How to move Infopath form from SharePoint 2013 to 2016

adil 1,226 Reputation points
2021-06-01T11:55:46.743+00:00

I have a custom list in SP 2013 Publishing site and i created & published a new item InfoPath form to this list now i want to move this InfoPath form to SharePoint 2016 Publishing site. Here i don't want to upgrade Sp2013 Content database but only InfoPath forms I created a same custom list in SP 2016 Site also with same metadata & columns.

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  1. Allen Xu_MSFT 13,821 Reputation points
    2021-06-02T07:51:16.71+00:00

    Hi @adil ,

    There are two other ways to migrate a custom list with its InfoPath form from SharePoint Server 2013 to SharePoint Server 2016 if you don't want to use database-attach method.

    • Export the list to a .cmp file via Central Administration -> Backup and Restore -> Export a site or list -> Select the List and Specify the destination for the export package -> Click Start Export.
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      Then copy the .cmp file to your SharePoint 2016 server and run the below command on your SharePoint 2016 server. Import-SPWeb <site collection url> -Path <the location of .cmp file>
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    • The Fast and proper way to move a list is moving it with a third party tool like ShareGate and etc. The advantage with the third party tools is that they are very simple, and they work well.

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  2. adil 1,226 Reputation points
    2021-06-16T13:48:01.53+00:00

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