Microsoft SharePoint Designer

The development of SharePoint applications focuses on the creation of solutions for communication and collaboration. For this reason it can be considered a specialized area of expertise in which experience is an advantage and having the right tools for the job is a must.

Those who are on the lookout for a software solution to help them build such web-based applications, share and manage them, one of the possible choices is to go with Microsoft SharePoint Designer.

This is a professional utility that comes fully equipped for providing all the instruments that are required in the development of SharePoint sites. The interface is quite nice looking and easy enough to use even by those who take their first steps in this activity.

Generate new sites and work with different templates

Creating new sites begins with the type targeted for generation, which can be either a new blank one or a new subsite that will be added to an existing site. Microsoft SharePoint Designer offers some templates as well, but should you need more, it is possible to add other ones, maybe some of those which you created.

When working on the design of your project, you have at your disposal several many tools and commands to add the needed parts, manage workflows or add users and user groups. Depending on the installed browser, you can preview the site to check for eventual problems before publishing it.

The numerous customizations that Microsoft SharePoint Designer makes available will enable you to configure in detail the page editor settings, so tweaking IntelliSense, code snippets and formatting, automatic thumbnail generation and more can be done on the spot.

All things considered, this software solution is well prepared to accommodate the needs of any user, experienced or beginner insofar as SharePoint site creation is concerned.