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."The most valuable features of Microsoft Visual Studio are the availability of many extensions, an interpreter, a code formator, and helpful dark and light modes."
"We have no issues with scaling."
"I was testing how to publish in a cloud using Azure and it was very easy."
"One of the most valuable features is its support. It's easy for me to get support even though I never use it. If there's a bug or a performance issue, Microsoft also provides quick updates, and this is another valuable feature of the program."
"What I like the most about Microsoft Visual Studio is that it's useful. It's also a very stable solution, and is scalable as well. It's quick to set up as it only took me a few seconds to do it."
"Visual Studio makes it easier to compile the code and shows me the errors upfront when coding. For example, it will tell me when a reference is incorrect or if there's a mistake within the function calls. I like how it highlights with a red underline so that I know there's an error at that point."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Visual Studio is the good intelligence and UI."
"It is great for integration with Excel."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"We like that the interface is very user-friendly making it easy to use."
"The support on offer is helpful."
"SharePoint has very good features for collaboration."
"One of the most valuable features is that it's free. If you have SharePoint and you want to do some branding, then the only tool available is SharePoint Designer. Microsoft gives the portal, the content management system, and, on top of that, it gives you Designer. So we don't have a choice, but Designer is good."
"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."
"I find the document management and search of SharePoint the most valuable features."
"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."
"The technical support can be slow."
"Microsoft Visual Studio can improve by adding more features to the Mac version. There are a lot of features lacking in the Mac version, there are limitations. I can install Microsoft Visual Studio on the Mac operating system, but it is not the same as if I installed it on a Microsoft Windows system. The Microsoft Windows version has a lot of features available in Microsoft Visual Studio."
"It has a ton of options and that sometimes can become very, very overwhelming for a new person, a new developer."
"With the free version, we don't have that much support for Visual Studio. Its support is a little bit less and can be better."
"I would like to see Visual Studio improve reporting to give us more details on failures. When there are failures, it's difficult to debug. It would be helpful to have more error information to help us to identify the issue and resolve it. I want to know more about software failures and exceptions in the system."
"There have been some issues but not very often."
"Could be improved with the ability to personalize the interface and development style and to edit extension requirements."
"There's not much help to deal with issues on Microsoft's official websites."
"The solution is not very flexible when trying to access the solution via a personal PC."
"SharePoint Online should continue to integrate with other solutions."
"Exporting the whole SharePoint website is an issue."
"The search capabilities need to be improved."
"The interface of SharePoint Designer could be improved, such as in SAP."
"SharePoint Designer's integration with Microsoft tools could be improved."
"I would like to see SharePoint improve the integration with different systems. I also would like to see more customization."
"SharePoint is too complex to install and maintain."
Microsoft Visual Studio is ranked 1st in .NET Development Services with 44 reviews while SharePoint Designer is ranked 2nd in .NET Development Services with 15 reviews. Microsoft Visual Studio is rated 8.2, while SharePoint Designer is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft Visual Studio writes "Great support, easy to use, and simple to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SharePoint Designer writes "Intuitive, customizable, and reliable". Microsoft Visual Studio is most compared with Genero, Microsoft Silverlight and Zend Studio, whereas SharePoint Designer is most compared with ASP.NET. See our Microsoft Visual Studio vs. SharePoint Designer report.
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