{"id":250,"date":"2017-10-18T09:45:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T16:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-nz\/2017\/10\/18\/visio-online-and-visios-new-cloud-innovations-help-you-unlock-creativity\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:50:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:50:12","slug":"visio-online-and-visios-new-cloud-innovations-help-you-unlock-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-nz\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2017\/10\/18\/visio-online-and-visios-new-cloud-innovations-help-you-unlock-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Visio Online and Visio\u2019s new cloud innovations help you unlock creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year at the Microsoft Ignite conference<\/a> in Orlando, Microsoft presented several new product capabilities that extend the Microsoft 365<\/a> solution set\u2014including a greater emphasis on cloud-first technologies<\/a>. Visio Online is one of Microsoft\u2019s newest solutions that further unlocks employee creativity in the modern workplace. Visio Online is available today to commercial customers for $5 per user per month with an annual commitment.<\/p>\n

Extending Visio to new audiences<\/h3>\n

Information workers today want a simple yet powerful way to work visually. As a web-based, lightweight diagramming tool, Visio Online is the perfect solution: with it you can create, edit, and share diagrams online, helping you visualize information in new ways from anywhere. Plus, diagrams are available for anyone in your organization<\/a> to view\u2014even those without a Visio Online license\u2014so you can get feedback on critical diagrams from all important stakeholders.<\/p>\n

Visio Online comes with a host of templates for a variety of audiences, including starter diagrams for basic flowcharts, process diagrams, timelines, business matrixes, SDL diagrams, and many more. Visualizing information is easy\u2014just drag and drop shapes onto the canvas, change a shape’s color or the overall diagram theme, and quickly link one shape to another with connectors. Plus, you can securely share web-based diagrams through OneDrive for Business. (Visio Online Plan 1 and Plan 2 include 2 GB of OneDrive storage. See below for more details about these plans.)<\/p>\n

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Visio Online comes with diagramming templates to help you get started fast.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cAll in all, Visio Online is fantastic, especially for me. Normally, I just make quick drawings to use in documentation, etc., and I think that will be a lot easier with this product.\u201d \u2014Graves Kilsgaard, systems developer at KMC Foods<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Cloud-first innovations<\/h3>\n

Since the beginning of last year, Visio has been committed to releasing innovative, cloud-first capabilities that unlock creativity for professional diagram creators. This continuous, accelerated innovation has resulted in a host of major releases that, in addition to Visio Online, extend Visio\u2019s diagramming tool set.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at each of the capabilities that are only available in the cloud:<\/p>\n