Alternatives to Microsoft InfoPath to create forms on SharePoint Online Recently, I came across an interesting discussion exploring the alternatives to Microsoft InfoPath. Sparking my interest, I went ahead and compiled a list of tools that are considered great replacements to Microsoft InfoPath. Microsoft InfoPath allows business and power users to build forms, enables use of external data sources and allows conditional formatting and write code in forms. It is known to be a powerful business form tool with reduced approval time and increased productivity. Microsoft InfoPath can be deployed in the Cloud or on premise. But InfoPath has too many drawbacks as well. In that discussion I read, users complain about InfoPath being difficult to integrate with process-driven applications outside of SharePoint but it does not provide high security for sensitive data. It has limited standard controls and does not support AJAX. It does not support multiple languages and in case of a long form, the performance dips drastically. Sounds familiar? Read on for the alternatives.
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Why is there a need to look for alternatives? Plain and simple: There will be no InfoPath 2016.