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Join experienced developers Mohamed Saleh and Ali Nimer in this engaging presentation that explores the powerful capabilities of InfoPath Forms Services. Learn how to convert Microsoft Office Word documents into interactive InfoPath forms and enhance them with validation, rules, and data connections. The session will cover key aspects of publishing forms to Forms Server and creating workflows with SharePoint Designer. Expect an interactive experience filled with demos. Ideal for those with a basic understanding of SharePoint.
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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…