Sharepoint Designer is free

Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 product boxIt wasn't no April Fool's joke - SharePoint Designer 2007 is now FREE! With the success of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, SharePoint Designer 2007 had become a tool that we all loved to hate. Now you have the ability to download, install and run SharePoint Designer 2007 for FREE within your organization or local SharePoint install.

Recommendation for all Organizations

Remember, with great power comes great responsibility - use SharePoint Designer appropriately within your organization. Therefore, it is highly recommending for all organizations to consider Locking Down SharePoint Designer.

Common Questions and Answers

  • In order to continue promoting custom solutions built on SharePoint, and based on this customer feedback, we are making SharePoint Designer 2007 available as a free download. This change takes effect on April 1, 2009.
  • Customers on active Software Assurance as of April 1, 2009 will get rights to Expression Web.
  • Will customers get a refund if they purchased SharePoint Designer 2007? No. Microsoft does not refund money on products purchased.
  • What about when SharePoint “v-next” ships? What will happen then? SharePoint Designer “v-next” will be available simultaneously with the release of the next version of SharePoint, and it will also be a free download.
Click to read a complete list of Q&A on SharePoint Designer 2007 Licenses Changes as well check out the " href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=901F0335-63DA-4E9C-BFBE-4ED22A92D276&displaylang=en">Video: SharePoint Designer 2007 (April 2009 Announcement) with Tom Rizzo. If you are new to SharePoint Designer 2007, then you must check out the Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Training Standalone Edition.

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