Turn complex ideas into clear visuals
- Create professional diagrams easily with ready-made templates and shapes
- Build and validate diagrams that support industry standards, including BPMN 2.0 and UML 2.5
- Use your finger or pen to draw and take notes naturally on touch-enabled devices
- Create database visualizations using built-in database model diagrams
- Collaborate with others by adding and replying to comments within Visio
- Link diagrams to live data from internal and external sources
Additional benefits
Flexible editing
Change shapes in existing diagrams without losing your layout and shape connections, making it simple to adjust the look of your diagram without losing the work you’ve already done.
Supports multiple data sources
Visio supports Microsoft Excel workbooks, Microsoft Access databases, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation lists, Microsoft SQL Server databases, Microsoft Exchange Server directories, Azure Active Directory information and other OLEDB or ODBC data sources.
Simultaneous teamwork
See who’s working on which part of the diagram, get notifications about changes and choose when to merge those changes into the master file.
Data-driven diagramming
Automatically generate org charts from data sources like Excel, Exchange or Azure Active Directory.
AutoCAD support
Ability to import DWG files, including enhanced file format support.
Supports industry standards
Visio’s huge shape library supports Unified Modelling Language (UML) 2.5, Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0 and Specification and Description Language (SDL).
Easy data linking
Connect your Visio shapes and diagrams to data from common internal and external sources. Insert data graphics or use formatting to reflect changes in the underlying data in your diagram.
Simple, secure sharing
Share your diagrams from secure online repositories, like OneDrive for Business and SharePoint (sold separately).
