Forms Studio · Microsoft 365
Build complete SharePoint business solutions.
Forms Studio helps Solution Architects design SharePoint forms, automate processes, generate documents and deploy reusable business applications—all from one governed studio.
Forms, automation and deployment in one SharePoint solution.
Choose the right design experience
Lightning Forms designs the form. Forms Studio builds the solution.
Both products improve SharePoint experiences, but they serve different owners and different levels of complexity.
Lightning Forms
For Site Owners and business teams
Use Lightning Forms when a team needs to improve the New, Edit and Display forms attached to a SharePoint list. Build responsive layouts, rules, validation and form actions through a focused no-code designer.
- Enhance individual SharePoint list forms
- Design in context where the form is used
- Give business teams a maintainable no-code experience
Forms Studio
For Solution Architects
Use Forms Studio when the requirement is a complete, reusable business application. Coordinate forms, automation, documents, pages, permissions and deployment as one governed solution.
- Build centrally across multiple components
- Run event-triggered and scheduled processes
- Package, version and deploy across SharePoint sites
One studio for the complete application
Design, automate and deploy with architectural control.
Move beyond disconnected form customisations and flows. Forms Studio gives Solution Architects one place to build the user experience, process logic and release package.
Design complete solutions
Create professional forms and pages with responsive layouts, validation, calculations, conditional behaviour and related information.
Automate every stage
Run actions from buttons, form events, SharePoint item changes or schedules, with structured logic and Microsoft 365 actions.
Package and deploy
Bundle forms, automation, pages, permissions, agents and supporting assets into controlled, reusable SharePoint solutions.
SharePoint form design
Turn SharePoint forms into guided user experiences.
Control the New, Edit and Display forms for each SharePoint list. Arrange fields into tabs and responsive sections, reveal information when it becomes relevant and use expressions to drive calculations, validation and dynamic behaviour.
- Design New, Edit and Display forms independently
- Organise complex forms with tabs and multi-column sections
- Use conditional visibility, calculations and validation
- Display and edit related information through sublists
- Add actions directly to the form experience
Action Builder
Automate the process, not just the form.
Use one visual Action Builder for user-initiated actions, form events, event-triggered automation and scheduled processes. Build multi-step logic with variables, scopes, branches and clear success or failure paths.
- Run actions when a form loads or a user selects a button
- Trigger processes when SharePoint items are created or changed
- Schedule recurring and time-based processes
- Add action buttons to forms, command bars and page web parts
- Send emails, post to Teams and work with Microsoft 365 services
AI Assistant
Describe the logic. Let AI help build it.
Powerful SharePoint solutions often require expressions and CAML queries. The Forms Studio AI Assistant turns natural-language instructions into suggested logic that Solution Architects can review, test and refine.
- Generate expressions from plain-language instructions
- Create calculations, validation and conditional behaviour
- Generate CAML for retrieving specific SharePoint items
- Use available fields and placeholders in suggested logic
- Retain architectural control before inserting the result
Package, deploy and govern
Design once. Deploy consistently.
Package the forms, automation, pages, permissions and supporting assets that make up the application into one identifiable version. Deploy through a guided verification process and keep releases consistent across SharePoint sites.
- Package the complete application as one solution
- Maintain identifiable versions for controlled releases
- Review package history, status and deployment logs
- Select the exact version required for each destination
- Support repeatable application lifecycle management
Beyond forms and workflows
Bring every part of the SharePoint application together.
Forms Studio incorporates the capabilities of the Lightning Tools Forms & Automation suite and adds the governance needed for centrally designed, reusable solutions.
Documents and outputs
Generate Word documents and PDFs from solution data, then store, share or send the output automatically as part of the process.
Pages, permissions and assets
Include the SharePoint components, pages, permissions and supporting assets needed to deliver the full business experience.
Microsoft 365 actions
Extend processes across Microsoft 365 with actions for SharePoint, Teams, Planner, email and other connected services.
From requirement to reusable solution
Build business applications that are easier to govern and repeat.
Use Forms Studio when a process must be designed centrally, deployed consistently and maintained as a controlled application rather than a collection of one-off customisations.
Employee onboarding
Coordinate data capture, tasks, approvals, documents and Microsoft 365 actions in one structured onboarding solution.
Incident and compliance reporting
Guide users through accurate reporting, automate notifications and escalation, and create auditable documents and records.
Requests and approvals
Build repeatable applications for service requests, access requests, purchase approvals and multi-stage operational processes.
Lightning Forms or Forms Studio?
Match the product to the ownership model.
Choose Lightning Forms when…
- A Site Owner or business team owns the form
- The goal is to improve a SharePoint list form
- Layout, rules, validation and form-level actions are enough
- The solution can be maintained in its site context
Choose Forms Studio when…
- A Solution Architect owns the wider application
- Forms, automation, documents and pages must work together
- Processes must run on events or schedules
- Versioning, packaging, repeatable deployment and ALM matter
Frequently asked questions
Forms Studio questions, answered.
Understand where Forms Studio fits in your SharePoint and Microsoft 365 solution architecture.
What is Lightning Tools Forms Studio?
Forms Studio is a SharePoint-native solution builder for designing forms, automation, documents, pages and supporting components, then packaging and deploying them as controlled business applications.
How is Forms Studio different from Lightning Forms?
Lightning Forms is a focused, no-code form designer for Site Owners and business teams enhancing SharePoint list forms. Forms Studio is intended for Solution Architects and adds central solution design, triggered and scheduled automation, document generation, packaging, deployment and application lifecycle management.
Does Forms Studio include Lightning Forms capabilities?
Yes. Forms Studio incorporates the form-design capabilities used in Lightning Forms and brings them together with broader automation, document generation and solution deployment features.
Can processes run without a user opening a form?
Yes. Forms Studio can run actions when SharePoint items change and on defined schedules, as well as from form events, buttons, list command bars and web parts.
Can I package and deploy a solution to multiple sites?
Yes. Forms Studio packages the application and its supporting components into identifiable versions that can be verified and deployed consistently to selected SharePoint sites.
Is Forms Studio a replacement for Power Apps or InfoPath?
Forms Studio is a SharePoint-focused alternative for organisations that want centrally designed, governed and reusable SharePoint business solutions. The right approach depends on the complexity, data sources and ownership model of the process.
Is Forms Studio the same product as Skybow Solution Studio?
Yes. Lightning Tools Forms Studio is the current product name for the solution-building platform previously known as Skybow Solution Studio.
Build once. Deploy consistently.
Ready to design the complete SharePoint solution?
Start building in Forms Studio, or show us the business process you want to turn into a governed, reusable application.