SharePoint Designer Pros and Cons

The most valuable feature is the capability to directly access the SharePoint data structure.

What I like most about this solution, is that we can use it as a secondary customization platform.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The most valuable aspects of the solution are the user-friendly interface and easy workflow.

The new version doesn't have the option to view data, but it has other, better features though.

The workflow is the solution's most valuable feature.

We used SharePoint Designer 2013 widely for data mining, exploring the content, and editing. Those are the main features that you would need to use SharePoint Designer for.

The basic functionality the solution makes it easy to share documents or information with the team.

Other valuable features are the ability able to update the master file, and creating the workflow.

The most valuable part of the solution is its ability to allow for a high degree of customization.

It would be helpful to have the SharePoint Designer capabilities built directly into SharePoint itself, into the management page, so as to create an online version of it directly in SharePoint.

There is zero technical support. I have to use Google to fix the issues myself.

The web services aspect of the solution is very weak.

Further development for SharePoint online would be ideal. However, I'm not sure if it's true that Microsoft will no longer develop SharePoint Designer in the future or not.

I would like to be able to use SharePoint Designer without having to buy other third party programs.

The solution requires more web-based publishing. It would benefit from adding in more collaboration features as well.

SharePoint Designer is not releasing a new version. Version 2013 was the latest version. Now in 2019, we are still using the biggest version. It doesn't work properly anymore. Sometimes we experience issues, but there is no new version.

It has a lot of bugs. It's also not very convenient. The UX/UI is not very user-friendly and not designed to be similar to other applications from Microsoft.

If you compare the workflow with other engines like Olympus and K2, it is very complicated to create a workflow.

The solution is not scalable at all.