They're doing what? It's a Sharepoint shakeup!

SharePoint 2010 workflows are being turned off in SharePoint Online…

Let's set the scene. For the past decade SharePoint users around the world, in offices big and small, have used workflows to replace and automate enormous amounts of paper-based processes and repetitive tasks. With the move to Office 365 and SharePoint Online, these wonderful enterprise workhorses made the jump as well, and continued to serve us well. But.. and there's always one - they didn't talk to the other parts of the Office 365 family like Dynamics or Forms.

To solve this dilemma and provide a fully integrated environment, Microsoft introduced Flow (now called Automate) which has become the binding between not only the Microsoft 365 apps, to hundreds of other cloud-based platforms as well. The writing was on the wall - Flow/Automate would eventually supplant the venerable 2010 and 2013 workflow engines.

This week’s announcement has heralded the end of the classic era - SharePoint 2010 will stop working November 1, 2020, and 2013 workflows will no longer be available for new tenancies after that date. While we don't have an end-of-life date for 2013 workflows yet - it's coming.

What to do? Stay calm. If you think you have a mission critical workflow in your SharePoint Online call us on 1300 611 359 for a free discussion on your options. We can assist your administrators with a review and audit to identify what's running and where. From there - is this an opportunity to revamp an aging process into a modern powerhouse? Our consulting team has years of practice building Automate Flows, as well as custom development of PowerApps to act as high quality data entry forms to kick them off.