Mobile SharePoint Apps

The Formotus platform enables rapid delivery of custom mobile SharePoint apps for iPad and Android. The Formotus client software works offline without a browser and requires no server-side installation to connect directly to any SharePoint account.

Forget the mobile browser and work offline in a SharePoint app

People normally think of browsers when they think of SharePoint, but the Formotus mobile SharePoint solution works differently. We let you install robust client software on your iOS, Android or Windows Mobile device that makes a live  data connection directly to your SharePoint libraries and lists. But you don’t need to be online to be productive, because the Formotus client is optimized for offline productivity.

No proxy server or SharePoint modification required

Some mobile SharePoint products require you to install a proxy server or  SharePoint add-on. Formotus requires none of that. Formotus mobile SharePoint apps are just like mobile InfoPath forms with the same kind of data connections to SharePoint lists and form libraries. So all you need to create your own custom SharePoint apps is one copy of InfoPath and SharePoint credentials sufficient to create lists and libraries.

Connect your app to the SharePoint server you already have

Formotus mobile SharePoint apps require no add-ins, proxies, or server-side installations of any kind to the SharePoint server you are already using. Use custom SharePoint apps with  MOSS 2003, Foundation 2010, or anything in between. Microsoft Forms Services are not required. Formotus also works with hosted SharePoint accounts since it requires no special configuration. The only requirement is that if your SharePoint server is accessed on your intranet, your mobile devices must also be able to access the Formotus site on the internet.

Connect your app to SharePoint in the cloud with Office 365

SharePoint in the cloud is Microsoft’s SharePoint Online service, part of Office 365. Formotus SharePoint apps can connect directly to SharePoint Online to keep mobile workers in sync with the same data as people in the office. Formotus is a Microsoft certified partner who can help you set up a custom solution combining SharePoint Online with mobile business forms that meet your needs precisely.

This can be a good choice for companies who don’t want to manage their own servers. Microsoft handles the setup, provisioning, ongoing maintenance and upgrades of the SharePoint Server Infrastructure. You use the online version just like any other SharePoint site. The difference is that you pay a monthly subscription fee instead of paying for hardware and software and IT support. You can customize the online SharePoint site yourself or get help from a Microsoft certified partner such as Formotus.

How exactly does Formotus work with SharePoint?

Formotus does not offer all-purpose access to browse SharePoint sites. On the contrary, we offer a way to create highly specialized, controlled access to specific data stored on SharePoint. Some of the ways the Formotus platform lets you work with SharePoint:

• Upload InfoPath forms directly from your SharePoint library to your Formotus account for conversion into mobile forms
• Query data from a SharePoint list directly into your mobile form
• Submit data from your mobile form directly into a SharePoint library
• Promote data fields in your form that you want to see in SharePoint columns
• Trigger SharePoint workflows with mobile form submissions
• Open submitted forms from SharePoint using InfoPath for printing, editing, and viewing image fields such as photos, signatures and diagrams (the InfoPath view can be different than the mobile view if you want)
• Use SharePoint as a dispatch center for pushing job information to mobile workers

Empower Your Mobile Workers

With the Formotus platform your mobile workers and their iPads and Android tablets become citizens in a unified infrastructure that lets them collaborate with office workers and participate in SharePoint workflows.  Your mobile workforce can be dispatched to job sites, retrieve data from lists,  submit forms, trigger workflows, and collaborate with people in the office using the same forms in InfoPath.

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