<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
SharePoint	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
(	O
SPD	O
)	O
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
SharePoint	I-Application
Designer	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
editor	I-General_Concept
freeware	B-License
for	O
creating	O
or	O
modifying	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
sites	O
,	O
workflows	O
and	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
family	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
2007	O
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
family	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Office	O
suites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
2013	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
this	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
and	O
its	O
sister	O
product	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Expression	I-Application
Web	I-Application
,	O
are	O
successors	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
FrontPage	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Expression	B-Application
Web	I-Application
serves	O
as	O
the	O
full-featured	O
successor	O
to	O
FrontPage	O
,	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
focuses	O
on	O
designing	O
and	O
customizing	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
it	O
only	O
includes	O
SharePoint-specific	O
site	O
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
,	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
2007	O
,	O
retains	O
more	O
FrontPage	O
features	O
than	O
Expression	B-Application
Web	I-Application
(	O
such	O
as	O
web	O
components	O
,	O
database	O
,	O
marquee	O
,	O
hit	O
counter	O
,	O
navigation	O
bars	O
and	O
map	O
insert	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
2007	O
was	O
initially	O
a	O
commercial	B-Application
software	I-Application
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
2007	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
24	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
2007	O
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
2010	O
was	O
released	O
and	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
2007	O
Service	O
Pack	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
2010	O
,	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
2007	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
web	O
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2010	O
in	O
two	O
flavors	O
for	O
IA-32	B-Device
and	O
x64	B-Device
CPUs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
operate	O
in	O
absence	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
or	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Foundation	I-Protocol
and	O
therefore	O
cannot	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
generic	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
editor	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
;	O
following	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
2016	O
in	O
Ignite	O
2015	O
conference	O
,	O
Mark	O
Kashman	O
,	O
Senior	O
Product	O
Manager	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
corresponding	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
would	O
not	O
be	O
released	O
with	O
this	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
update	O
for	O
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
2	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Spring	O
of	O
2018	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
documentation	O
indicates	O
that	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Flow	I-Application
will	O
be	O
the	O
workflow	O
designer	O
and	O
engine	O
going	O
forward	O
for	O
providing	O
customization	O
to	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
workflows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SharePoint	B-Application
Designer	I-Application
shares	O
its	O
codebase	O
,	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
HTML	O
rendering	O
engine	O
with	O
Expression	B-Application
Web	I-Application
,	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
rely	O
on	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
's	O
Trident	B-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
a	O
workflow	O
designer	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
of	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
to	O
create	O
workflow	O
so	O
that	O
workflow	O
can	O
automate	O
the	O
process	O
with	O
the	O
concept	O
and	O
objects	O
such	O
as	O
list	O
item	O
,	O
content	O
type	O
,	O
and	O
list	O
column	O
within	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
from	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
2013	O
,	O
it	O
provides	O
a	O
text-based	O
designer	O
and	O
a	O
visual	O
designer	O
for	O
non-developer	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
