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What's changed in SharePoint Designer 2013

SharePoint 2013

Learn about features that are deprecated in or removed from SharePoint Designer 2013. Features that are deprecated are included in the SharePoint 2013 release for compatibility with previous product versions but will
be removed from future versions.

Last modified: September 17, 2015

Applies to: SharePoint Designer 2013 | SharePoint Server 2013

Discontinued features in SharePoint Designer 2013

The following features are deprecated in SharePoint Designer 2013 or have been removed.

SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform

Description of the change. Some features of the SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform that are dependent on Windows Workflow Foundation 3.0 are deprecated in SharePoint 2013.

Reason for the change.SharePoint 2013 introduces a new SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform that is built upon Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 and that is integrated with Workflow Manager 1.0.

Migration path. In SharePoint Designer 2013, you can still create a SharePoint 2010 Workflow and use all of the SharePoint 2010 Workflow features by choosing the SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform.

You can also integrate features from the SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform into the new SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform. To do this, create a SharePoint 2010 Workflow by choosing the SharePoint 2010 Workflow
platform; create a SharePoint 2013 Workflow by choosing the SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform; and then use the Start a list workflow and Start a site workflow actions in the SharePoint 2013 Workflow to call the
SharePoint 2010 Workflow.

The following features are available only on the SharePoint 2010 Workflow platform:

Actions:

Stop Workflow

Capture a Version of the Document Set

Send Document Set to Repository

Set Content Approval Status for the Document Set

Start Document Set Approval Process

Declare Record

Set Content Approval Status

Undeclare Record

Add List Item

Inherit List Item Parent Permissions

Remove List Item Permissions

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Remove List Item Permissions

Replace List Item Permissions

Lookup Manager of a User

Assign a Form to a Group

Assign a To‐Do Item

Collect Data from a User

Start Approval Process

Start Custom Task Process

Start Feedback Process

Copy List Item ﴾SharePoint Designer 2013 supports only the document‐copying action.﴿

Conditions:

If current item field equals value

Check list item permission levels

Check list item permissions

Steps:

Impersonation Step:

Data sources:

User Profile lookup

Other features:

Visio integration

Association Column

Content Type Association for reusable workflow

'Require Manage List/Web Permission' feature for list/site workflow

Globally reusable workflow type

Workflow visualization option

SharePoint page-design features

The following feature is not available in SharePoint 2013.

Design view and Split view

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Design view and Split view
Description of the change.SharePoint Designer 2010 has three views for editing HTML and ASPX pages: Code view, Design view, and Split view. Design view and Split view are removed from SharePoint Designer 2013.
The removal of Design view and Split view affects the features of SharePoint Designer 2013 that are used for editing Web Parts and master pages. If you edit pages in SharePoint Designer 2013, you must use Code view.

Reason for the change. Compared to current versions of Internet Explorer, Design view is an older technology that does not support many new HTML5 and CSS tags.

Migration path. If you edit pages in Code view, you can press F12 to preview the page in the browser. Alternatively, you can use Visual Studio to edit pages.

If you want to visually design or brand your site, and you want a WYSIWYG ﴾"what you see is what you get"﴿ page‐editing experience, you can use any professional HTML editor, such as Microsoft Expression Web. Then
you can import your HTML files into SharePoint Server 2013 by using the new Design Manager, which is a feature included in publishing sites, such as the Publishing Portal Site Collection site template.

Additional resources

Workflow actions quick reference ﴾SharePoint 2013 Workflow platform﴿

Changes from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

What's new in workflow in SharePoint Server 2013

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