We performed a comparison between Microsoft Visual Studio and SharePoint Designer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two .NET Development Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Notably, the Enterprise version facilitates seamless integration with Microsoft products, leveraging the ease of connectivity within the Microsoft ecosystem."
"The stability is fine."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is the integrated development environment. It also offers a very good integration with Microsoft Cloud."
"The most valuable feature is that it is a complete package, with an IDE and everything that you need for software development."
"The valuable feature is that it provides a basic template for everything and built-in debugging tools. They definitely save me time."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with different databases."
"The solution can scale."
"SharePoint has very good features for collaboration."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the user-friendly interface and easy workflow."
"What I found most valuable in SharePoint Designer is that through it, you can perform a lot of SharePoint functionalities, such as creating SharePoint lists and libraries, as well as customizing pages."
"If you're working in a communication channel team, SharePoint Designer is a great solution because it helps to have some customized solutions in terms of communication and to create web experiences for external teams."
"When you have a group project and you want to share your document with your group members, the solution is very useful."
"The initial setup is not too complex."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"We appreciate the fact that this solution can provide us with an on-premises version, as due to our geographical location, we are not able to use cloud-based tools."
"In the next version I would like to see a better development tool."
"I'd like the product to become more secure. You could potentially, for example, download an extension that contains malware."
"It would be better if it didn't get stuck. Sometimes when we are writing code, we open too many tabs and modules, and it gets stuck."
"It would be nice if Visual Studio's extensions and updates could self-correct, if they are not working or disabled, and also inform the user."
"Technical support needs to be improved. Right now, it's not great."
"I would not recommend it for complex tasks."
"The best advice I can give to others is to take training because it's so easy to use out of the box. However, you might tend to install it and maybe configure it improperly. You need to have some training."
"It has a ton of options and that sometimes can become very, very overwhelming for a new person, a new developer."
"Sharepoint could improve the user interface to make it easier for everyone to navigate and use. That would be a big plus."
"I have heard of clients that have complained about the stability once a certain amount of data, over 200 gigs has been reached as well as the stability of SQL Databases."
"SharePoint Designer could improve most in analytics and reporting."
"There is zero technical support. I have to use Google to fix the issues myself."
"I would like to be able to use SharePoint Designer without having to buy other third party programs."
"The solution is a bit complex. They should work to simplify it."
"Microsoft could include more applications in this. And if more applications are included, then it can be scalable that way."
"The solution is not very flexible when trying to access the solution via a personal PC."
Microsoft Visual Studio is ranked 1st in .NET Development Services with 79 reviews while SharePoint Designer is ranked 2nd in .NET Development Services with 49 reviews. Microsoft Visual Studio is rated 8.4, while SharePoint Designer is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Visual Studio writes "Easy to use, works well in the Microsoft Windows ecosystem, and integrates well with Git". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SharePoint Designer writes "Intuitive, customizable, and reliable". Microsoft Visual Studio is most compared with Genero and Microsoft Silverlight, whereas SharePoint Designer is most compared with ASP.NET. See our Microsoft Visual Studio vs. SharePoint Designer report.
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