1. USING SHAREPOINT FOR
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
ALAN RICHARDS

2. ABOUT ME
Information Systems Manager @ West Hatch High School
Worked in education for over 17 years
Led teams in the early adoption of Microsoft systems
Regular presenter at events
SharePoint MVP

3. TOPICS
Background
Demo of the end result possible
InfoPath 2010
SharePoint Designer 2010

4. BACKGROUND
High levels of investment in ICT needs a ROI
Paper – 1.5 million sheets of paper a year
• Printing
• Copying
• Letters
Academic Review Day
• £8000 for 2 days

7. INFOPATH 2010
Simple to use
Easy to connect to SharePoint
Browser based forms

8. INFOPATH 2010
Create the list from InfoPath
• Set server / site location
• Create new list
• Creates Basic Fields
Design Your Page
• Layouts
• Page Design
• Tables
Add fields
• Text boxes
• Date / Time
• Person Picker

9. INFOPATH 2010
Current User
• Add text box
• Control Properties
• Select function

12. SHAREPOINT DESIGNER 2010
Open a SharePoint site
• View current workflows
• Create new list workflow

13. SHAREPOINT DESIGNER 2010
Creating a workflow
• Add conditions
• Resultant actions
Send Email
• User from AD / list
• Use a function to create the subject
• Use lookups in the body to pull data out of the list

14. SHAREPOINT DESIGNER 2010
Simple or Complex

16. arichards@edutechnow.com
www.edutechnow.com
twitter.com/arichards_Saruk