InfoPath 2007 is an information-gathering program that helps you create and deploy electronic forms to gather information efficiently and reliably. You can also use the InfoPath Forms Services capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to extend your business processes beyond your corporate firewall, and deliver forms as Outlook e-mail messages, Web browser forms, or forms for mobile devices.
InfoPath forms can be deployed to many Web browsers for fill-in, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, Safari, and others. View larger. |

InfoPath forms can be distributed as e-mail messages to speed form fill-in. View larger. |

The advanced integration capabilities of Office InfoPath 2007 and the Microsoft Office system enable InfoPath to extend into other programs to improve information gathering for databases, documents, and more.View larger. |

InfoPath Forms Services is fully integrated with Office SharePoint Server 2007 to help ensure organizations can centrally manage and deploy electronic forms. View larger. |
Improved CollaborationInfoPath 2007 is the right tool for encouraging and supporting improved collaboration and decision making throughout your organization. Use it to author and view XML documents with support for custom-defined XML schemas. Then use XML Web services to connect to external systems for effective sharing, reusing and repurposing of information. Publish forms to a shared network folder, a Web server, Windows SharePoint Services or as email attachments and enjoy automatic, silent update downloads.
Streamline Forms-Driven Business Processes
By integrating easily with your current business applications and systems using industry standards, InfoPath 2007 lets you automate existing business processes without having to reinvent them. InfoPath form solutions provide an easy way for your organization to gather and present information from your existing line-of-business systems using the familiar Office interface. For added benefits, InfoPath 2007, SharePoint Server 2007, and Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 combine to deliver a comprehensive solution for optimizing business processes. And advanced form design and development tools help streamline complex processes by connecting users to the right data.
Gather Information Efficiently
InfoPath 2007 makes information gathering more efficient by delivering electronic forms that reach the necessary participants easily, reduce redundant data entry, and improve the quality of the data collected. You can simply reach more users by providing an easy form fill-in experience across Web browsers, e-mail messages, or mobile devices. In fact, InfoPath forms can be distributed as e-mail messages and many Web browsers for speed form fill-in, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, Safari, and others. It also provides real-time validation, pre-populated fields, and connections to important sources of information. For added convenience, InfoPath 2007 solutions are fully integrated with the Microsoft Office system to deliver powerful electronic forms capabilities in a familiar package.
Centralize Forms Management and Control
InfoPath Forms Services is fully integrated with Office SharePoint Server 2007 to help ensure organizations can centrally manage and deploy electronic forms. SharePoint Server 2007 provides a unified portal and a forms and content management solution for your enterprise to help you manage electronic forms in the same context as other critical business functions. At the same time, InfoPath Forms Services helps minimize solution downtime by providing easy upgrades, version management, and monitoring tools. The end result is better control over key information, and that has the potential to save you both time and money.
KPI support
this is not specifically an InfoPath feature, it's part of MOSS, but it is very useful nonetheless.
KPI web parts allow dashboard creation to report on all list types, including document libraries containing InfoPath forms
Conditional formatting provides status information based on specified thresholds
Information Rights Management (IRM)
InfoPath now supports IRM, encrypting all form data to prevent unauthorized access
Can be applied either in WSS on a document library or in Outlook (for email forms)
Data Connections!!!
3 major pain points have been addressed
Test --> Production Migration, a major pain in 2003, has been greatly improved with the new Data Connection Library, where data connections can be stored and changed without modifying the form itself
Data Connection Sharing - Data Connection Library. Problem solved…
Authentication Delegation - the infamous "double-hop" issue with asp.net web services has been solved by using either Office SSO or the Web Service proxy
Data connections are stored as .UDCX files and then imported into the Data Connection Library
Data Connection Library - one located in Central Administration that is used for Admin-Approved (fully-trusted, managed code) forms, and others located at the site level for codeless forms
Excel Services integration - another topic altogether, but very cool!
Microsoft Office Infopath 2007 Serial Key