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In my company Microsoft Visio we use it to represent the network diagrams of the installations we do. Once the installation is complete, …
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What is Microsoft Visio?
Microsoft offers Visio, a diagramming tool for building flowcharts, diagrams (e.g. network diagrams), org charts and floor plans, available online as a subscription and also in enterprise level packages (e.g. Visio Professional).
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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Microsoft offers Visio, a diagramming tool for building flowcharts, diagrams (e.g. network diagrams), org charts and floor plans, available online as a subscription and also in enterprise level packages (e.g. Visio Professional).
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The most common users of Microsoft Visio are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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March 13, 2023
complement your work
- installation diagrams
- Integration with other Microsoft applications
- reporting
December 28, 2022
The best visualization tool you can use
- Flow diagrams
- Process diagrams
- Macro maps
- Cross functional diagram
- SIPOC
- Availability to create value stream mappings
- More icons for the diagrams
- Option to mix software works
December 28, 2022
Fabulous tool for relationship documentation
- mapping
- showing relationships between various items
- simple drafting
- flow charts
- Has a bit of a learning curve
- Not as intuitive as I’d like
December 22, 2022
Visionary Software!
- Graphical represntations
- Templates
- Colorful themes
- Requires training
- Not mobile friendly
December 22, 2022
Microsoft Visio diagrams for better communication effectiveness
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
- Microsoft Visio is excellent for organizing thought processes related to our more complex research.
- The diagrams created with Microsoft Visio are ideal for graphically displaying the internal organization of work and research groups through flow diagrams.
- Microsoft Visio is a great tool for managing our students' activities by creating flowcharts that help us graphically visualize the steps of their group work.
- Despite the advantages of the software, sometimes the diagrams that can be created are too static and do not always allow us to visualize our thoughts graphically.
- Our students complain about Microsoft Visio's sometimes unintuitive graphics.
- The Microsoft Visio user guide often doesn't help solve the problems we face. It's too synthetic.
December 22, 2022
Perfect diagrams easily
- Presence of a grid makes layout easy
- Ability to scale a diagram allows us to start small and built out
- The built-in icon sets are very helpful and make the diagrams more purposeful
- Cost of the subscription can be expensive
- Icon sets can be difficult to find for non-general use
- Not possible to amend a Microsoft Visio file without the software
December 20, 2022
A great tool to visualize your business processes and workflow.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
- Visualizing Workflows
- Visualizing Processes
- Diagrams
- I think it has just about everything someone could ask for.
December 20, 2022
Nothing else comes close to Visio
- IT, system architecture, and organisation diagrams
- Workflow and process documentation
- Sharing diagrams with others in the organisation
- Although easier to use than previous versions, there still is a learning curve
- Interoperability with other diagramming applications is limited
- Reverse engineering functionality that was present in early versions has been removed
December 20, 2022
Diagrams Simplified with Microsoft Visio
- Drag and drop designs
- Templates
- Collaboration through Office 365
- Often ignored among wider Office 365 suite. Needs more brand-building
- Compatibility with other OS
- Part of the Office 365 package makes it costly tool
- Aesthetic improvements (templates, UI, icon packs etc.)
December 20, 2022
A tool for Network designers / architect
- Network design
- Flow chart
- Architecture design
- UI should be more user friendly
- Single option to create multiple objects
- Format and merging should be improved
December 20, 2022
Easily map process and Workflows using Visio.
- Allows easy visual representation of charts and graphs.
- Has built in graphics to map business process.
- Easily creates org charts.
- Could use more shapes in the library.
- Easier to use drawing tools.
December 20, 2022
Great tool with a very easy learning curve for Microsoft users
- Flow Charts
- Company Organization Layouts
- Quick and Easy to use for established Office users
- Might be a little too simple at times; we also use Adobe Illustrator for more detailed charts when Visio won't quite cut it.
- Just like in software programs like Word and Powerpoint, it's easy to slip up, drop a graphic element in the wrong place and mess up your whole chart.
- Cost - there are some free or cheaper solutions that offer a similar experience (we used a couple before having the budget for Visio)
December 20, 2022
Does the job but affordable alternatives are available in the market
- Create and explain payment flows
- API and system designs
- team org chart
- Reduce monthly fee per user
- add animations
- better sharing of charts externally
December 20, 2022
Microsoft Visio Software Review
- Visio comes with icons that can help differentiate processes within a map. These can be used to be a legend and helps create a visually appealing flow.
- Visio is user-friendly and allows the user to easily navigate through the different creative options that can be used.
- Because this is a Microsoft product, Visio works well with other Microsoft products for easy translation.
- When navigating through swim lanes, the user must be careful between switching from the point to the connection features as it can be difficult to remember which mode you’re in.
- When drawing “decision points,” it can be difficult to type words like “yes” or “no” between the connection lines.
- The exporting options aren’t ideal. They are hard to create in PDF format.
December 20, 2022
Microsoft Visio, might be the oldest, but still is the benchmark.
- Great drag and drop functionality.
- All the templates that perfectly support our use based.
- Great sharing and collaboration capabilities - integrated so well with our Teams channels.
- Legacy code seems kludgy.
- UI/UX are dated.
- Could benefit from context sensitive suggestions and debugging.
December 20, 2022
Microsoft Visio - Journeyman Solution to Many Problems.
- Presenting visualizations of complex relational database queries.
- Deploying consistent and scalable organization charts that work well together.
- Visualizing IT networking hardware layouts and designs.
- Developing process flow charts with a clear decision, action, and variable outcome points and paths.
- The product is large and can be complex if one tries to "learn it all."
- Due to its size it sometimes bogs down with marginally powered computers.
December 20, 2022
MS Visio - The Communication Tool For Excellence.
- Electric circuits
- Organigrams
- Process flowcharts
- Procedures with graphics
- Icons and graphics
- Text integrations
- It seems like there is no mobile App.
- PDF conversion still has some issues, specially with older version of Adobe PDF.
December 20, 2022
Great Software for Infographics and Flow Charts that Anyone Can Use.
- Ease of use.
- Multifunctional.
- Trusted Name.
- More pre made templates.
- Cost (sometimes hard to justify when there are free options).
- Background templates.
December 19, 2022
If you can afford this for your chart/diagram designs - Go for it. | Wish it was free or it should be I think.
- Simple to complex flow charts and diagrams.
- 3D map diagrams.
- Pull in live information from an external source like excel sheets.
- Built in shapes and templates.
- Make it more visually stunning, like it now feels little too old.
- 3D graphics needs a major upgrade so it can look like really advance and sleek.
- Price for professional is too high.
December 19, 2022
MS Visio for all your chart needs.
- Very easy to connect boxes in a process chart or org chart.
- Very flexible with fonts and text boxes to customize presentations.
- Intuitive templates and easy to use for beginners.
- Provides comprehensive links when connecting databases and systems when working on technical diagrams.
- Swim lane boxes are often difficult to format and insert without drastically changing the current flow of a process map.
- More size and aspect ratios options when copying into a power point presentation.
- More formatting options when copying a logo or 3rd party picture to enhance the diagram.
December 19, 2022
Easy to use visualization tool.
- Onboarding of new users.
- Flexibility
- Integrations
- Cohesion to non-microsoft offerings.
- Ease of export/sharing externally.
- Version control.
December 19, 2022
Microsoft Visio is Still On Top After All These Years
- Tremendous selection of graphics
- A very logical structure
- Options for diagramming just about anything an organization would need
- Matrices are little difficult to get started with
- Coauthoring with OneDrive didn't work as well as I had hoped
- If a user is helping, they must have a separate license to update
December 19, 2022
Microsoft Visio flows help visualize flows
- Mapping of existing software paths
- Design of user experience flows
- Design of development paths
- Better automated pathing functionality
- Better built in training tutorials
- Better help me pop up suggestions
December 19, 2022
Good Tool for Creating Visual Aids Efficiently
- It is easy to learn and onboard new team members
- The templates are fantastic especially when creating materials quickly
- There are lots of pre-made icons to choose from
- It is hard to collaborate and track changes between users
- Connectors are very difficult to use and glitchy at times
- Expensive to purchase and implement
- Flow Charts
- Project timelines
- Building a new process flow
- Creating a new product or plan - brainstorming
- Spacing and borders can be issues at times
- Limitations in terms of options for visuals
- Ability to narrate over workflow