Visio shapes for SharePoint Server, Project Server, Search Server, and Office posters

Download this zip file of Microsoft Visio stencils to create your own diagrams for models of server deployments. For examples of how the IT pro content publishing team for Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Project Server 2010, Microsoft Search Server 2010, and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation used these shapes, see these pages:

• Office 2010 technical diagrams
• SharePoint Server technical diagrams
• SharePoint Foundation technical diagrams

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista

To use these stencils, you must have one of the following:

• Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
• Visio Professional 2003
• Office Visio 2007
• Visio 2010

Download and uncompress .zip file

1. Download the .zip file by clicking Download.
2. Find the downloaded file on your computer.
3. Decompress the .zip file to the folder C:\Users\User_Name\Documents\My Shapes, where User_Name is your Windows user name .

The .zip file contains the following files:

• ITPro_Poster-Architectural_Elements_source.vss
• ITPro_Poster-Callouts_source.vss
• ITPro_Poster-Enclosure_Elements_source.vss
• ITPro_Poster-Flowchart_Elements_source.vss
• ITPro_Poster-Icons_(Ghosted)_source.vss
• ITPro_Poster-Icons_(Highlights)_source.vss
• ITPro_Poster-Icons_(Primary)_source.vss
• ITPro_Poster-Icons_(Secondary)_source.vss
• ITPro_Poster-Lines-Arrows-Connectors_source.vss
• ITPro_Poster-Text_Elements_source.vss

Open stencils in Visio

1. Open Visio.
2. Create a new drawing.
3. On the File menu, click Shapes, point to My Shapes, and then click one of the files listed above.
4. Repeat for all six files.
5. If you want these shape stencils to open whenever you create this kind of drawing, you can save the drawing as a template.

Use shapes in Visio

• Drag a shape from the Shape pane to the drawing.