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SharePoint 2013 workflow retirement

Rick Backus

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In case you were not aware, Microsoft is shutting off SharePoint 2013 workflows beginning next year.  if you have not already begun to migrate your SharePoint automation elsewhere you need to get started.  Below is additional documentation from Microsoft on the topic.
Microsoft strives to deliver utmost value to our customers through modern, optimized, secure solutions in this newly evolved world focused on digital transformation. As part of this evolution of Microsoft 365 solutions, we retired SharePoint 2010 workflow as of November 1, 2020. In continuation with this, we will be retiring SharePoint 2013 workflow and believe Microsoft 365 customers will be better served by modern workflow solutions.

SharePoint 2013 workflow will be turned off for new tenants as of April 2, 2024. It will be removed from existing tenants and will be fully retired as of April 2, 2026. This applies to all environments including Government Clouds and Department of Defense. If you are using SharePoint 2013 workflow, we recommend migrating to Power Automate or other supported workflow orchestration solutions such as those offered via our ISV’s and Partners. If your tenant is using a 3rd party workflow engine, you should also inquire if it has a dependency on SharePoint 2013 workflow and work through options to migrate to a future offering of the workflow engine. There will not be an option to extend SharePoint 2013 workflow beyond April 2, 2026.  Read On:

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.

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