Matching the SharePoint Designer version with the farm version

Learn which version of SharePoint Designer to use.

Note

SharePoint 2010 workflows have been retired since August 1, 2020 for new tenants and removed from existing tenants on November 1, 2020. If you’re using SharePoint 2010 workflows, we recommend migrating to Power Automate or other supported solutions. For more info, see SharePoint 2010 workflow retirement.

Using SharePoint Designer with SharePoint

SharePoint Designer is tool used to connect to and work with a SharePoint site. It is important that the version of SharePoint Designer match the version of the SharePoint farm hosting the SharePoint site to which you are connecting. If your farm is upgraded then you will also need to upgrade your version of SharePoint Designer.

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The latest version of the product is SharePoint Designer 2013. To learn how to find and install SharePoint Designer 2013, see Creating a workflow by using SharePoint Designer 2013 and the SharePoint Workflow platform. If you already have an older version of SharePoint Designer installed on your computer we recommend that you uninstall it before installing the new version.

Trying to use a version of SharePoint Designer that does not match with the SharePoint farm can result in a number of issues. For example, see You have problems with workflows or receive errors in SharePoint Designer 2010.

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