Microsoft Visio: Diagramming & Flowcharts | Microsoft 365 (original) (raw)

• Trial versions only exist for Visio Plan 1 and Visio Plan 2. These trials are free for 30 days3 for first-time trial users with a work or school account.
  Visio Plan 1 provides access to Visio for the web.
  Visio Plan 2 provides access to both Visio for the web and Visio desktop.
  There are no trial versions of Visio Standard or Visio Professional.
• Following is a complete list of the Microsoft 365 commercial plans that include the Visio web app: Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft 365 Apps for business, Office 365 E1, Office 365 E3, Office 365 E5, Office 365 F3, Microsoft 365 F3, Microsoft 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, Office 365 A1, Office 365 A3, Office 365 A5, Microsoft 365 A1, Microsoft 365 A3, and Microsoft 365 A5, including versions of some of these suites that do not include Teams.
  Please note, plans for small and medium-sized businesses—such as Business Basic and Business Standard with a Microsoft account ID (hotmail.com, outlook.com, live.com, and msn.com)—will not have access to the Visio web app, as these plans do not qualify as commercial plans.
• You cannot mix 32- and 64-bit versions of Microsoft solutions. To resolve this, you will need to uninstall your current 64-bit version of Office and install the 32-bit version instead. Please refer to this support page for further instructions.
• Running different versions of Office and Visio depends on the installation technology used to install the products. For compatibility, the rule is:
• You cannot install two products together that have the same version but use different installation technologies.
• You cannot install two products of different versions together if both products use Click-to-Run as the installation technology and those products have overlapping Office applications.
  Please refer to this support page for more compatibility details and here for volume licensing installation.
• For a non-subscription version (Visio Standard or Visio Professional), use the same product key you used for your existing app to download Visio onto your new machine. Sign in with an existing Microsoft account and enter your product key at microsoft365.com/setup. Redeeming your key links your account with the Visio app. Once you’ve completed these steps, follow these additional steps to download Visio and get more details. For more details about installing Visio, please visit this support page.
• Both Visio Plan 1 and Visio Plan 2 come with 2 GB of storage on OneDrive for work or school.
  If you don't currently have a OneDrive for work or school subscription, you'll receive 2 GB of storage with your Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 subscription plan.
  If you have an existing OneDrive for work or school subscription, the 2 GB of storage included in a Visio for the web plan does not add to or override your existing storage capacity in your current OneDrive for work or school subscription.
• All currently supported versions of Visio will run on Windows 11. This includes both Visio plans and the 2013, 2016, and 2019 non-subscription versions of Visio. Your old Visio files will not be compromised when you upgrade to a newer version of Visio; your files will work as expected in the new version. However, Visio automatically blocks opening any pre-2013 Visio file. To resolve this, please visit this support page.
• Yes, the current version of Visio is compatible with older versions. Yes, you can open files created in the current version with an older version and vice versa. Please note, the current version (by default) saves drawings as a .vsdx file. Whereas the 2003 version saves them as a .vsd file, so you will need to save your drawing as a .vsd file to open it in an older version of Visio.
• Current versions of Visio offer Information Rights Management (IRM) features. In non-subscription versions of Visio, go to File > Info > Protect Diagram > Restrict Access.
  You can’t set IRM from within Visio for the web, but Visio for the web honors whatever access rights have been set for a file in the desktop Visio app once the file is stored online. For additional details on IRM in Visio, please visit this support page.
• Data linking is only available through the Visio desktop app, but in Visio for the web, you can view data-linked diagrams. Visio currently supports multiple data sources, including:
• Microsoft Excel workbooks
• Microsoft Access databases
• Microsoft SharePoint Foundation lists
• Microsoft SQL Server databases
• Microsoft Exchange Server directories
• Microsoft Entra ID information
• Other OLEDB or ODBC data sources