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What Are InfoPath Forms? InfoPath forms are forms that are designed and published through Microsoft’s InfoPath designer tool. They provide advanced form design capabilities such as data validation, conditional formatting, rules and calculations, and integration with databases and web services. When published to SharePoint, InfoPath forms enable robust forms scenarios that harness SharePoint workflows on…

What Causes Broken Workflow Connections There are a few common causes of broken workflow connections in InfoPath forms that are tied to SharePoint workflows: The workflow host list or library has been moved or deleted – If the SharePoint list or library that hosts the workflow associated with the InfoPath form has been renamed, moved…

Why Migrate Workflows? Migrating reusable workflows from one SharePoint farm to another allows organizations to improve performance, enhance capabilities, and maintain version compatibility. Improved Performance By migrating workflows to a new SharePoint farm, performance can be improved in several ways: Newer SharePoint versions incorporate faster workflow engines and infrastructure optimizations that speed up workflow processing…

What is InfoPath and How It Integrates with SharePoint Microsoft InfoPath is a software application used to design, deploy, fill and submit electronic forms with a rich formatting capabilities. The filled forms can be saved, emailed or submitted to a database. InfoPath gets tightly integrated with Microsoft SharePoint allowing organizations to build customized data collection…

What Happens During Migration When migrating SharePoint workflows from one environment to another, any associated InfoPath forms can become disconnected. This occurs because the form template and submitted form data are separate entities in SharePoint. During migration, while list content and metadata is transported, the underlying associations between workflows and InfoPath form templates can be…