Major Update : Reminder – Microsoft 365 – SharePoint 2013 workflow retirement – time to take action – need to migrate our existing workflows to Power Automate
SharePoint 2013 workflows retirement - Power Automate is the option (Image courtesy - Microsoft documentation)
Hi All,
Greetings.
Today one more major update related to SharePoint 2013 workflows.
MAJOR UPDATE : SharePoint 2013 workflows will be retired with new tenants affected from April 2, 2024, and existing tenants from April 2, 2026.
Details
- SharePoint 2013 workflows will be retired with new tenants affected from April 2, 2024, and existing tenants from April 2, 2026.
- Power Automate as the universal solution to workflow
- Starting April 2nd, 2024, SharePoint 2013 workflows will be turned off for any newly created tenants
- Starting April 2nd, 2026, Microsoft will remove the ability to run, or create and execute SharePoint 2013 workflows for existing tenants.
- This means if in our organization we are using using SharePoint 2013, those wont run. We need to migrate those to Power Automate.
- Existing workflows can only be viewed as raw XML files once SharePoint 2013 workflow has been turned off.
Timeline
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| April 2, 2024 | SharePoint 2013 workflows will be turned off for any newly created tenants. |
| April 2, 2026 | SharePoint 2013 workflow will be removed from existing tenants. |
Action need to be taken in my organization
- We need to inform our workflow development team
- Need to start training on Power Automate
- We need to update our training document if any available
- Get the list of all SharePoint 2013 workflows using – Microsoft 365 Assessment tool – We will have detailed next article on Microsoft 365 Assessment tool
- Microsoft is providing detailed guidance on migration from workflows to Power Automate, please review it – Guidance: Migrate from classic workflows to Power Automate flows in SharePoint
It’s time to – Turn off creation of new SharePoint 2013 workflows on your tenant
- Knowledge-Junction have detailed article on how to disable SharePoint 2013 workflows at tenant level – Microsoft 365 update – Now it is possible to disable the creation of new SharePoint 2013 workflows – Tenant level setting available – https://knowledge-junction.in/2021/09/04/microsoft-365-update-now-it-is-possible-to-disable-the-creation-of-new-sharepoint-2013-workflows-tenant-level-setting-available/
Connect-SPOService -Url https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com
Set-SPOTenant -StopNew2013Workflows $TRUEThanks for reading 🙂 If its worth at least reading once, kindly please like and share 🙂 SHARING IS CARING 🙂
Enjoy the beautiful life 🙂 Have a FUN
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