Asif Rehmani Trainer SharePoint-eLearning.com OFC 301

Who Am I? One of the founders and current leaders of Chicago SharePoint User Group SharePoint Trainer and Consultant Co-Author of the book Professional SharePoint Designer Speaker at various conferences (MS SharePoint Conference, SharePoint Connections, Information Workers Conference) Host of SharePoint-eLearning.com SharePoint related Screencasts | Knowledge Maps

What to Expect During This Presentation? Few Slides, Lots of Demos I 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 InfoPath and SharePoint Designer Workflows

Presentation Agenda Convert a Microsoft Office Word document to a Microsoft Office InfoPath form Enhance the InfoPath form with Rules, Validation and Data Connections Publish the form to Forms Server Create a Workflow process using SharePoint Designer

Office 2007 Server Next generation , project management, workflow, blog and wiki support Collaboration BusinessIntelligence Portal Enhanced SharePoint Portal aggregation and personalization Great relevance with rich people and business data search Server-based forms and workflow with smart client and browser interfaces Server-based spreadsheets plus BI portals built on SQL Server Analysis Services Integrated document, records and Web content management Business Processes Search ContentManagement Windows SharePoint Services

Convert Microsoft Word and Excel Forms to InfoPath

Enhance InfoPath Forms Rules mini workflows Data validation example: required values, values with a certain range Data connection data can be fetched from a variety of sources

What Was the Number 1 Complaint People had About InfoPath 2003? A) Too difficult to use B) Did not like the name InfoPath C) Inability to view/fill out forms using the browser D) Too hard to create data connections

Publish Form to Forms Server

Convert the Resource Provisioning form to InfoPath Enhance the InfoPath Form Publish to Forms Server

Tools to Build SharePoint Workflow Out-of-Box Workflows

Workflow Designer Wizard in SharePoint Designer 2007

Property Promotion – The glue that ties InfoPath forms and SharePoint Workflows

Creating the Workflow

Wrapping Up It is easy to create Powerful InfoPath Forms Combine InfoPath forms, Forms Server and SharePoint Designer to create robust solutions

Day/DateTime Monday, May 11, 20093:30-4:30PM Tuesday, May 12, 20091:30-2:30pm Wednesday, May 13, 20091:30-2:30pm Thursday, May 14, 20091:30-2:30pm Free Book Signing by Authors Woody Windischman & Asif Rehmani Professional Microsoft ® Office SharePoint ® Designer 2007

Thank you! Come visit me at a Captare class in Chicago You can find free Screencast demos at: Twitter id: asifrehmani Please fill out the survey.

Sessions On-Demand & Community Resources for IT Professionals Resources for Developers Microsoft Certification and Training Resources Microsoft Certification & Training Resources Resources Required Slide Speakers, TechEd 2009 is not producing a DVD. Please announce that attendees can access session recordings at TechEd Online. Required Slide Speakers, TechEd 2009 is not producing a DVD. Please announce that attendees can access session recordings at TechEd Online.

Track Resources Spin the Wheel: Attend SharePoint breakout sessions Mon-Thurs and collect the picture of the day. Come by the booth for a chance to spin the SharePoint wheel. Collect all 4 pictures and enter to win a Microsoft Arc Mouse, drawing 11:30am on Friday, game cards at the booth. Product Info Product Info Dev Resources SharePoint MSDN Web Site: SharePoint Developer Resources: SharePoint Conference ITPro Resources SharePoint Tech Center: SharePoint Tech Center: SharePoint Best Practices: SharePoint Best Practices: us/office/sharepointserver/bb aspx us/office/sharepointserver/bb aspx

Attend an Interactive Theater Session and enter to win a Microsoft ARC Mouse Wednesday’s Picture is : Box shot Attend any SharePoint Breakout Session day 1 – 4 and check the last slide for a daily picture. Come to the TLC yellow area, SharePoint booths OFC 4 & 5 to spin the wheel for a chance to win a prize. The wheel only spins when the SharePoint spotlight is flashing. One spin per person. Collect all four daily SharePoint pictures and enter to win a Microsoft ARC Mouse. Game cards can be picked up at the booth. Drawing for Mice on Friday at the wheel at 11:30AM. Collect the SharePoint Session Picture of the Day

Complete an evaluation on CommNet and enter to win! Required Slide

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