An InfoPath form template can be submitted and hosted at a form library in SharePoint 2010. The net effect then is that users can fill out the form by directly going to that library and clicking on New Document. If you don’t have SharePoint Server Enterprise running, the users will be prompted to open the form in the InfoPath client application. With SharePoint Server Enterprise running (and Forms Services properly configured in Central Administration), the form will open up directly in the browser. You can read more on the licensing requirements here: http://blog.sharepoint-videos.com/licensing-requirements-for-infopath-forms-on-sharepoint/ The complete InfoPath course is available here …

I’ll be presenting two sessions at SharePoint Conference 2011. Looking forward to seeing lots of old friends and acquaintances and making some new ones there . Here are my sessions: Title InfoPath + SharePoint Designer + Office 365 = Forms in the Cloud! Abstract Forms are used everywhere in SharePoint Online (Office 365) – Form Libraries, Document Libraries, Lists, Workflows and more. You can use these forms to create great looking layouts, implement conditional formatting and retrieve data from a variety of sources. Come see this session to learn the best ways to use InfoPath generated forms in the cloud. …

Do you learn best by watching examples/demonstrations? Do you want the ability to be able to watch the videos anywhere you are regardless of presence of an internet connection? If the answers to these are yes and yes then you might find that our DVD-ROM based video tutorials are just what you need! We are dedicating this newsletter to highlight our top DVDs and provide you with some more information on what you should expect to find inside of each video tutorial package.   SharePoint 2010 Business Connectivity Services Business Connectivity Services (BCS) is one of the Most powerful features …

A couple of weeks ago, I conducted a webinar on SharePoint Designer 2010 workflows integration with InfoPath and Visio. The recording for this is available for free right now on our site right here: http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/sp10-creating-workflows-with-sharepoint-designer-2010-visio-2010-and-infopath-2010/ This will remain free on the site until 8/20/2010 and then it will be returned to the subscribers only area.

The SharePoint 2010 Fundamentals DVD was released today. It’s packed with the core knowledge needed to start out successfully with SharePoint 2010. The target audience for this DVD: Site Administrators Site Designers Site Members   SharePoint topics covered include: Creating SharePoint sites Customizing site structure Customizing navigation components Setting up site security Making use of the built in Lists Creating custom lists Understanding the document management options Understanding Site Columns and Content Types and more..   There is also now a complete DVD bundle available for SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010 and InfoPath 2010.

I have been asked enough times now about the licensing requirements of SharePoint to be able to show InfoPath forms in the browser that I’m finally putting together this blog entry about it . With InfoPath 2010, you can create SharePoint Form Library Forms, SharePoint List Forms and SharePoint Workflow Forms. Let me try to break down each of these briefly and talk about the licensing requirements. SharePoint Form Library Forms InfoPath’s ability to create form templates that can be posted to a form library in SharePoint dates back to to 2003 when InfoPath 2003 first came out. Once the …

The InfoPath 2010 video tutorials DVD contains all of our video tutorials on InfoPath 2010. This DVD contains demonstrations showing you exactly how you can build form solutions using InfoPath 2010 by itself or on SharePoint 2010… without using any programming! Here are some of the topics you will learn by watching the videos on this DVD: Introduction to InfoPath 2010 Convert Word and Excel forms to InfoPath Enhance forms using Validation and Formatting Fetch data from SharePoint Lists and Databases into your forms Publish form templates to form library Publish forms using content type Create SharePoint list forms using …

The Customize Form button in the List Settings page lets you customize the list form using InfoPath 2010 (if InfoPath 2010 is installed on your computer and you are running SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise). If this button is not working, your site is not trusted by your computer and that’s why it is not letting you open up the form in InfoPath. Check out the animated image below to see how you can add your site as a trusted site.

On Thursday, June 3rd, we conducted a webinar on How and Where to Deploy InfoPath 2010 forms. In this webinar, it was demonstrated how to use InfoPath in a variety of ways with SharePoint – making list forms, library forms and even rendering it within the InfoPath form web part. You can watch the recording of the webinar in its entirety by clicking on the Webinar video on this page: http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/free-sharepoint-sharepoint-designer-and-infopath-2010-videos/

The InfoPath 2010 Video page is now ready. We now have 13 videos already on the page and more to come in the future. Check it out here: http://www.sharepoint-videos.com/infopath-2010/ Topics include the following: Introduction to InfoPath 2010 Converting Microsoft Word documents to InfoPath 2010 Enhance InfoPath 2010 form with Rules (Validation, Formatting and Action Logic) Use cascading drop-downs in InfoPath to display parent-child information Create a SharePoint List form using InfoPath Publish InfoPath form through a site Content Type Fetch data from Databases and SharePoint Lists into InfoPath form And more…