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Below are the features that can be used with SharePoint 2016: View and Edit List -SharePoint Designer allows you to view and edit the contents of the list. Also, you can create External Content Type for your list using SharePoint Designer. Create Views and Forms – you can create views for your lists and manage them.
SharePoint Designer 2010 works only with SharePoint 2010. If you are using Office 365, then you are in luck because SharePoint Online in Office 365 is based on SharePoint 2010. If you’re working with SharePoint 2007 (and not SharePoint Online, which is part of Office 365), install SharePoint Designer 2007 instead.
Can you use SharePoint Designer 2013 with SharePoint 2016?
The good news is that SharePoint Designer 2013 will continue to work with SharePoint 2016 although there isn’t going to a new version of SPD. I tested this out myself to make sure, and found that when I connect SharePoint Designer 2013 to my SharePoint 2016 site, I could do ALL of the tasks I could with a SharePoint 2013 site.
Which is the last version of SharePoint Designer?
With the release of SharePoint Server 2016, Microsoft has announced that there will not be a SharePoint Designer 2016 and that SharePoint Designer 2013 will be the last version of this product, which will continue to be supported for all custom-built workflows.
SharePoint Designer in Office 365 and SharePoint Online/SharePoint 2016: Get General Site Information such as SharePoint build/version, total storage space used by the site, list of the users and groups given direct access to the site, list of all the sub sites (for the site you connect to), etc.
By default, SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform is not available in the SharePoint Designer 2013. To get the SharePoint 2013 Workflow, we need to configure Workflow Manager on the SharePoint Server. Once, you’re done with the configuration of Workflow Manager on the Server, and the Workflow Service Application Proxy service status is connected.