Yes, you can create workflows for SharePoint lists in SharePoint Designer, but they aren't the most robust workflows you may need for your organization.

Microsoft on Monday gave notice that it will be ending support this year for the 'workflows' component of SharePoint 2010 Online, as well as deprecating that component for SharePoint 2013 Online.

SharePoint 2013 workflows for automating common business processes can be deployed as SharePoint apps built using Visual Studio.

Using workflows in SharePoint 2010 is a good way to automate complex business processes.

SharePoint workflows are based on Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) which is a base set of technologies that programmers can access using Visual Studio or SharePoint Designer. There are two types ...