Visio Professional 2021

• 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

Turn complex ideas into clear visuals

Work as a team to easily create and share data-linked diagrams to bring your ideas to life.

Get started quickly with ready-made templates and thousands of customizable shapes

Collaborate with others and share diagrams seamlessly

Connect diagrams to real-time data to gain insights and make decisions quickly

Create and share professional diagrams

Supports industry standards

Visio’s huge shape library supports Unified Modeling 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).

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).

Supports industry standards

Visio’s huge shape library supports Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.5, Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0, and Specification and Description Language (SDL).

Simple, secure sharing

Share your diagrams from secure online repositories, like OneDrive for Business and SharePoint (sold separately).

Supports industry standards

Visio’s huge shape library supports Unified Modeling 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.

Additional benefits

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  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.

   

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  Real-time presence indicators

  See where co-authors are working in the canvas with a simple presence indicator for files saved in the cloud.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Data-driven diagramming

  Automatically generate org charts from data sources like Excel, Exchange, or Azure Active Directory.

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  AutoCAD support

  Ability to import DWG files, including enhanced file format support.