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Brass Contributor

Apr 17, 2019

InfoPath 2010 form connected via a .NET web service (external data source) to migrate to SP Online

Hi We have InfoPath form having external data sources (Connected by .Net web services). What is the remedy for this when the form is migrated to SharePoint Online? Or do we have to re-create...

Iron Contributor

Apr 17, 2019

keetaya80 The recommendation is to go with Powerapps. If your data sources is on-premise, validate whether the DataGateway supports your on-premise Data Source. you can find the Supported Data Sources here - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-gateway-onprem

keetaya80

Brass Contributor

Apr 18, 2019

Thanks Maruthi Gadde for the quick response.

I understood what do you meant by on-premise. If the external data source is not in cloud, we should be able to use this method

Maruthi Gadde
Iron Contributor
Apr 18, 2019
keetaya80 not sure if the above comment is a question
- keetaya80
  Brass Contributor
  Apr 19, 2019
  Maruthi Gadde - it is not. It is a statement after I realize what on-premise data source is.
  - keetaya80
    Brass Contributor
    May 17, 2019
    @Maruthi Gadde
    
    Just to let you know, developers did a POC and were able to create connection to the on-premise web service (which access an external data source) with InfoPath form. They used following method to enable InfoPath 2013 in the developer machine as a pre-requite to access InfoPath form in SPO
    
    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/enable-modern-authentication-for-office-2013-on-windows-devices-7dc1c01a-090f-4971-9677-f1b192d6c910
    
    Seems this is the work-around for this scenario without having to create PowerApps.