# Microsoft Designer

> Microsoft's standalone web app for generating and editing images and graphics from a text prompt, which you then drop into PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Teams or OneNote.

**Category:** Copilot

**Designer is where you go for a single image, not a whole deck.** The deck is the job of [Copilot in PowerPoint](/glossary#copilot-in-powerpoint); Designer runs as a separate web app at designer.microsoft.com and works from a text [prompt](/glossary#prompt), a template or a blank canvas. It can also edit a photo you upload, restyling it or removing its background, and it usually returns several options per request. The result drops into PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Teams or OneNote without a special export step.

Designer is currently a **personal-account tool** for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers. Enterprise accounts are not yet supported, so a Copilot work licence does not give you Designer. There is no brand kit in the current version, so check colours and logo use yourself, and never let a generated image pose as a real product screenshot.

## At work

A marketing assistant needs a title-slide image for a deck about logistics. She generates a few variations in Designer from one prompt, picks the best one and places it on the first slide.

## Often confused with

Designer in PowerPoint. PowerPoint has its own built-in feature, also called Designer, that suggests slide layouts through Design Suggestions on the Design tab; Microsoft Designer is a separate app that generates the image itself.

## Related terms

- Copilot in PowerPoint
- Generative AI
- Prompt

## See it in a lesson

[Copilot in PowerPoint & Designer](/en/learn/copilot/advanced/powerpoint-and-designer)

## Further reading

- [Welcome to Microsoft Designer (Microsoft Support)](https://support.microsoft.com/topic/6cd168f3-1cf0-478e-bd75-31d6526d2504): What Designer can make and who can use it.
- [Create professional slide layouts with Designer in PowerPoint (Microsoft Support)](https://support.microsoft.com/office/create-professional-slide-layouts-with-designer-53c77d7b-dc40-45c2-b684-81415eac0617): The separate layout feature inside PowerPoint that shares the name.

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Last updated: 14/10/2026  
Source: Rollo Academy glossary