Save PDF form to SharePoint

Hello Experts,
This is my 1st question in this forum (& regarding Acrobat as well).
Here's the scenario;
We have SharePoint 2013 environment which is used for lot of things around documents, workflows, projects etc. In one of the projects, we have a requirement to use PDF Forms. These forms will be provisioned as part of the Document Set (inside document set), we are able to convert word/excel forms in to pdf & setup the columns, validations etc and all is well so far.
Here's the Problem:
When the user opens the pdf form > fills in information > click on save > Points to local machine documents folder VS. we prefer to set it up in such a way where the form holds on to the link from where it was opened and saves it back to the same location. Of course, user may get a prompt that the file already exists and thats completely fine.
I have been trying to get around this since last week and haven't made any progress and finally thought of asking the experts for help.
Please help, your time and efforts are highly appreciated. Kindly let me know if there are any questions.
Regards,
Chandra

SharePoint Integration was introduced in Acrobat X. So the signers will have to be on Acrobat X (latest patch 10.1.4) and above, to be able to check out the form from SharePoint and sign it. Just saving the form to SharePoint server and checking out from there should solve your purpose with Acrobat/Reader 10.1.4.You dont need to even distribute it.
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