Protecting and recovering data stored in InfoPath form templates (Windows SharePoint Services)

  • Article

Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

 

Topic Last Modified: 2009-04-15

In this article:

  • Versioning

  • Deletion protection

  • Backup and recovery

This topic provides recommendations for protecting and recovering data stored in InfoPath form templates.

Versioning

  • **Content versioning   **Recommended. Be sure to provide site owners with a clear understanding of the amount of space available relative to the number of versions, and work with site owners to ensure that versioned sites are actively monitored and managed.

    Note

    If you upgrade a form template, and then open a previously-created XML file in a library, the previous version can only be opened using Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007, rather than a Web browser.

  • **Database snapshot   **Not recommended. Database snapshots are recommended only for environments in which you want to protect the look and feel of a site as versions change over time.

Deletion protection

  • **Recycle Bin   **Recommended. Users can recover filled-in forms and user-deployed form templates from the recycle bin

  • Site capture   Recommended. Protecting collaboration sites against accidental deletion is strongly recommended.

Backup and recovery

If you are running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, the user-defined form templates and any data stored in databases hosting SharePoint content are backed up when your content databases are backed up.

Protecting external data

Any time you retrieve data that is stored externally to Windows SharePoint Services, or save InfoPath forms data to an external database, be sure to include that data in your backup and recovery planning. The built-in backup and recovery tools provided with Windows SharePoint Services will not protect the data.

If you have created form templates that store data in a database, include the database in your backup and recovery strategy.

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