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David Noble's avatar
David Noble
Iron Contributor
Nov 12, 2018

SharePoint Designer alternative?

Hi all,

I've created electronic forms previously using Adobe Indesign and Adobe Acrobat.

I'm wanting to create smarter forms going forward, using data from our Office 365 infrastructure.

I've looked at SP Designer, but keep seeing that "It will no longer be supported, so don't bother using it"

Is SP Designer still being used? if so, is it worth going through and taking the time to learn it. Or use something else? I like that SP Designer is free! 

Looking at alternatives, I'm not sure what to go for.

MS Forms isn't enough for me.

Is Power Apps the alternative to SP Designer (Office 365 application related?) I'm not a fan of that either.

Thanks!

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  • Vikram V's avatar
    Vikram V
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 13, 2018
    Hi David
    Yes you are right. Powerapps is the new form technology.
    'i am not a big fan' is a very broad complaint. It's a young platform and a lot of work is still being done, but many things that you might think are shortcomings do have a workaround.

    Is there something specific that you found missing?

    Regards
  • keetaya80's avatar
    keetaya80
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 12, 2018

    Hi

     

    PowerApps and Flow would be the tools moving forward for Office 365 design and development. Earlier InfoPath being used for rich/easy form design/development which will be discontinued soon as well.  if you had any InfoPath and/or SPD forms in previous SharePoint versions,  now it is time to learn PowerApps and Flow as the support will be discontinued sooner than we want to!

  • spucelik's avatar
    spucelik
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    Nov 12, 2018

    David...yes PowerApps for designing rich interactive forms is the recommended alternative to SharePoint Designer.  Also use Flow to automate workflows.

     

    Steve 

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