The smart way to learn how to build InfoPath forms for SharePoint—one step at a time! Quickly teach yourself how to use Microsoft InfoPath 2010 to create electronic business forms for Microsoft SharePoint 2010. With Step by Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Design and build InfoPath forms without writing code Add approval workflows to your InfoPath forms Integrate data from SharePoint and other company systems Create forms that offer a rich experience in the browser Build views and dashboards to display form information Create and use forms in the cloud with SharePoint Online

Together, InfoPath 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 make it possible to create end-to-end solutions that combine powerful forms, enterprise-scale workflow, and access to key business data. Now, building on the valuable content from their previous InfoPath book, three Microsoft experts offer a complete introduction to building the forms that drive these solutions. Designing Forms for SharePoint and InfoPath combines deep knowledge of InfoPath, new insights into SharePoint development, and an insider’s view of new InfoPath features for building more powerful SharePoint applications. Ideal for information workers, power users, and experienced form designers and developers, this book teaches new techniques through downloadable examples, including form templates, code, and XML. You’ll start with a complete hands-on primer for designing rich forms with InfoPath Designer, covering Forms Services, data retrieval and submission, controls, customization, saving, publishing, and workflow. Next, you’ll turn to advanced form design, including coding, the InfoPath object model, and InfoPath hosting options. Coverage includes Mastering best practices for designing forms and working with data Creating and editing SharePoint list forms in InfoPath 2010 Setting up Forms Services in SharePoint 2010 Using new InfoPath controls and customization techniques Adding logic without code via Quick Rules and the Rules Management pane Using the InfoPath Form Web Part to create powerful solutions with minimal code, including data mashups Submitting, saving, and publishing, including Quick Publish Building reusable components, custom controls, and add-ins Securing and efficiently deploying solutions Making the most of reporting and workflows Writing better InfoPath code more quickly with Visual Studio Tools for Office Using import/export and the new import wizard Customizing forms for creating, viewing, and editing SharePoint lists Building dynamic queries to REST Web services

The smart way to build applications with Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 -- one step at a time! Experience learning made easy -- and quickly teach yourself how to create SharePoint 2010 applications and workflows with Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010. With Step by Step, you set the pace -- building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Design solutions to meet your business scenario -- without code Customize lists, libraries, and SharePoint site pages Use Web Parts to display, edit, and modify list item data Access data from a variety of external sources Create workflows to automate business processes Use master pages and CSS to control how sites work Your Step by Step digital content includes: All the books practice files -- ready to download and put to work. Fully searchable online edition of this book -- with unlimited access on the Web.

Need fast, reliable, easy-to-use solutions for using InfoPath® with SharePoint® 2013? This book delivers exactly what you’re looking for: step-by-step help and guidance with the tasks you’ll perform most often. You’ll learn better ways to design and develop intuitive, effective form-based solutions, and then efficiently administer, secure, and troubleshoot them. The industry’s most focused resource for solving business problems with SharePoint and InfoPath forms, this book provides all the answers you need—now! Steven Mann is an Enterprise Applications Engineer for Morgan Lewis and has nearly 20 years of professional experience with collaboration and business intelligence, including a decade working with SharePoint. Formerly Principal Architect for RDA Corporation, his books include InfoPath with SharePoint 2010 How-To, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Unleashed, SharePoint 2010 Field Guide, and SharePoint 2010 Managed Metadata Unleashed. Fast, Accurate, and Easy-to-Use! ¿ Discover powerful tips for success with InfoPath Designer 2013 ¿ Efficiently create SharePoint form controls, rules, and functions ¿ Master form page design, views, and list forms ¿ Submit, publish, and use data in SharePoint forms ¿ Streamline business processes by integrating forms into SharePoint workflows ¿ Design more intuitive, easier-to-use forms with InfoPath controls, functionality, and settings ¿ Use template parts to create reusable form components, including controls, fields, and data connections ¿ Leverage Visual Studio 2012 with InfoPath to build solutions and application-level add-ins ¿ Dynamically populate repeating tables in forms ¿ Elegantly track changes in SharePoint forms ¿ Automatically generate new InfoPath form instances ¿ Use SharePoint 2013 Central Administration to manage forms and Forms Services ¿ Automate InfoPath Form Services administration with PowerShell ¿ Manage form permissions to control user access and rights ¿ Troubleshoot form development, deployment, publishing, and form submission

Experience learning made easy-and quickly teach yourself how to use Microsoft SharePoint Foundation to enable effective team collaboration. With Step By Step, you set the pace-building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Build your own SharePoint site with easy-to-use templates Create lists and libraries to store information Add discussion boards, wikis, and blogs Set up Document and Meeting Workspaces for easy collaboration Share calendars, contacts, and data from Microsoft Office programs Customize your pages with Web Parts Your all-in-one learning experience includes: Files for building skills and practicing the book's lessons Plus other resources on the Web

Build effective solutions for real-world business scenarios—using out-of-the-box tools in Microsoft SharePoint Server, SharePoint Foundation, and Office 365. Each chapter in this hands-on book focuses on a single business project, using a standard approach to guide you through the solution-building process from start to finish. Apply your skills as a SharePoint power user or site administrator—and get started now. Tackle 10 common business problems with proven SharePoint solutions Set up a help desk solution to track service requests Build a modest project management system Design a scheduling system to manage resources Create a site to support geographically dispersed teams Implement a course registration system Build a learning center with training classes and resources Design a team blog platform to review content Create a process to coordinate RFP responses Set up a FAQ system to help users find answers quickly Implement a cost-effective contact management system

Conquer SharePoint 2013—from the inside out! You’re beyond the basics, so dive right into SharePoint 2013—and really put your business collaboration platform to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting techniques, and workarounds. It’s all muscle and no fluff. Discover how the experts facilitate information sharing across the enterprise—and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery. Efficiently manage documents throughout the enterprise Build team sites and collaborate with Microsoft OneNote and SkyDrive Design workflows with SharePoint Designer and Microsoft Visio Produce e-forms using Microsoft InfoPath and Access Manage community sites using business social features Connect SharePoint to external data and business systems Create business intelligence dashboards and key performance indicators Customize and control Sharepoint enterprise search

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. This is learning made easy! Get productive fast with SharePoint 2016, and jump in wherever you need answers: brisk lessons and colorful screen shots show you exactly what to do, step by step – and practice files help you build your skills. Fully updated for today's powerful new version of SharePoint, Microsoft SharePoint 2016 Step by Step shows you how to do all this: Customize your team site's layout, features, and apps Manage and share ideas, documents, and data Capture and organize content into lists and libraries Automate business processes with built-in workflows Use social features to communicate and collaborate Work with SharePoint's business intelligence features Publish content using enhanced web content management Use SharePoint with Excel, Access, Outlook, and Lync And much more...

Master Microsoft SharePoint 2010 In How to Do Everything: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Stephen Cawood--a former member of the SharePoint development team--explains how to get the most out of this powerful business collaboration platform. Learn how to use document management functions, wikis, taxonomy, blogs, My Sites, web parts, and more. Take full advantage of the content management, enterprise search, collaboration, and information-sharing capabilities of SharePoint 2010 with help from this practical guide. Set up a SharePoint site Add documents, use the SharePoint content approval workflow, and work with document versioning features Collaborate with others during discussion boards, blogs, wikis, events, surveys, calendars, and workspaces Use social tagging to create a folksonomy of keywords Create a taxonomy hierarchy using Enterprise Managed Metadata Build publishing sites, My Sites, and public-facing websites Show data on pages using web parts Customize lists, forms, site themes, and navigation Use SharePoint with client applications, including Microsoft Office Backstage, Outlook, InfoPath, SharePoint Designer, and third-party applications

SharePoint 2010 is a huge technology with tens of thousands of companies adopting it from all across the globe. Within the SharePoint product stack, workflows are one of the most compelling and ROI generating features for many business. SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action will take you through the SharePoint workflow fundamentals, and all the way to very advanced topics to help you meet your most complex workflow requirements. This includes covering topics such as the out of box workflows, and building custom workflows with SharePoint Designer 2010, Office Visio 2010, and Visual Studio 2010. Additionally, the book covers topics that are very important to workflow such as building forms with InfoPath 2010, building custom task processes, building custom activities and conditions, and how to leverage external data sources in your workflows via Business Connectivity Services. Other goodies include building State Machine workflows, leveraging ASP.NET forms, workflow event handlers, and publishing custom actions and conditions into SharePoint Designer. The book is a one stop shop workflow resource for anyone building workflows for the SharePoint 2010 platform. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.