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Enabling InfoPath for SharePoint Online
Why do you think you want to use InfoPath? doing this will probably be a major headache. PowerApps is going to a be better choice in almost all scenarios.
Dean_Gross Reason for using InfoPath still is because PowerApps licenses are expensive. For a company that has warehouse workers and do not need an E3 license but need access to a form, IP still works for free.
- It is now 2020 and I can guarantee you this is not the case.
Dean_Gross Hello!
We need to create complex forms with entries displayed from multiple lists.
At the same time, some portion of the form in edit mode while some in new item mode.
Our list also has more than 2000 entries.
Can you suggest something for this?
Current forms are on-prem, we need to build this functionality on SP Online
Thanks,
I used InfoPath and built highly customized forms using many rules and conditions. Is there a way to migrate these forms to PowerApps? or this is all throw away work?
I would keep an open mind at the moment. We are in a similar position and have InfoPath fully integrated into critical business systems in Office365. We have been carefully monitoring the situation.
To be honest there is nothing out there (despite claims to the contrary) that can fully replace InfoPath and I presume this is one reason why Microsoft have slowed down its demise. (It has been included in SharePoint Server 2019). PowerApps and Flow are not there yet.
Our policy is to replace InfoPath and we are doing this gradually. Wherever possible we are migrating to SharePoint Lists and have been successful in using Skybow to develop forms and Qdabra Form Viewer as a disaster recovery solution..
I must admit, the uncertainty around InfoPath has been extremely disruptive and Microsoft have failed miserably in handling this well with it's client base.
We have used InfoPath since its beginning and built very excellent business apps with it and SharePoint. We have also implemented PowerApss for some new applications and they seem to work fine (Not as many features and capabilities as InfoPath!)
But the biggest issue no one has raised is that PowerApps cannot be used by a guest user!! Most of our apps have the need for outside individuals to use them (Like a consultant or client). We are not going to give those people an office 365 account with our company just to use a form. We have NO such issues when using InfoPath.
Why did Microsoft do this? If they wanted us to move from InfoPath to PowerApps then let us provide for guest users also.
As Dean states you no longer want to use Infopath but use Powerapps now!
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PowerApps and Microsoft Flow, coming nativaly in Office 365,
So I need pay the license only for this. or my account office 365. coming included
