Page 8: Publishing & Going Live

🚀 1. Publishing Internal Forms

Internal forms are hosted on the internal network and rely on Windows Authentication. Deploying an internal form requires only standard publishing within the designer interface.

📋 Steps to Publish an Internal Process:

1. Log into the Internal Forms Designer:

   👉 https://forms.conroeisd.net/Forms

2. Open your process and perform a final Save and Test Process run.

3. Click the Publish button in the top right control bar.

4. (Optional) Enter a Version Comment describing the updates or changes made in this deployment (e.g., v1.0 - Initial Production Launch).

5. Click Publish.

🌐 2. Publishing External Forms

External forms are accessible to public users, vendors, or remote staff outside the district network. Because they reside on an internet-facing gateway, publishing requires an extra configuration step on the external portal to expose the form publicly.

⚙️ Steps to Publish an External Process:

▶️ Step A: Publish in Designer

1. Log into the External Forms Portal:

   👉 https://lfweb.conroeisd.net/Forms

   (Remember to use EMPLOYEES\username to log in)

2. Open your process, perform final validation, and click Publish in the top bar.

🔧 Step B: Configure External URL & Public Access

1. In the external portal (lfweb.conroeisd.net/Forms), navigate to Manage or open the published process options.

2. Locate the initiating form settings for your external process.

3. Change the URL: Ensure the form URL is updated to match the external public domain endpoint structured for external access.

4. Make Public: Under Access Rights / Security settings for the starting form, set access permissions to Public (or enable public submission access).

5. Save changes.

📋 Deployment Summary