diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/kibana.jsonc b/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/kibana.jsonc
index 9d47ab95c8872..d5ba75b11db10 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/kibana.jsonc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
       "home",
       "spaces",
       "savedObjectsTaggingOss",
+      "savedObjectsTagging",
       "screenshotMode",
       "usageCollection",
       "taskManager",
@@ -51,4 +52,4 @@
       "savedObjects"
     ]
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/saved_object.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/saved_object.test.ts
index 8ac5703265075..3a018819e2b19 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/saved_object.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/saved_object.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ describe('getSpaceAwareSaveobjectsClients', () => {
     const mockedSavedObjectTagging = {
       createInternalAssignmentService: jest.fn(),
       createTagClient: jest.fn(),
+      getTagsFromReferences: jest.fn(),
+      convertTagNameToId: jest.fn(),
+      replaceTagReferences: jest.fn(),
     };
 
     const scoppedSoClient = savedObjectsClientMock.create();
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/index.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/index.ts
index d883ac78c7c05..12cd30e69fd7f 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/index.ts
@@ -17,3 +17,12 @@ export {
   tagNameMaxLength,
   tagDescriptionMaxLength,
 } from './validation';
+export {
+  convertTagNameToId,
+  getObjectTags,
+  getTag,
+  getTagIdsFromReferences,
+  getTagsFromReferences,
+  replaceTagReferences,
+  tagIdToReference,
+} from './references';
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/references.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/references.test.ts
index cc8093a5cebb2..d5e9d6c7b9f09 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/references.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/references.test.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,16 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { SavedObjectReference } from '@kbn/core/types';
-import { tagIdToReference, replaceTagReferences, updateTagReferences } from './references';
+import type { SavedObject, SavedObjectReference } from '@kbn/core/server';
+import {
+  convertTagNameToId,
+  getObjectTags,
+  getTag,
+  getTagIdsFromReferences,
+  replaceTagReferences,
+  tagIdToReference,
+  updateTagReferences,
+} from './references';
 
 const ref = (type: string, id: string): SavedObjectReference => ({
   id,
@@ -16,6 +24,80 @@ const ref = (type: string, id: string): SavedObjectReference => ({
 
 const tagRef = (id: string) => ref('tag', id);
 
+const createObject = (refs: SavedObjectReference[]): SavedObject => {
+  return {
+    type: 'unkown',
+    id: 'irrelevant',
+    references: refs,
+  } as SavedObject;
+};
+
+const createTag = (id: string, name: string = id) => ({
+  id,
+  name,
+  description: `desc ${id}`,
+  color: '#FFCC00',
+  managed: false,
+});
+
+const tag1 = createTag('id-1', 'name-1');
+const tag2 = createTag('id-2', 'name-2');
+const tag3 = createTag('id-3', 'name-3');
+
+const allTags = [tag1, tag2, tag3];
+
+describe('convertTagNameToId', () => {
+  it('returns the id for the given tag name', () => {
+    expect(convertTagNameToId('name-2', allTags)).toBe('id-2');
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined if no tag was found', () => {
+    expect(convertTagNameToId('name-4', allTags)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getObjectTags', () => {
+  it('returns the tags for the tag references of the object', () => {
+    const { tags } = getObjectTags(
+      createObject([tagRef('id-1'), ref('dashboard', 'dash-1'), tagRef('id-3')]),
+      allTags
+    );
+
+    expect(tags).toEqual([tag1, tag3]);
+  });
+
+  it('returns the missing references for tags that were not found', () => {
+    const missingRef = tagRef('missing-tag');
+    const refs = [tagRef('id-1'), ref('dashboard', 'dash-1'), missingRef];
+    const { tags, missingRefs } = getObjectTags(createObject(refs), allTags);
+
+    expect(tags).toEqual([tag1]);
+    expect(missingRefs).toEqual([missingRef]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getTag', () => {
+  it('returns the tag for the given id', () => {
+    expect(getTag('id-2', allTags)).toEqual(tag2);
+  });
+  it('returns undefined if no tag was found', () => {
+    expect(getTag('id-4', allTags)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getTagIdsFromReferences', () => {
+  it('returns the tag ids from the given references', () => {
+    expect(
+      getTagIdsFromReferences([
+        tagRef('tag-1'),
+        ref('dashboard', 'dash-1'),
+        tagRef('tag-2'),
+        ref('lens', 'lens-1'),
+      ])
+    ).toEqual(['tag-1', 'tag-2']);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('tagIdToReference', () => {
   it('returns a reference for given tag id', () => {
     expect(tagIdToReference('some-tag-id')).toEqual({
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/references.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/references.ts
index 4328f006307a7..ec53584881d07 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/references.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/common/references.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@
  */
 
 import { uniq, intersection } from 'lodash';
-import { SavedObjectReference } from '@kbn/core/types';
+import type {
+  SavedObject,
+  SavedObjectReference,
+  SavedObjectsFindOptionsReference,
+} from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { tagSavedObjectTypeName } from './constants';
+import { Tag } from './types';
+
+type SavedObjectReferenceLike = SavedObjectReference | SavedObjectsFindOptionsReference;
 
 /**
  * Create a {@link SavedObjectReference | reference} for given tag id.
@@ -64,3 +71,43 @@ export const updateTagReferences = ({
 
   return [...nonTagReferences, ...newTagIds.map(tagIdToReference)];
 };
+
+export const getTagsFromReferences = (references: SavedObjectReference[], allTags: Tag[]) => {
+  const tagReferences = references.filter((ref) => ref.type === tagSavedObjectTypeName);
+
+  const foundTags: Tag[] = [];
+  const missingRefs: SavedObjectReference[] = [];
+
+  tagReferences.forEach((ref) => {
+    const found = allTags.find((tag) => tag.id === ref.id);
+    if (found) {
+      foundTags.push(found);
+    } else {
+      missingRefs.push(ref);
+    }
+  });
+
+  return {
+    tags: foundTags,
+    missingRefs,
+  };
+};
+
+export const convertTagNameToId = (tagName: string, allTags: Tag[]): string | undefined => {
+  const found = allTags.find((tag) => tag.name.toLowerCase() === tagName.toLowerCase());
+  return found?.id;
+};
+
+export const getObjectTags = (
+  object: { references: SavedObject['references'] },
+  allTags: Tag[]
+) => {
+  return getTagsFromReferences(object.references, allTags);
+};
+
+export const getTag = (tagId: string, allTags: Tag[]): Tag | undefined => {
+  return allTags.find(({ id }) => id === tagId);
+};
+export const getTagIdsFromReferences = (references: SavedObjectReferenceLike[]): string[] => {
+  return references.filter((ref) => ref.type === tagSavedObjectTypeName).map(({ id }) => id);
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/components/connected/tag_list.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/components/connected/tag_list.tsx
index d3c65926fa00f..4ef099b3effd7 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/components/connected/tag_list.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/components/connected/tag_list.tsx
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import useObservable from 'react-use/lib/useObservable';
 import type { SavedObjectReference } from '@kbn/core/types';
 import type { TagListComponentProps } from '@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-oss-plugin/public';
 import type { Tag, TagWithOptionalId } from '../../../common/types';
-import { getObjectTags } from '../../utils';
 import { TagList } from '../base';
 import type { ITagsCache } from '../../services';
 import { byNameTagSorter } from '../../utils';
+import { getObjectTags } from '../../../common';
 
 interface SavedObjectTagListProps {
   object: { references: SavedObjectReference[] };
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/convert_name_to_reference.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/convert_name_to_reference.ts
index 034005791d757..be6ab2cef1f1a 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/convert_name_to_reference.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/convert_name_to_reference.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  */
 
 import { SavedObjectsTaggingApiUi } from '@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-oss-plugin/public';
+import { convertTagNameToId } from '../../common';
 import { ITagsCache } from '../services';
-import { convertTagNameToId } from '../utils';
 
 export interface BuildConvertNameToReferenceOptions {
   cache: ITagsCache;
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/get_table_column_definition.tsx b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/get_table_column_definition.tsx
index ae9e96625eaa9..1f3a7769f44b3 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/get_table_column_definition.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/get_table_column_definition.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import {
   GetTableColumnDefinitionOptions,
 } from '@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-oss-plugin/public';
 import { ITagsCache } from '../services';
-import { getTagsFromReferences, byNameTagSorter } from '../utils';
+import { byNameTagSorter } from '../utils';
+import { getTagsFromReferences } from '../../common';
 
 export interface BuildGetTableColumnDefinitionOptions {
   components: SavedObjectsTaggingApiUiComponent;
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/index.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/index.ts
index 635e2e5af0440..c8e6284b1023b 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/ui_api/index.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import { ITagsCache, ITagInternalClient } from '../services';
 import { StartServices } from '../types';
 import {
   getTagIdsFromReferences,
-  updateTagsReferences,
+  replaceTagReferences,
   convertTagNameToId,
   getTag,
-} from '../utils';
+} from '../../common';
 import { getComponents } from './components';
 import { buildGetTableColumnDefinition } from './get_table_column_definition';
 import { buildGetSearchBarFilter } from './get_search_bar_filter';
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const getUiApi = ({
     convertNameToReference: buildConvertNameToReference({ cache }),
     getTagIdsFromReferences,
     getTagIdFromName: (tagName: string) => convertTagNameToId(tagName, cache.getState()),
-    updateTagsReferences,
+    updateTagsReferences: replaceTagReferences,
     getTag: (tagId: string) => getTag(tagId, cache.getState()),
     getTagList,
   };
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/utils.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/utils.test.ts
index c076b615bdda3..7a5f3fce12972 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/utils.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/utils.test.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { SavedObject, SavedObjectReference } from '@kbn/core/types';
-import {
-  getObjectTags,
-  convertTagNameToId,
-  byNameTagSorter,
-  getTagIdsFromReferences,
-  getTag,
-} from './utils';
+import { byNameTagSorter } from './utils';
 
 const createTag = (id: string, name: string = id) => ({
   id,
@@ -22,67 +15,6 @@ const createTag = (id: string, name: string = id) => ({
   managed: false,
 });
 
-const ref = (type: string, id: string): SavedObjectReference => ({
-  id,
-  type,
-  name: `${type}-ref-${id}`,
-});
-
-const tagRef = (id: string) => ref('tag', id);
-
-const createObject = (refs: SavedObjectReference[]): SavedObject => {
-  return {
-    type: 'unkown',
-    id: 'irrelevant',
-    references: refs,
-  } as SavedObject;
-};
-
-const tag1 = createTag('id-1', 'name-1');
-const tag2 = createTag('id-2', 'name-2');
-const tag3 = createTag('id-3', 'name-3');
-
-const allTags = [tag1, tag2, tag3];
-
-describe('getObjectTags', () => {
-  it('returns the tags for the tag references of the object', () => {
-    const { tags } = getObjectTags(
-      createObject([tagRef('id-1'), ref('dashboard', 'dash-1'), tagRef('id-3')]),
-      allTags
-    );
-
-    expect(tags).toEqual([tag1, tag3]);
-  });
-
-  it('returns the missing references for tags that were not found', () => {
-    const missingRef = tagRef('missing-tag');
-    const refs = [tagRef('id-1'), ref('dashboard', 'dash-1'), missingRef];
-    const { tags, missingRefs } = getObjectTags(createObject(refs), allTags);
-
-    expect(tags).toEqual([tag1]);
-    expect(missingRefs).toEqual([missingRef]);
-  });
-});
-
-describe('convertTagNameToId', () => {
-  it('returns the id for the given tag name', () => {
-    expect(convertTagNameToId('name-2', allTags)).toBe('id-2');
-  });
-
-  it('returns undefined if no tag was found', () => {
-    expect(convertTagNameToId('name-4', allTags)).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-});
-
-describe('getTag', () => {
-  it('returns the tag for the given id', () => {
-    expect(getTag('id-2', allTags)).toEqual(tag2);
-  });
-  it('returns undefined if no tag was found', () => {
-    expect(getTag('id-4', allTags)).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-});
-
 describe('byNameTagSorter', () => {
   it('sorts tags by name', () => {
     const tags = [
@@ -97,16 +29,3 @@ describe('byNameTagSorter', () => {
     expect(tags.map(({ id }) => id)).toEqual(['id-2', 'id-1', 'id-4', 'id-3']);
   });
 });
-
-describe('getTagIdsFromReferences', () => {
-  it('returns the tag ids from the given references', () => {
-    expect(
-      getTagIdsFromReferences([
-        tagRef('tag-1'),
-        ref('dashboard', 'dash-1'),
-        tagRef('tag-2'),
-        ref('lens', 'lens-1'),
-      ])
-    ).toEqual(['tag-1', 'tag-2']);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/utils.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/utils.ts
index 14b47bfd8b815..971c404a1f8af 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/utils.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/public/utils.ts
@@ -5,63 +5,12 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import type { SavedObject, SavedObjectReference } from '@kbn/core/types';
-import type { SavedObjectsFindOptionsReference } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import type { Tag } from '../common/types';
-import { tagSavedObjectTypeName } from '../common';
-
-type SavedObjectReferenceLike = SavedObjectReference | SavedObjectsFindOptionsReference;
-
-export {
-  tagIdToReference,
-  replaceTagReferences as updateTagsReferences,
-} from '../common/references';
-
-export const getObjectTags = (
-  object: { references: SavedObject['references'] },
-  allTags: Tag[]
-) => {
-  return getTagsFromReferences(object.references, allTags);
-};
-
-export const getTagsFromReferences = (references: SavedObjectReference[], allTags: Tag[]) => {
-  const tagReferences = references.filter((ref) => ref.type === tagSavedObjectTypeName);
-
-  const foundTags: Tag[] = [];
-  const missingRefs: SavedObjectReference[] = [];
-
-  tagReferences.forEach((ref) => {
-    const found = allTags.find((tag) => tag.id === ref.id);
-    if (found) {
-      foundTags.push(found);
-    } else {
-      missingRefs.push(ref);
-    }
-  });
-
-  return {
-    tags: foundTags,
-    missingRefs,
-  };
-};
-
-export const convertTagNameToId = (tagName: string, allTags: Tag[]): string | undefined => {
-  const found = allTags.find((tag) => tag.name.toLowerCase() === tagName.toLowerCase());
-  return found?.id;
-};
 
 export const byNameTagSorter = (tagA: Tag, tagB: Tag): number => {
   return tagA.name.localeCompare(tagB.name);
 };
 
-export const getTag = (tagId: string, allTags: Tag[]): Tag | undefined => {
-  return allTags.find(({ id }) => id === tagId);
-};
-
 export const testSubjFriendly = (name: string) => {
   return name.replace(' ', '_');
 };
-
-export const getTagIdsFromReferences = (references: SavedObjectReferenceLike[]): string[] => {
-  return references.filter((ref) => ref.type === tagSavedObjectTypeName).map(({ id }) => id);
-};
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/mocks.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/mocks.ts
index 6e1b456090dd4..daa7e441ebe69 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/mocks.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/mocks.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ const createStartMock = () => {
   const start: jest.Mocked<SavedObjectTaggingStart> = {
     createTagClient: jest.fn(),
     createInternalAssignmentService: jest.fn(),
+    getTagsFromReferences: jest.fn(),
+    convertTagNameToId: jest.fn(),
+    replaceTagReferences: jest.fn(),
   };
 
   start.createTagClient.mockImplementation(() => tagsClientMock.create());
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/plugin.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/plugin.test.ts
index 78cd2cd1f1f95..cf38d3bd66c96 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/plugin.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/plugin.test.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ describe('SavedObjectTaggingPlugin', () => {
       expect(contract).toEqual({
         createTagClient: expect.any(Function),
         createInternalAssignmentService: expect.any(Function),
+        convertTagNameToId: expect.any(Function),
+        getTagsFromReferences: expect.any(Function),
+        replaceTagReferences: expect.any(Function),
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/plugin.ts
index e0e65c522b5eb..414ccbee7146b 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/plugin.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { TagsRequestHandlerContext } from './request_handler_context';
 import { registerRoutes } from './routes';
 import { createTagUsageCollector } from './usage';
 import { TagsClient, AssignmentService } from './services';
+import { convertTagNameToId, getTagsFromReferences, replaceTagReferences } from '../common';
 
 interface SetupDeps {
   features: FeaturesPluginSetup;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export class SavedObjectTaggingPlugin
   implements Plugin<{}, SavedObjectTaggingStart, SetupDeps, StartDeps>
 {
   public setup(
-    { savedObjects, http, getStartServices }: CoreSetup,
+    { savedObjects, http, getStartServices }: CoreSetup<StartDeps, SavedObjectTaggingStart>,
     { features, usageCollection, security }: SetupDeps
   ) {
     savedObjects.registerType(tagType);
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ export class SavedObjectTaggingPlugin
     return {};
   }
 
-  public start(core: CoreStart, { security }: StartDeps) {
+  public start(core: CoreStart, { security }: StartDeps): SavedObjectTaggingStart {
     return {
       createTagClient: ({ client }: CreateTagClientOptions) => {
         return new TagsClient({ client });
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ export class SavedObjectTaggingPlugin
           internal: true,
         });
       },
+      convertTagNameToId,
+      getTagsFromReferences,
+      replaceTagReferences,
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/types.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/types.ts
index 156be38e79a0d..d2441d8e12282 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/saved_objects_tagging/server/types.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ import type {
   IRouter,
   CustomRequestHandlerContext,
   SavedObjectsClientContract,
+  SavedObjectReference,
 } from '@kbn/core/server';
-import type { ITagsClient } from '../common/types';
+import type { ITagsClient, Tag } from '../common/types';
 import type { IAssignmentService } from './services';
 
 export interface ITagsRequestHandlerContext {
@@ -47,6 +48,15 @@ export interface SavedObjectTaggingStart {
   createInternalAssignmentService: (
     options: CreateTagAssignmentServiceOptions
   ) => IAssignmentService;
+  convertTagNameToId: (tagName: string, allTags: Tag[]) => string | undefined;
+  getTagsFromReferences: (
+    references: SavedObjectReference[],
+    allTags: Tag[]
+  ) => { tags: Tag[]; missingRefs: SavedObjectReference[] };
+  replaceTagReferences: (
+    references: SavedObjectReference[],
+    newTagIds: string[]
+  ) => SavedObjectReference[];
 }
 
 /**