Microsoft Visio Professional 2013 let you to learn about the new and improved features and capabilities in Visio that make it easier to create diagrams - so you can get your work done faster.

Benefits

Simplify complex information by creating professional diagrams in just a few clicks.

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• Features designed to make it easier to create diagrams - including quicker access to frequently used tools, new and updated shapes and stencils, and improved and expanded themes and effects.
• Tools to make teamwork simpler, such as the ability to work together on the same diagram at the same time and improved commenting - in both Visio and Visio Services.
• Improved touch support, including for Windows 8 and Visio Services in the new Microsoft SharePoint.
• Options to make your diagrams more dynamic by linking shapes to real-time data, with an expanded set of supported sources.
• The ability to share your diagrams with others through a browser (even if they don't have Visio installed) through Microsoft Office 365 or SharePoint.
• Support for updated diagramming standards, including Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.4, Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0, and Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0.

The new Microsoft Visio has:

Create professional diagrams quickly: Create engaging diagrams in just a few clicks with updated shapes and new formatting options and tools.

It's easier to start creating and customizing diagrams

Visio is packed with enhancements to make it easier to get started, find the stencils you want to use, and quickly get great-looking results with over 60 built-in templates, many with updated shapes. You can also create and customize professional-looking diagrams using a rich set of expanded and improved effects and themes that apply a completely different design in just one or two clicks.

Perform common tasks more easily

Diagrams are seldom static, so Visio makes it easier than ever to update your diagram with new shortcuts for frequently performed tasks. You can get to frequently used tools right away with a significantly improved quick-access floating toolbar and easily replace any shape (or combination of shapes) in a diagram while preserving your shape connections, shape metadata, and the overall layout.

Create great-looking organization charts more easily

One of the most used templates in Visio - the organization chart - just got even better with several new styles - from professional to playful, which you can apply with just one click, the ability to import pictures and improved layout options to help fine tune the way your org chart looks.

Work together on diagrams with your team: Collaborate on diagrams with new teamwork features.

Work together on a single diagram at the same time

Streamline teamwork and reduce the risk of errors by allowing two or more people to work on the same diagram in a single file at the same time - from rearranging and adding shapes, to writing comments, to applying effects. With just one working file, you avoid the need to email files around, figure out what changes others have made to the original diagram, and manually merging multiple versions together.

Share diagrams through a browser on almost any device

By saving your Visio diagrams to Microsoft SharePoint - either on your company's servers or through Microsoft Office 365 - you can make them instantly viewable through a browser for colleagues without Visio. Visio Services in SharePoint provides a rich experience through the browser, with full detail from the original diagram, refreshable data (in diagrams with data links), the option to view and add comments, and improved touch support so you can view and interact with the diagram through virtually any device.

Give feedback with improved commenting

The latest Visio release introduces features designed to make it easier to capture and address reviewers' feedback on diagrams. You can add comments to any diagram from virtually any device, whether through Visio or a browser using Visio Services – and can get immediate clarification on any you are unclear on by initiating an instant messaging (IM) conversation or audo/video call right from within Visio. (Requires a compliant IM application, such as Microsoft Lync.)

Link diagrams to dynamic data: Use the shapes in your diagram to make real-time data understandable at a glance.

Link diagram shapes to data with a simple wizard

With Visio, you can link the shapes in your diagram to your business data to visually represent complex information. Several popular data sources are supported, including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel Services, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Azure, and Microsoft SharePoint Business Connectivity Services. This allows you to reveal patterns and meaning in your data with data graphics, such as vibrant icons, symbols, colors, and bar graphs.

Use a powerful diagramming platform: Get an extensible and flexible platform for creating diagrams and solutions that fit your business.

Enhance process management with support for BPMN 2.0 and updated validation rules

Visio can help you ensure that your diagrams meet the standards required by your business, including support for Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0 - today's standard for business process modeling - and you can use the built-in validation rules to help ensure your diagrams comply with the specification. You can also continue to open and update diagrams that use BPMN 1.2.

Create visual workflows and publish them to SharePoint

Visio simplifies how you create SharePoint workflows and Microsoft Project workflows to support demand management. You can create and publish SharePoint workflows visually with updated support for Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 (including support for stages and loops and better integration with Microsoft SharePoint Designer) and also use Visio to create visual Project workflows for demand management, which work with both Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project Online.

Visio 2013 Top Features

Simplify complex information with professional diagrams you can create in just a few clicks. Visio makes diagramming simple—whether you want to quickly capture a flowchart that you brainstormed on a whiteboard, map an IT network, build an organizational chart, document a business process, or draw a floor plan.

Create professional diagrams quickly with updated shapes, new formatting options and tools

• Quicker access to frequently used tools, new and updated shapes and stencils, and improved and expanded themes and effects make it easier to create professional diagrams.
• Updated diagramming standards are supported, including Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.4 Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0, and you can now publish both SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 workflows.
• Work the way you want with improved touch support, including for Windows 8 and Visio Services in the new Microsoft SharePoint, either with Microsoft Office 365 or on your company’s servers.

Link diagrams to dynamic data, making complex data understandable at a glance

• Options to make your diagrams more dynamic by linking shapes to real-time data, with an expanded set of supported sources.

Collaborate easily as a team on diagrams

• New tools simplify teamwork, enabling you to work together on the same diagram at the same time and easily see reviewer comments—in both Visio and Visio Services.
• Share your diagrams with others through a browser, even if they don’t have Visio installed—through Office 365 or SharePoint.

System Requirement

Hardware and software requirements

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• 1 Ghz or greater x86/x64 Processor with SSE2 instruction set
• 1 GB RAM (32 Bit) / 2 GB RAM (64 Bit)
• 2.0 GB available
• Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008R2 or Windows Server 2012 with .Net 3.5 or greater
• Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX10 graphics card
• 1024x576 minimum resolution
• Microsoft Office 365 account and tenant required for Visio Pro for Office 365 Preview
• Touch features require a touch enabled Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC
• Certain functionality requires internet connectivity

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Other requirements

• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 or later, Microsoft SharePoint Online or Microsoft SkyDrive required for coauthoring.
• SharePoint Server 2010, SharePoint Online or SharePoint Server 2013 required for viewing Visio Services diagrams through a web browser. Compatible Browsers are IE 8,9,10, Firefox 10.x+,Safari 5 (Mac), Chrome 17.x.
• SharePoint Designer 2013 will improve workflow creation and publishing if installed on the same PC as Visio 2013 Professional.
• SharePoint Server 2013 or SharePoint Online required to view new file format diagrams through a web browser.
• Lync required for presence notification.