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Microsoft Designer

Microsoft's design tool for posts, banners and images with AI generation

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Choose Microsoft Designer if you work in Microsoft 365 and need simple visuals; skip it if you need complex layouts with a brand book.

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Home page of designer.microsoft.com on November 10, 2026. The service interface changes, and the name and logo belong to their owner.

About this service

Creates designs and images from a description, offers social media templates and works with Word and PowerPoint. Free at the basic level; a subscription is needed for more frequent use, and Designer in Word and PowerPoint for web requires Copilot Pro.

What you can do with it

  • a social media post or banner from a description
  • an image for a PowerPoint presentation
  • quick background and illustration options

Who it suits

  • small business
  • Microsoft 365 users

Strengths

  • free basic use
  • Microsoft 365 integration
  • social media templates

Limitations

  • numeric limits and subscription prices are not stated in the FAQ
  • text in generated images may be in another language or contain errors
  • some features are restricted by age and region

Integrations

  • Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Microsoft 365
  • Copilot Pro

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