What ended, and when
- 2 April 2026. The SharePoint 2013 workflow engine was removed from Microsoft 365 tenants, so those workflows stopped running.
- 14 July 2026. SharePoint Designer 2013 reached end of support, alongside SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019.
- 14 July 2026. InfoPath Forms Services support ended in SharePoint Online, so those forms no longer open or submit.
Check Microsoft's own retirement notices for the current detail before you plan around these dates.
Split the problem in two
The two halves go to different places, and no single product replaces both.
The workflow half goes to Power Automate. That is Microsoft's replacement and the migration tooling converts a subset of common actions for you. Forms 365 does not replace a workflow engine, and we would rather say so plainly than let you find out later.
The forms half is the part with no automatic migration and no like-for-like replacement. Microsoft points to Power Apps and Microsoft Forms, neither of which does what InfoPath did for list forms. Either way those forms have to be rebuilt in a supported designer. That is the part we do.
What to do, in order
- Inventory what actually broke. Separate the list of dead workflows from the list of dead forms. They will not be the same list, and some items appear on both.
- Rebuild the busiest form first. Point a supported designer at the same SharePoint list, recreate the fields and rules, and publish. Your list data is untouched throughout.
- Wire the workflow back up separately with a Power Automate flow triggered on that list. Because the form writes real list items, a list trigger picks them up.
- Then work down the rest in order of how much each form is actually used, rather than the order you found them in.
Your data is fine
Losing a form or a workflow does not touch the SharePoint list items behind them. This causes real panic and it should not. You are rebuilding how people enter and route the data, not recovering the data itself.
Rebuild the forms half this week.
Forms365 Workspace connects to the same SharePoint Online list and writes straight back to it. 14-day free trial.
If InfoPath is your main problem, start with the InfoPath alternative overview or the InfoPath forms stopped working alert. Repeating tables have their own guide, and the rest are in all alerts.