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Understanding InfoPath Forms Services. November, 2009. Mohamed Saleh, Sr. Dev Engineer, Devosis Ali Nimer, Sr. Dev Engineer, Devosis. Who’s Who. Mohamed Saleh : Senior Development Engineer - Devosis Speaker at Various User Groups (JORDEV, JSUG, JITPROs)
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Understanding InfoPath Forms Services November, 2009 Mohamed Saleh, Sr. Dev Engineer, Devosis Ali Nimer, Sr. Dev Engineer, Devosis
Who’s Who Mohamed Saleh : • Senior Development Engineer - Devosis • Speaker at Various User Groups (JORDEV, JSUG, JITPROs) • Leader of Jordan .Net User Group (Jordev) • Blog: http://geeksconnected.com/mohamed Ali Nimer: • Senior SharePoint Developer- Devosis • Speaker at Riyadh SharePoint User Group (RSUG) • Board Member at Riyadh SharePoint User Group (RSUG) • Blog: http://geeksconnected.com/AliNimer
What to Expect During this Presentation • Few Slides, Lots of Demos • We will take few questions during the presentation. Hold off with remaining questions until the end, Please. • You will enjoy this presentation more if, you already have some basic knowledge of SharePoint and SharePoint Designer.
Agenda • What is InfoPath? • Convert a Microsoft Office Word document to a Microsoft Office InfoPath form • Enhance the InfoPath form with Rules, Validation and Data Connections • Publishthe form to Forms Server • Create a Workflow process using SharePoint Designer
What is InfoPath? • Paperless environment (Business Processes) • Similar to paper forms that are used in many businesses to get work done • Design and publish interactive, user-friendly • Inserting standard form controls, such as text boxes or list boxes, on a form template
Demo • Using Forms Template Convertors
InfoPath Forms Services • A Server Technology (WSS, ASP.NET) • Enabling Users to fill out InfoPath templates on Browser in addition to InfoPath Client. • Allows wider access to the forms – Less Licensing. • Forms Server… Forms Services…