title: What are the Benefits of using InfoPath forms in SharePoint?
body: <p>What are the Benefits of using InfoPath forms in SharePoint?</p>
  
  <p>I’ve been doing research on InfoPath to see how it integrates with SharePoint.  The idea of letting users create their own forms offers a lot of power, and could enable people to handle some of the small requests they have on their own.  However, outside of creating a form library that is driven by an InfoPath form, InfoPath appears to quickly become a hassle and a hindrance.  Sure you can build code to directly talk to the SharePoint Object Model, but then you can only seem to be able to run your forms in the browser.</p>
  
  <p>If you’re going to run everything in the browser, why not just use an ASP.NET form?</p>
  
  <p>Also, besides the basic forms library approach, what other benefits does InfoPath on SharePoint offer?</p>