InfoPath
- Introduction to InfoPath 2007
InfoPath 2007 is a great way to create powerful electronic forms. No code is required to make these forms and configure logic within these forms. This video introduces you to the InfoPath 2007 environment.
- Publishing InfoPath forms to the Forms Server
Publish a form created using InfoPath 2007 to a Document Library in SharePoint server running InfoPath Forms Services.
- Retrieve data from SharePoint Lists and your Databases into InfoPath forms
This video shows how you can easily make connections to SharePoint Lists and your own SQL Databases from an InfoPath form. The Data is fetched from these data sources and populated in controls within the form
- Convert Word Forms to InfoPath
This video shows how to convert Microsoft Office Word based forms to Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 forms using built in converters in InfoPath
- Enable sections in an InfoPath form to accept Digital Signatures
Configure an InfoPath form so the individual sections within the form can be digitally signed. This video also shows how the digital signatures are stored within the form.
- Automate Business Processes using InfoPath forms and SharePoint Designer Workflows
In this video, a Microsoft Word form is first converted to an InfoPath form then the InfoPath form is enhanced with Validation, Conditional Formatting and Rules to fetch data from a SharePoint list. Subsequently, the form is published to the Forms Server in SharePoint. Lastly, a workflow is created using SharePoint Designer to automate the processing of the form.
- Enhance InfoPath form with Validation, Formatting and Lookups
An existing InfoPath form is enhanced with form field validation, conditional formatting, lookups to a SharePoint list and also to the Profile database (containing information from Active Directory)
- Convert Excel Documents to InfoPath
This video shows how you can use out of the box conversion tools to convert Excel Workbooks to InfoPath forms
- Digitally Sign an InfoPath form and Submit using Email
Enable an entire InfoPath form to be digitally signed and publish to users directly through their email inboxes. User fills out the form, signs it and submits the form back through email as well.
- Template Part - Email field with built in Validation
Template parts in InfoPath are created as reusable set of controls. These controls can be used in any InfoPath Form Templates. Watch this video to see how you can create an email field validation template part and save it for reuse in multiple forms.
- Publish an InfoPath Form to Forms Server and Digitally Sign it
Publish an InfoPath 2007 Form, with digital signatures capability already enabled on sections of the form, to Forms Server. Then Digitally Sign it using digital signatures issued by the Certificate Authority.
Installation
- Installing SharePoint Server 2010
This video shows the procedure to install and configure SharePoint Server 2010 all the way to creating your first Site Collection.
- SharePoint Architecture Planning
This video presents and talks through the architecture, pre-requisites and preparation required to plan for a WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007 installation. It shows the supporting services required for the installation and also how to plan for the OS, IIS, and other requirements that serve as the necessity for planning a successful SharePoint deployment.
- Installing SharePoint
This video demonstrates the process of installing WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 as a single server install. Then it shows how to setup some of the global settings that need to be immediately configured after the install. The video also examines how to assign server roles in a SharePoint server farm.
- Initial Configuration of a new SharePoint Installation
This video shows the process of setting up initial configuration settings that need to be made on a new SharePoint installation. Administration tasks such as setting up services across multiple servers is also shown. Incoming and outgoing mail settings are demonstrated. Also, the installation of pdf ifilter is demonstrated so that pdf files can be indexed and searched by SharePoint.
Libraries
- Introduction to InfoPath 2007
InfoPath 2007 is a great way to create powerful electronic forms. No code is required to make these forms and configure logic within these forms. This video introduces you to the InfoPath 2007 environment.
- Publishing InfoPath forms to the Forms Server
Publish a form created using InfoPath 2007 to a Document Library in SharePoint server running InfoPath Forms Services.
- Retrieve data from SharePoint Lists and your Databases into InfoPath forms
This video shows how you can easily make connections to SharePoint Lists and your own SQL Databases from an InfoPath form. The Data is fetched from these data sources and populated in controls within the form
- Convert Word Forms to InfoPath
This video shows how to convert Microsoft Office Word based forms to Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 forms using built in converters in InfoPath
- Enable sections in an InfoPath form to accept Digital Signatures
Configure an InfoPath form so the individual sections within the form can be digitally signed. This video also shows how the digital signatures are stored within the form.
- Automate Business Processes using InfoPath forms and SharePoint Designer Workflows
In this video, a Microsoft Word form is first converted to an InfoPath form then the InfoPath form is enhanced with Validation, Conditional Formatting and Rules to fetch data from a SharePoint list. Subsequently, the form is published to the Forms Server in SharePoint. Lastly, a workflow is created using SharePoint Designer to automate the processing of the form.
- Enhance InfoPath form with Validation, Formatting and Lookups
An existing InfoPath form is enhanced with form field validation, conditional formatting, lookups to a SharePoint list and also to the Profile database (containing information from Active Directory)
- Convert Excel Documents to InfoPath
This video shows how you can use out of the box conversion tools to convert Excel Workbooks to InfoPath forms
- Digitally Sign an InfoPath form and Submit using Email
Enable an entire InfoPath form to be digitally signed and publish to users directly through their email inboxes. User fills out the form, signs it and submits the form back through email as well.
- Template Part - Email field with built in Validation
Template parts in InfoPath are created as reusable set of controls. These controls can be used in any InfoPath Form Templates. Watch this video to see how you can create an email field validation template part and save it for reuse in multiple forms.
- Publish an InfoPath Form to Forms Server and Digitally Sign it
Publish an InfoPath 2007 Form, with digital signatures capability already enabled on sections of the form, to Forms Server. Then Digitally Sign it using digital signatures issued by the Certificate Authority.
Lists
- Introducing Document Management
Document Management is a robust feature in SharePoint. Learn the various capabilities that are offered out of the box by the document mangement features.
- Adding Columns and Data to a Custom List
Learn how to create columns and add data to the custom list
- Using a Picture Library and Image Web Part together
Host your images in a Picture Library and show them using the Image web part
- Control Content Approval and Publishing on a Library with Approval Workflow
Learn how to route a document through the Approval Workflow process. Configure the workflow so that once it is completed successfully, the Content Approval column is automatically marked as Approved.
- Check In Multiple Documents at once
The process to check in multiple documents at once in a document library - MOSS only feature
- Using a Slide Library in SharePoint
Slide Library is a special type of a library that's been built to contain individual PowerPoint slides. You can use it to share PowerPoint slides with your team members. You can even assign Individual slide ownership to a team member and then retrieve the final slide deck at any time.
- Subscribing to List or Library RSS feeds
RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is very prevalant throughout SharePoint. Learn how to use RSS in SharePoint lists and libraries
- Adding Metadata & Views to Document Libraries in WSS
Metadata is used to classify data in lists and libraries in SharePoint. This video shows how you can use metadata to your advantage to easily categorize SharePoint list content. It also shows how you can work with List views to hide or show content to the end users.
- Item level Security
Granular security at the Item level is new in SharePoint 2007. Learn how to secure items or folders within lists and libraries in SharePoint
- Show Documents in a Document Library using the Preview Pane view
SharePoint Lists can be manipulated to be viewed in a variety of ways. One of the viewing options is to show the preview pane in a list or library so when you hover over the item, you can see the document metadata. This video shows how you can implement that functionality in a document library.
- Show links to Documents at other locations in your Document Library
Document Libraries can be configured to hold links to Documents at another location alongside the actual Documents in the document library. You might want to use this technique if the document file is too big or you just want to provide the front end to access the file through the library for your users. This video demonstrates how to use a new content type to configure external links.
- Hide Lists or Libraries from end users using SharePoint Designer
Lists and libraries can be hidden from end users using SharePoint Designer. This does not secure the list or library, but just makes it invisible so that end users are unable to navigate to it.
