By Kurt Mackie – Microsoft on Monday gave notice that it will be ending support this year for the “workflows” component of SharePoint 2010 Online, as well as deprecating that component for SharePoint 2013 Online.

End of support means no new patches will arrive from Microsoft, including security patches. IT pros likely will need to replace or upgrade software before Microsoft’s deadlines to keep these SharePoint systems optimal.

The workflows component of SharePoint provides a selection of prebuilt applications in template form that can be used to automate various business processes, according to a Microsoft document description. Microsoft wants organizations to move to using Power Automate (formerly known as “Microsoft Flow”) instead of SharePoint workflows.

The newly announced deadlines for SharePoint workspaces only apply to organizations using SharePoint Online services, hosted by Microsoft. Organizations using SharePoint Server products “on premises” (or in their own datacenters) can continue to use SharePoint workspaces until 2026 if they have upgraded servers. Read On: