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InfoPath support in SharePoint Online
With all due respect to our friends on the Cloudshow, they are not up to speed with the way we deprecate features on line. I discussed this at length during the ignite conference last year.
it is our general rule to announce replacement technology at the time of deprecation and then provide at least a years notice, if not longer. Of course, we always act to assure stability and security of the service.
Hey Chris McNulty - Just to confirm the datehttps://blogs.office.com/en-us/2016/01/20/sharepoint-server-2016-and-project-server-2016-release-candidate-available/:
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As we continue to evolve, we recognize the need for a long runway as we augment existing business app offerings with new tools and capabilities. As a result, we’re updating the support timelines in conjunction with SharePoint Server 2016, specifically:
- SharePoint Server 2016 will include an ongoing capability to host InfoPath Forms Services. InfoPath Forms Services on SharePoint 2016 will be supported for the duration of SharePoint 2016’s support lifecycle.
- InfoPath Forms Services on Office 365 will continue to be supported.
- InfoPath 2013 and SharePoint Designer 2013 will be the last versions of those products. SharePoint Designer is not being re-released with SharePoint Server 2016, although we will continue to support custom workflows built with SharePoint Designer and hosted on SharePoint Server 2016 and Office 365. Support for InfoPath 2013 and SharePoint Designer 2013 will match the support lifecycle for SharePoint Server 2016, running until 2026.
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Is that last point trying to state that InfoPath forms and SharePoint Designer workflows will continue to function in Office 365 until 2026?
I ask because every time I heard a Microsoft person answer this question at Ignite 2016, the answer was "Microsoft will support Designer as long as we need to in SharePoint Online" and the 2026 date was only applicable to SharePoint Server 2016.