SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide
by James Pyles, Christopher M. Buechler, Bob Fox, Murray Gordon, Michael Lotter, Jason Medero, Nilesh Mehta, Joris Poelmans, Christopher Pragash, Piotr Prussak, Christopher J. Regan
Configuring InfoPath Forms Services
This section discusses some of the main configuration elements of InfoPath Forms Services.
The InfoPath Forms Services server-level configuration options are located in the SharePoint Central Administration → Application Management page. Figure 20-2 depicts the configuration section within the Application Management page.

Figure 20-2. InfoPath Forms Services configuration
Let's discuss the "Manage form templates" and the "Configure InfoPath Forms Services" options of the Forms Services configuration page in a little more detail.
Manage Form Templates
This section allows administrators to perform the following actions:
- Activate a form template to a site collection
Administrators can use this option to make the form template available to users of a specific site collection. Activating the form template to a site collection activates a site collection feature and creates a form template in the form template library. Figure 20-3 depicts the feature that is activated by this process.

Figure 20-3. InfoPath Forms Services feature
- Deactivate a form template from a site collection
Deactivating a form template terminates existing instances of the form, taking the form template offline immediately. This may result in data loss; therefore, careful consideration should ...
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