💡 Our Technical Review in summary
Summary
- Microsoft has announced the final retirement date for InfoPath 2013 and InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint Online, set for July 14, 2026.
- This move follows industry trends favoring integrated, mobile-friendly forms that InfoPath’s legacy architecture cannot support.
- After this date, Microsoft will remove InfoPath Forms Services for all existing tenants, and the InfoPath 2013 client will reach the end of its extended support period.
Impact
- Functional Loss: After July 14, 2026, users will be unable to open, fill out, or submit InfoPath forms within SharePoint Online environments.
- Support Termination: InfoPath 2013 client software will no longer receive security updates or technical support, posing a potential security and compliance risk.
- Business Continuity: Any business process or workflow currently relying on InfoPath forms will break if not migrated to a modern solution before the deadline.
- No Extensions: Microsoft has explicitly stated there will be no option to extend the service beyond the retirement date.
Action Required
- Discovery: Download and run the Microsoft 365 Assessment tool to scan your tenant for InfoPath usage. This tool generates a Power BI report detailing which site collections and libraries are using InfoPath.
- Evaluation: Review the usage data to identify active forms versus stagnant ones. Focus efforts on high-volume, business-critical forms.
- Migration Strategy: Begin planning the manual migration of InfoPath forms to modern alternatives such as Power Apps, Power Automate, or Microsoft Forms.
- Manual Rebuild: Note that there is no automated migration tool provided by Microsoft; complex forms will need to be redesigned from scratch in the Power Platform.
- Stakeholder Notification: Communicate these timelines to site owners and department leads immediately to ensure they have sufficient time to budget and resource their migration projects.
Microsoft Official Update
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Category: planForChange
Severity: normal
Updated February 3, 2026: We are updating this post as a reminder. Thank you for your patience.
Industry trends and feedback from our customers and partners make it clear that today’s businesses demand an intelligent, integrated forms experience that spans devices which InfoPath does not provide. As announced earlier, InfoPath Client 2013 will reach the end of its extended support period on July 14, 2026 (link), and to keep an aligned experience across Microsoft products, InfoPath Forms Service will be retired from SharePoint Online. We’re sending this message to bring it to your early attention to minimize the potential impact on your organization.
[Key Points:]
- Major: Retirement
- Timeline: Starting from July 14, 2026, Microsoft will remove InfoPath Forms Services for existing tenants.
- Action: Review and assess impact
[How this will affect your organization:]
After July 14, 2026, users will no longer be able to use InfoPath forms in SharePoint Online.
[What you need to do to prepare:]
To understand how InfoPath is used in your organization, you can run the Microsoft 365 Assessment tool to scan the tenant for InfoPath usage. Using the Power BI InfoPath Report generated by the scanner tool, you can:
- Identify all InfoPath Forms usage in the tenant, per site collection and site.
- Evaluate the recency and volume of usage of InfoPath Forms.
- Understand lists, libraries and content types that use InfoPath.
We recommend communicating to the impacted site owners/teams inside your organization now, so they are aware of the coming change.
For scenarios where InfoPath or InfoPath Forms services are currently being used, we recommend migrating to Power Apps, Power Automate or Forms. Please ensure that you allow adequate time for migration of any use of InfoPath/InfoPath Forms Services in your organization ahead of this date, as there is no migration tool provided. Additional instructions on how to migrate can be found in this blog.
Please plan appropriately as there will not be an option to extend InfoPath Form Services beyond the InfoPath retirement date of July 14, 2026.
