diff --git a/packages/dds/tree/src/index.ts b/packages/dds/tree/src/index.ts
index ba59f9482a5f..043ef51c6501 100644
--- a/packages/dds/tree/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dds/tree/src/index.ts
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ export {
 	type TransactionResultSuccess,
 	type TransactionResultFailed,
 	rollback,
+	generateSchemaFromSimpleSchema,
 } from "./simple-tree/index.js";
 export {
 	SharedTree,
diff --git a/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/api/index.ts b/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/api/index.ts
index e531037fa106..d8030f834919 100644
--- a/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/api/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/api/index.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ export {
 	rollback,
 } from "./transactionTypes.js";
 
+export { generateSchemaFromSimpleSchema } from "./schemaFromSimple.js";
+
 // Exporting the schema (RecursiveObject) to test that recursive types are working correctly.
 // These are `@internal` so they can't be included in the `InternalClassTreeTypes` due to https://github.com/microsoft/rushstack/issues/3639
 export {
diff --git a/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/api/schemaFromSimple.ts b/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/api/schemaFromSimple.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1513da33ccc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/api/schemaFromSimple.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the MIT License.
+ */
+
+import { unreachableCase } from "@fluidframework/core-utils/internal";
+import { fail } from "../../util/index.js";
+import { NodeKind, type TreeNodeSchema } from "../core/index.js";
+import { createFieldSchema, type FieldSchema, type AllowedTypes } from "../schemaTypes.js";
+import { SchemaFactory } from "./schemaFactory.js";
+import type { SimpleFieldSchema, SimpleNodeSchema, SimpleTreeSchema } from "./simpleSchema.js";
+
+/*
+ * TODO: Tests for this file
+ */
+
+const factory = new SchemaFactory(undefined);
+
+/**
+ * Create {@link FieldSchema} from a SimpleTreeSchema.
+ * @remarks
+ * Only use this API if a hand written (produced using {@link SchemaFactory} cannot be provided.
+ *
+ * Using this resulting schema with schema aware APIs (designed to work with strongly typed schema) like {@link TreeViewConfiguration}
+ * will produce a poor TypeScript typing experience which is subject to change.
+ *
+ * Editing through a view produced using this schema can easily violate invariants other users of the document might expect and must be done with great care.
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function generateSchemaFromSimpleSchema(simple: SimpleTreeSchema): FieldSchema {
+	const context: Context = new Map(
+		[...simple.definitions].map(([id, schema]): [string, () => TreeNodeSchema] => [
+			id,
+			() => generateNode(id, schema, context),
+		]),
+	);
+	return generateFieldSchema(simple, context);
+}
+
+type Context = ReadonlyMap<string, () => TreeNodeSchema>;
+
+function generateFieldSchema(simple: SimpleFieldSchema, context: Context): FieldSchema {
+	return createFieldSchema(simple.kind, generateAllowedTypes(simple.allowedTypes, context));
+}
+
+function generateAllowedTypes(allowed: ReadonlySet<string>, context: Context): AllowedTypes {
+	return [...allowed].map((id) => context.get(id) ?? fail(`Missing schema`));
+}
+
+function generateNode(id: string, schema: SimpleNodeSchema, context: Context): TreeNodeSchema {
+	switch (schema.kind) {
+		case NodeKind.Object: {
+			const fields: Record<string, FieldSchema> = {};
+			for (const [key, field] of Object.entries(schema.fields)) {
+				fields[key] = generateFieldSchema(field, context);
+			}
+			return factory.object(id, fields);
+		}
+		case NodeKind.Array:
+			return factory.array(id, generateAllowedTypes(schema.allowedTypes, context));
+		case NodeKind.Map:
+			return factory.map(id, generateAllowedTypes(schema.allowedTypes, context));
+		case NodeKind.Leaf:
+			return (
+				SchemaFactory.leaves.find((leaf) => leaf.identifier === id) ?? fail(`Missing schema`)
+			);
+		default:
+			return unreachableCase(schema);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/api/simpleSchema.ts b/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/api/simpleSchema.ts
index 225a035e6abf..3bc24baee1c6 100644
--- a/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/api/simpleSchema.ts
+++ b/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/api/simpleSchema.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ import type { ValueSchema } from "../../core/index.js";
 import type { NodeKind } from "../core/index.js";
 import type { FieldKind, FieldSchemaMetadata, NodeSchemaMetadata } from "../schemaTypes.js";
 
+/*
+ * TODO:
+ * - Make TreeNodeSchema implement these interfaces directly.
+ * - Customize their JSON serialization to use these formats or provide some other serialization scheme.
+ * - Promote these to alpha
+ */
+
 /**
  * Base interface for all {@link SimpleNodeSchema} implementations.
  *
@@ -38,6 +45,9 @@ export interface SimpleObjectNodeSchema extends SimpleNodeSchemaBase<NodeKind.Ob
 	 * Schemas for each of the object's fields, keyed off of schema's keys.
 	 * @remarks
 	 * Depending on how this schema was exported, the string keys may be either the property keys or the stored keys.
+	 * @privateRemarks
+	 * TODO: if these are supposed to be JSON compatible,
+	 * then using a record here makes sense, but if not, this should use a map, and the allowedTypes sets elsewhere should be arrays for JSON compatibility.
 	 */
 	readonly fields: Record<string, SimpleFieldSchema>;
 }
diff --git a/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/index.ts b/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/index.ts
index 4e8376c1c050..1eb3577825d3 100644
--- a/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dds/tree/src/simple-tree/index.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export {
 	type TransactionResultSuccess,
 	type TransactionResultFailed,
 	rollback,
+	generateSchemaFromSimpleSchema,
 } from "./api/index.js";
 export {
 	type NodeFromSchema,