Microsoft Retires InfoPath. The business case for PDF Forms in SharePoint
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www.pdfshareforms.com Presenter: Dmitry Ivahno
PDF SHARE FORMS
PDF forms and SharePoint are better together
InfoPath Retirement:A business case for PDF Forms
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Agenda
• Company • Future of SharePoint forms• PDF Forms for SharePoint overview • Demonstration• Q&A session
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PDF Share Forms Company
• Since 2010, privately held
• Headquarters in Irvine, California, USA
• The World’s leading PDF forms integration company
• Awarded in 2013 - “Best SharePoint intranet/extranet solution”
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Microsoft Announcement
• InfoPath Retirement announcement
• SharePoint Conference 2014 – forms roadmap • Excel Surveys (FoSS)• SharePoint List Forms (FoSL)• Structured documents• App Forms
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Streamlined technical product roadmap
© Microsoft 2014. SPC Conference 20143/19/2014
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Should you panic?
• No, but you should learn!• “Small” caveats:
• Will Microsoft provide migration tools for InfoPath?Microsoft doesn’t know yet, they are evaluating various options to aid in migration. Third parties may provide tools
• “Available today” does not mean fully featured:• Access Apps available today… with limitations: no SharePoint
workflow support, weak data synchronization with SP, only live changes (no test mode)
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Lessons learned
• Good: Microsoft embraces an iterative feature introduction
• Bad: It will be a while before fully features forms are avail
• Good: Focus on SharePoint Online first, then OnPremise
• Bad: No code behind even will no be supported
• Good: Radical technology changes?
• Bad: Migration is a risk
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Why PDF forms
• PDF is a standardWidely used by US federal and local governments. The same in Europe & AU
• Rich and structured documents that print well• Close integration with SharePoint
form attachments automatically uploaded to document library
• Cross-platformworks virtually on any device, where free Adobe Reader exists
• Great for offline and mobile scenarios
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Why PDF forms (continued)
• Works with anonymous form submissions• Native support for digital signatures• Support for touch actions in Adobe Reader Mobile:
ink signatures, annotations
• Support of multiple workflow applicationsSharePoint, Nintex, K2
• Non-modal “contextual” interface• PDF forms can be created and maintained in various tools:
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe LiveCycle Designer
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Limitations
• Works only with SharePoint
• Form controls are rich but limited to PDF technology
• Dynamics forms have limited support in Adobe Reader Mobile
• Complex data mapping may require C# scripting
• Customization is limited to JavaScript support in Adobe Reader and C# for server-side scripting
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PDF Share Forms for SharePoint
Provides easy integration of PDF fillable forms with SharePointEmpowers organizations to reuse existing forms in SharePoint
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PDF Forms with SharePoint
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There is more than one alternative
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Demonstration
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Questions and answers
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