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How to migrate SharePoint 2013 workflows from on-premises to power automate,
Please help me with high level steps which are needed.
What we need to do if we have thousands of SharePoint workflows from source side ( On premises ) , do we need to configure everything manually in the power automate?

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JoyZ 18,046 Reputation points

2021-11-22T06:33:54.003+00:00

@sns ,

There is no direct way to migrate SharePoint 2013 workflows from on-premises to power automate.

It's necessary to manually rebuild flows within Microsoft Power Automate in SharePoint online.

More information about flow terminologies, triggers, and actions for your reference:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/business-apps/power-automate/guidance/migrate-from-classic-workflows-to-power-automate-flows

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/business-apps/power-automate/sharepoint-connector-actions-triggers

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sns 9,226 Reputation points

2021-11-22T06:38:57.047+00:00

Hi Wang,

Thank you for the response.
Can you please give more details includes high level steps, like from where to begin in migrating these workflows to power automate?
We have 1000s of workflows, do we need to rebuild these thousands of workflows one by one?

JoyZ 18,046 Reputation points

2021-11-22T09:58:57.26+00:00

@sns ,

Refer to follwoing article to create a flow for a list or library:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-flow-for-a-list-or-library-a9c3e03b-0654-46af-a254-20252e580d01

Yes, you need to rebuild all workflows with flow.
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JoyZ 18,046 Reputation points

2021-12-09T01:39:15.097+00:00

@Naveed ,

Please check the new feature that will be released in 2022 that will migrate and convert your SharePoint Server on-premises workflows into Microsoft 365 as Power Automate flows.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=82108

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/rich-secure-content-and-collaboration-for-hybrid-work-ignite/ba-p/2892338
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sns 9,226 Reputation points

2021-12-11T15:15:40.997+00:00

Hi Wang,

Thank you for letting me know. I just roughly gone through articles u provided.

so this new feature going to allow bulk ( thousand of workflows) to migrate to power automate at one shot?
If so , To achieve this task, are we going to use PowerShell from June 2022? and then later is it going to be with SharePoint Migration Tool?
What is the technical name for this new feature?
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sns 9,226 Reputation points

2021-12-14T09:14:09.717+00:00

Hi Wang,

Just want to check, Did you have a chance to look my above doubt?

JoyZ 18,046 Reputation points

2021-12-15T08:15:18.19+00:00

@sns ,

Yes.

Initially this will be implemented via PowerShell, and in future it will be more integrated into the SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT).

SharePoint: Migrate SharePoint 2010 and 2013 workflows to Power Automate

sns 9,226 Reputation points

2021-12-15T08:20:54.073+00:00

Hi Wang,

Thank for your continuous support,

is there any blog to refer from where to start using PowerShell for these migrating workflows to power automate? if yes please share
Also if there is MS article saying/supporting these PowerShell for migration, please share so that I can perform test using PowerShell first.

sns 9,226 Reputation points

2021-12-16T05:51:07.93+00:00

Hi Wang,

Can you please help on answering my above follow up doubt? Thank u

JoyZ 18,046 Reputation points

2021-12-16T05:58:03.173+00:00

@sns ,

Short answer is No.

Currenlty there is no detailed powershell for this.

sns 9,226 Reputation points

2021-12-16T11:55:12.133+00:00

Hi Wang,

In that case, when I can expect for powershell, can u please notify me when appropriate documents in released on this?

JoyZ 18,046 Reputation points

2021-12-17T01:21:16.14+00:00

@sns ,

Yes, I will.

sns 9,226 Reputation points

2022-02-23T09:12:21.007+00:00

Hi Wang,

Any update on this feature, at this moment do we need to use PowerShell scripts or SharePoint migration tool to migrate the workflows from Designer ( on premise ) workflows to Power Automate?

sns 9,226 Reputation points

2022-02-25T04:04:39.237+00:00

Hi Wang,

Did you have a chance to look in to my above thread?

JoyZ 18,046 Reputation points

2022-02-25T05:37:12.54+00:00

@sns ,

Still under development, please check:

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=82108

sns 9,226 Reputation points

2022-02-25T06:03:53.743+00:00

Hi Wang,

I understood that it will be released in June 2022 using Migration tool. is it for sure? so that we can plan accordingly.
And is it same case using PowerShell scripts to migrate the workflows that it will be released in June 2022 ? or we can use PShell now itself?

JoyZ 18,046 Reputation points

2022-02-25T06:14:17.19+00:00

@sns ,

As far as I know, the final version will be rolled out in June 2022.

Currently, this feature is in public preview, check as below:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/spmt-workflow-overview

sns 9,226 Reputation points

2022-02-25T06:18:16.493+00:00

HI Wang,

I got it, so can not we do anything now? with PowerShell scripts?

JoyZ 18,046 Reputation points

2022-02-25T06:20:24.053+00:00

@sns ,

We recommend that you wait until release day to ensure a foolproof migration.
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