while legal remains firmly in control. "Our collaboration with Microsoft and availability on Microsoft Marketplace gives enterprises the answer their GCs have been asking for," says Ross McNairn, CEO of Wordsmith AI. "We're not just another AI assistant, we're building on the secure, scalable foundation of Azure to deliver a legal intelligence layer that CIOs and General Counsel can trust. That means turning legal from a bottleneck into a strategic enabler of growth." Teams including BT, Belron, and Canva are already using Wordsmith to reduce contract turnaround times and drive measurable business impact through revenue discovery and cost avoidance, with some teams seeing six-figure savings in external counsel costs during their first pilot phase. 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