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Save diagrams to OneDrive for Business and view diagrams from virtually anywhere online​

Co-author, edit, and comment on diagrams in real time within the Visio web app

See where co-authors are working in the canvas with a simple presence indicator​

Create, view, edit, and collaborate on diagrams within Microsoft Teams²​

View and share diagrams connected to real-time data

Embed Visio diagrams into Power BI dashboards and connect those diagrams to Power BI data³​

Use almost any browser to create, edit, and share diagrams​

Start with a simple Getting Started experience and powerful search​

Choose from a variety of starter diagrams and get up to speed quickly with contextual tips and tricks​

Add flyout shapes, insert and delete shapes with connection healing, and change shapes while preserving diagram layout and shape metadata

Enjoy familiar layout features, such as auto align and distribute, and Smart Guides​

Get support for ruler, layers, and grids on canvas​

Leverage the power of ShapeSheet to describe visual relationships between elements in your diagram​

Validate your structured diagrams against pre-defined rules and fix the issues identified​

Create a report of shape data that lists the text or data that is associated with your shapes​

Use Document Stencil to create a collection of shapes and quickly use them in your document​

Use Drawing Explorer to view and alter objects and elements in your drawing

AutoSave your work—enabled by default for Visio for the web diagrams​

Use touch to work more naturally on a touch-enabled device​

View shapes in full fidelity online with intuitive pan and zoom functionality​

Save diagrams locally in PNG or JPEG format with customization options for resolution, background color, transparency, and size​

Add hyperlinks to shapes that redirect to external sites, email addresses, files stored online, or pages within the same file​

Edit shapes using Control Points, and easily apply themes to create modern diagrams

Export diagrams in SVG format with an option to include or exclude their Visio data​

Navigate through commands with Tell Me integration

Use your finger or pen to draw and annotate on a touch-enabled device​

Apply shape effect options, like shadow, bevel, glow, and others

Use templates for basic flowcharts, cross-functional flowcharts(or swimlane diagrams), and block diagrams ​to create impactful stories​

Choose from dozens of built-in, versatile templates and stencils, including Matrix, Cycle, Pyramid, and Venn​

Sketch your Azure or Amazon Web Services architecture with access to hundreds of Azure and AWS shapes​

Illustrate how devices and networks all work together with a variety of basic and detailed network templates, shapes, and connector tools

Visualize your systems and software using a rich repository of IT content including Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD) and UML Diagrams​

Model the behavior of systems and functions of a process with Specification and Description Language (SDL)

Annotate your shapes with informative text by attaching callouts to shapes

Visualize your organizational structure using org chart templates and samples

Brainstorm and organize your ideas visually using mind maps

Represent business processes graphically with a rich set of Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and Integration Definition for Process Modeling (IDEF0) content

Quickly create high-fidelity mock-ups and prototypes of your websites with web and mobile wireframes

Bring your architecture designs to life with a rich library of floor plan templates and samples

Get an overhead view of your office space, residential area, or public transportation route with templates for office layouts and directional maps

Access templates and sample diagrams that cover core education and extracurricular activities, including algebra, chemistry, physics, music, and sports

Communicate project schedules, tasks, and progress with timeline diagrams, Gantt charts, and Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) charts

Create accurate, detailed business diagrams with templates for IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) diagrams, PivotDiagrams, Six Sigma, and value stream maps

Create detailed engineering diagrams with templates for basic electrical and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID)

Develop clear and professional design plans with templates for HVAC plans and plant layout

Simplify your system design process with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and rack diagrams

Design a SharePoint workflow in Visio or import a workflow from SharePoint Designer for Visio to generate a diagram⁴

Use containers to visually group your Visio shapes together and perform operations on the group

Access more than 250,000 shapes through Visio’s online content ecosystem

Access a rich repository of partner-created diagrams for a variety of industries

Help secure diagrams with Microsoft Information Rights Management (IRM)⁵

Create diagrams from Excel data⁶

Link diagram shapes to data from multiple sources, including Excel, SharePoint lists, and SQL Server⁷

Generate org charts from data sources like Excel, Exchange, or Azure Active Directory⁷

Export parts of your diagram to PowerPoint for easy sharing and consumption⁶

Automatically export Visio process diagrams, including shapes and their metadata, to Word⁶

Export Visio workflows to Power Automate to quickly automate business processes⁸

Fully installed and always up-to-date version of Visio for Windows PC⁹

Save diagrams to OneDrive for Business and view diagrams from virtually anywhere online​

Co-author, edit, and comment on diagrams in real time within the Visio web app

See where co-authors are working in the canvas with a simple presence indicator​

Create, view, edit, and collaborate on diagrams within Microsoft Teams²​

View and share diagrams connected to real-time data

Embed Visio diagrams into Power BI dashboards and connect those diagrams to Power BI data³​

Use almost any browser to create, edit, and share diagrams​

Start with a simple Getting Started experience and powerful search​

Choose from a variety of starter diagrams and get up to speed quickly with contextual tips and tricks​

Add flyout shapes, insert and delete shapes with connection healing, and change shapes while preserving diagram layout and shape metadata

Enjoy familiar layout features, such as auto align and distribute, and Smart Guides​

Get support for ruler, layers, and grids on canvas​

Leverage the power of ShapeSheet to describe visual relationships between elements in your diagram​

Validate your structured diagrams against pre-defined rules and fix the issues identified​

Create a report of shape data that lists the text or data that is associated with your shapes​

Use Document Stencil to create a collection of shapes and quickly use them in your document​

Use Drawing Explorer to view and alter objects and elements in your drawing

AutoSave your work—enabled by default for Visio for the web diagrams​

Use touch to work more naturally on a touch-enabled device​

View shapes in full fidelity online with intuitive pan and zoom functionality​

Save diagrams locally in PNG or JPEG format with customization options for resolution, background color, transparency, and size​

Add hyperlinks to shapes that redirect to external sites, email addresses, files stored online, or pages within the same file​

Edit shapes using Control Points, and easily apply themes to create modern diagrams

Export diagrams in SVG format with an option to include or exclude their Visio data​

Navigate through commands with Tell Me integration

Use your finger or pen to draw and annotate on a touch-enabled device​

Apply shape effect options, like shadow, bevel, glow, and others

Use templates for basic flowcharts, cross-functional flowcharts(or swimlane diagrams), and block diagrams ​to create impactful stories​

Choose from dozens of built-in, versatile templates and stencils, including Matrix, Cycle, Pyramid, and Venn​

Sketch your Azure or Amazon Web Services architecture with access to hundreds of Azure and AWS shapes​

Illustrate how devices and networks all work together with a variety of basic and detailed network templates, shapes, and connector tools

Visualize your systems and software using a rich repository of IT content including Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD) and UML Diagrams​

Model the behavior of systems and functions of a process with Specification and Description Language (SDL)

Annotate your shapes with informative text by attaching callouts to shapes

Visualize your organizational structure using org chart templates and samples

Brainstorm and organize your ideas visually using mind maps

Represent business processes graphically with a rich set of Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and Integration Definition for Process Modeling (IDEF0) content

Quickly create high-fidelity mock-ups and prototypes of your websites with web and mobile wireframes

Bring your architecture designs to life with a rich library of floor plan templates and samples

Get an overhead view of your office space, residential area, or public transportation route with templates for office layouts and directional maps

Access templates and sample diagrams that cover core education and extracurricular activities, including algebra, chemistry, physics, music, and sports

Communicate project schedules, tasks, and progress with timeline diagrams, Gantt charts, and Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) charts

Create accurate, detailed business diagrams with templates for IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) diagrams, PivotDiagrams, Six Sigma, and value stream maps

Create detailed engineering diagrams with templates for basic electrical and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID)

Develop clear and professional design plans with templates for HVAC plans and plant layout

Simplify your system design process with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and rack diagrams

Design a SharePoint workflow in Visio or import a workflow from SharePoint Designer for Visio to generate a diagram⁴

Use containers to visually group your Visio shapes together and perform operations on the group

Access more than 250,000 shapes through Visio’s online content ecosystem

Access a rich repository of partner-created diagrams for a variety of industries

Help secure diagrams with Microsoft Information Rights Management (IRM)⁵

Create diagrams from Excel data⁶

Link diagram shapes to data from multiple sources, including Excel, SharePoint lists, and SQL Server⁷

Generate org charts from data sources like Excel, Exchange, or Azure Active Directory⁷

Export parts of your diagram to PowerPoint for easy sharing and consumption⁶

Automatically export Visio process diagrams, including shapes and their metadata, to Word⁶

Export Visio workflows to Power Automate to quickly automate business processes⁸

Fully installed and always up-to-date version of Visio for Windows PC⁹

Stay compatible with Windows 11

Install Visio temporarily on a Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC​

Get an overhead view of your office space, residential area, or public transportation route with templates for office layouts and directional maps

Sketch your Azure or Amazon Web Services architecture with access to hundreds of Azure and AWS shapes

Quickly create high-fidelity mock-ups and prototypes of your websites and mobile apps with web andmobile wireframes

Create visual reports and accurate crime scene diagrams with the Crime Scene Investigation template and stencils for Indoor, Outdoor, and Evidence

Create workspaces that adhere to social distancing guidelines and laws with Workplace Social Distancing stencils

Design a SharePoint workflow in Visio or import a workflow from SharePoint Designer for Visio to generate a diagram⁴

Save diagrams to OneDrive for Business or SharePoint, and share and view diagrams from virtually anywhere online¹⁰

Co-edit diagrams with two or more people simultaneously¹¹

Generate org charts from data sources like Excel, Exchange, or Azure Active Directory⁷

Link diagram shapes to data from multiple sources, including Excel, SharePoint lists, and SQL Server⁷

Stay compatible with Windows 11

Install Visio temporarily on a Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC​

Get an overhead view of your office space, residential area, or public transportation route with templates for office layouts and directional maps

Sketch your Azure or Amazon Web Services architecture with access to hundreds of Azure and AWS shapes

Quickly create high-fidelity mock-ups and prototypes of your websites and mobile apps with web andmobile wireframes

Create visual reports and accurate crime scene diagrams with the Crime Scene Investigation template and stencils for Indoor, Outdoor, and Evidence

Create workspaces that adhere to social distancing guidelines and laws with Workplace Social Distancing stencils

Design a SharePoint workflow in Visio or import a workflow from SharePoint Designer for Visio to generate a diagram⁴

Save diagrams to OneDrive for Business or SharePoint, and share and view diagrams from virtually anywhere online¹⁰

Co-edit diagrams with two or more people simultaneously¹¹

Generate org charts from data sources like Excel, Exchange, or Azure Active Directory⁷

Link diagram shapes to data from multiple sources, including Excel, SharePoint lists, and SQL Server⁷