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However, Microsoft updated the Infopath 2013 app will work with SharePoint Server 2016.<br \/>\nFollowing the new users needs, Microsoft decided InfoPath wasn&#8217;t suited for the job, that&#8217;s why Microsoft won&#8217;t release a new version but only propose an alternative.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 150px; height: 151px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/what.png\" alt=\"what\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What is InfoPath Forms?<\/h3>\n<p>InfoPath is used to create forms to capture information and save the contents as a file on a PC or on a web server when hosted on SharePoint. InfoPath forms can submit to SharePoint lists and libraries, and submitted instances can be opened from SharePoint using InfoPath Filler or third-party products.<\/p>\n<h4>InfoPath provides several controls:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Rules<\/li>\n<li>Data validation<\/li>\n<li>Conditional Formatting<\/li>\n<li>XPath Expression and Functions<\/li>\n<li>Connection to external Datasources: SQL, Access, SharePoint<\/li>\n<li>Coding languages: C#, Visual Basic, Jscript, HTML<\/li>\n<li>User Roles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>InfoPath History<\/h3>\n<p>Microsoft InfoPath is an application for designing, distributing, filling and submitting electronic forms containing structured data.<br \/>\nMicrosoft initially released InfoPath as part of Microsoft Office 2003 family.<\/p>\n<table class=\"wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th title=\"Sort ascending\">\n<h5><strong>VERSION<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th title=\"Sort ascending\">\n<h5><strong>INCLUDED IN&#8230;<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<th title=\"Sort ascending\">\n<h5><strong>RELEASE DATE<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>InfoPath 2003<\/td>\n<td>Microsoft Office 2003 Professional and Professional Enterprise<\/td>\n<td>November 19, 2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>InfoPath 2007<\/td>\n<td>Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate, Professional Plus and Enterprise<\/td>\n<td>January 27, 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>InfoPath 2010<\/td>\n<td>Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus; Office 365<\/td>\n<td>July 15, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>InfoPath 2013<\/td>\n<td>Microsoft Office 2013 Professional Plus; Office 365<\/td>\n<td>January 29, 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, an InfoPath Form is helping you to define some design, rules, data, connections, etc\u2026<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/why.png\" alt=\"why\" width=\"150\" height=\"151\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>What will happen with SharePoint 2016? Which alternative?<\/h4>\n<p>Because of the new user\u2019s perspective about their needs: design, deployment, intelligence, all integrated between servers, services and clients.<br \/>\nMicrosoft would like to present a tools available on Mobiles, Tablets and PCs, this due to the SharePoint Online, Windows 8 (almost 10), Windows Phone and Office 365.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Image-13.jpg\" alt=\"Image-13\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Solutions:<\/h4>\n<p>Customized Forms in SharePoint using .Net language: easy to use with Visual Studio, but a developer or a SharePoint developer is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Nintex Forms: users can easily build custom forms and publish them to a SharePoint environment.<\/p>\n<p>What is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintex.com\/workflow-platform\/nintex-forms\">Nintex Forms<\/a><br \/>\nNintex Forms is a web-based designer that enables forms to be created within SharePoint quickly and easily. 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