In 2016, Microsoft officially announced that SharePoint Designer 2010 would be retired. Support ended, and the tool was removed from the Microsoft Download Center. If you try to install it on a modern Windows 10 or 11 machine, you are likely to face compatibility issues and error messages.
For anyone who needed to display data in a specific way, the Data View Web Part was a lifesaver. It allowed users to pull data from multiple sources (not just SharePoint lists, but SQL databases and XML files) and display it with custom styling using XSLT. It was the go-to solution for creating dashboards before modern BI tools took over. sharepoint designer 2010
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