Business Process and Forms 
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides built-in workflow templates to automate approval, review, and archiving processes. With Office SharePoint Server 2007, you can also create, maintain, and analyze custom workflows, enabling you to streamline your collaborative processes. Electronic forms provided through InfoPath Forms Services are an integral part of such workflows. These electronic forms designed in InfoPath make it easy to collect and validate information that drives your business processes. And you can collect and validate this information right from the Microsoft Office client applications you use every day.
Browser-Based Forms with InfoPath Forms Services 

InfoPath Forms Services, which is part of Office SharePoint Server 2007, extends your reach to organizations that do not use Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 by allowing you to fill out forms in a common browser or even an HTML-enabled mobile device.

 

 

Integrated Workflow and Document Information Panel from Within Microsoft Office Client Applications  

With Office SharePoint Server 2007, you can initiate and interact with workflows right from within your Microsoft Office application. You can also collect and validate important document metadata via the document information panel.

 

 

Custom Workflow Design with Office SharePoint Designer 2007  

Office SharePoint Designer 2007 makes it easy to add business logic to sophisticated no-code composite applications with the rules-based Workflow Designer.

 

Learn more about these Business Process and Forms features.

 

 

BPM Vision 

Watch this Silverlight video that explains the Microsoft People-Ready Process vision, which aims at driving Business Process Management into the mainstream.

 

 

Integrated Architecture for Process-Centric Applications  

Watch this Silverlight video that describes an integrated architecture that uses Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office Visio, and Microsoft BizTalk for process-centric applications.

 

Integrated Architecture for Process-Centric Applications

 

Related News and Reviews 

Marines Deploy SharePoint to Improve Administration

June 15, 2007: Computerworld, Eric Lai

U.S. Marine Corps implements SharePoint to help improve administrative tasks and processes. Plug-ins from CorasWorks Corporation allow users to build SharePoint sites without developer help.

 

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Additional Resources 

Business Process and Forms Partner Solutions

This page lists all the partner solutions for Business Process and Forms. 

 

MSDN Library: Workflows in Office SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 builds on and extends the workflow development framework in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Workflow developers have access to the entire range of workflow development options in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, in addition to using Office InfoPath 2007 to create forms that can be hosted inside Microsoft Office system client applications and on the server.

 

MSDN Library: Workflows in Windows SharePoint Services

Windows SharePoint Services enables you to attach custom business processes or workflows to documents or list items. Visit this page to learn more about developing custom workflows to control the life cycle of your documents.

 

Resources for Interoperability with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

This Web site includes the latest information, resources, and partner solutions for integrating line-of-business applications with SharePoint Server 2007.