There at the very end of March, Microsoft decided to release it’s FrontPage-esque (shudder) tool designed for creating and managing SharePoint pages and content, SharePoint Designer 2007, all for the low cost of $0.00.
Here’s just a few of the benefits to the software listed on the official SP Designer site:
- Automate business processes such as document approval, custom event notification, and other collaboration tasks with the Workflow Designer.
- Create reporting and tracking applications using data views and forms to easily gather and aggregate data from outside your site and from SharePoint lists and document libraries on the Web site.
- Get started fast with pre-built Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Application Templates, which are fully customizable and extensible using Office SharePoint Designer 2007.
- Extend your solutions by building advanced interactive Microsoft ASP.NET pages. Insert and edit controls with the same powerful activity menus and control property grid previously found only in development tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
Check out the SharePoint Designer 2007 download page to grab your copy. (You need to register first. No biggie.) Of course, you can also still purchase it for $259 if you’d like. It’ll, um, help the economy.
