Microsoft Visio Premium 2010 offers the most advanced and efficient diagramming tools for managing IT, process, quality, and compliance scenarios. With intelligent, rule-based templates such as SharePoint Workflow, BPMN, and Six Sigma, driving consistency and accuracy across your organization is easier than ever.
Microsoft Visio Premium 2010 takes diagramming to a bold new level with dynamic, data-driven visualization tools and templates, powerful process-management features, and advanced sharing capabilities through the web. Bring the big-picture and real-time data from multiple sources, including Microsoft Excel 2010 and Microsoft SQL Server, together in one powerful diagram with vibrant graphics such as icons, colors, and data bars.
- Share interactive, refreshable, data-linked diagrams with others via their web browsers
- Maximize consistency and accuracy across your organization with Diagram Validation that can find common errors or check for business logic
- Dramatically improved user experience and intelligent drawing tools and templates make every step in creating diagrams easier
- Add and align shapes easily and accurately with features such as the Quick Shapes Mini Toolbar, Page Auto Size, and Auto Align & Space
- Access built-in sets of rules for basic flowcharts, cross-functional flowcharts, SharePoint Workflows, and BPMN diagrams that check for common errors like connectors not attached to shapes or missing shape labels
- Validate and export your workflow from Visio 2010 into SharePoint Designer 2010 to further define workflow conditions, actions, and steps
- Save time using new process-management tools, including Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), Six Sigma, and SharePoint workflow
- See the entire picture by showing meaningful data and information graphically in a single, up-to-date diagram
- Meet your diagramming needs for IT, business, process management, and more with modern, pre-drawn shapes and intelligent templates
- Make your business-process diagrams easy to understand and professional-looking by using Visio 2010 Subprocesses and Containers to organize related shapes visually and logically
- Visualize your business process status when you use Workflow Visualization to show the status of execution of workflows published to SharePoint Server
- Display real-time process performance by linking your Visio workflows to data sources, such as Excel Services, SQL Server, SharePoint Service List, or any OLEDB/ODBC-compliant database
500 MHz or faster processor
Required Operating System
Windows 7, Vista with SP1, XP (must have SP3) (32-bit), Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 and MSXML 6.0 (32-bit Office only), or later 32- or 64-bit OS
Required Memory
256 MB RAM; 512 MB recommended for certain advanced functionality
Required Hard Disk Space
2 GB available disk space
Required Display
1024 x 768 or higher resolution monitor
Required Connectivity
Internet functionality requires an Internet connection
Required Software
Visual Reports require Visio Professional 2010 or Visio Premium 2010, as well as Project 2010 and Excel 2007, or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or later.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later, 32-bit browser only
Additional System Requirements
This product includes both 32- and 64-bit versions for a single computer. We recommend the 32-bit version, which runs great on both 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows. People who routinely use very large documents or spreadsheets that need more than 2 GB of memory may want to run the 64-bit version, but many common add-ins for Office don't run correctly in the 64-bit edition.
Certain advanced collaboration functionality requires connectivity to Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows SharePoint Services.
Multi-Touch features require Windows 7 and a touch-enabled device.
Certain inking features require Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later.
Speech-recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device.
Internet Fax not available on Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, or Windows Vista Home Premium.
Certain online functionality requires a Windows Live ID.
Product functionality and graphics may vary based on your system configuration. Some features may require additional or advanced hardware or server connectivity. Details at www.office.com/products.
External data features require Visio Professional 2010 or Visio Premium 2010, and connectivity to a supported data source, such as a Microsoft Excel workbook, or a Microsoft Access or Microsoft SQL Server database.
Dynamic Web-sharing features require Visio Professional 2010 or Visio Premium 2010, and connectivity to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise running Visio Services.
Visual Reports require Visio Professional 2010 or Visio Premium 2010, as well as Project 2010 and Excel 2007, or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or later.