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Published on October 1, 2021 by David Parker

Visio in Microsoft 365? What’s that?

Now that a version of Visio is being rolled out as part of the commercial subscription of Microsoft 365, what is the difference between it and the Visio Web App that is delivered by Visio Plan 1 and Visio Plan 2 subscriptions?

Moreover, can a Visio diagram created by an M365 user be round-tripped with Visio Web App and Visio Desktop App users?

The current Visio editions

First of all, lets review the editions of Visio currently available:

  • Visio in Microsoft 365 – a web app that is included in M365 for business
  • Visio Web App – a web app that requires an extra Visio Plan 1 subscription
  • Visio Desktop App – a web-delivered Windows app that requires an extra Visio Plan 2 subscription (includes Visio Web App)
  • Visio Professional – a Windows app for a one-time purchase, previously installed via a msi package, now Click-to-Run and called LTSC
  • Visio Standard – a Windows app for a one-time purchase, previously installed vi a msi package, now Click-to-Run and called LTSC

So, is that clear? The good news is that all editions use the same file format, and can be viewed by anyone, with the relevant access permission, if the Visio document is stored in OneDrive or SharePoint Online/Teams. This Visio Viewer also provides visibility of the Shape Data, Hyperlinks and Comments. It also has a JavaScript API which makes it extremely useful for developing custom web pages in SharePoint Online/Teams.

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Filed Under: Office 365, ShapeSheet Formulas, SharePoint Online, Teams, Visio, Visio for Desktop, Visio for Web Tagged With: Microsoft 365, Visio

Published on December 28, 2020 by David Parker

Play Backgammon with Visio

Still in lockdown on holiday, so I thought I would create a version of backgammon that can be played with Visio for the web. This was inspired by my original Visio tutor, the late David Edson, who created a Visio backgammon document which included macros. Macros are not available in Visio for the web, so I have created one where the dice can be shaken, the doubling cube changed, and the pieces reset, using nothing but ShapeSheet formulas.

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Filed Under: Games, ShapeSheet Formulas, SharePoint Online, Teams, Visio, Visio for Desktop, Visio for Web, Visio Online Tagged With: SharePoint, Teams, Visio

Published on December 26, 2020 by David Parker

Play Chess with Visio in Teams

[Update : a new version of this file allows Visio for M365 users to edit/play with see Making Custom Shapes for Visio for M365]

Following on from my last article about playing checkers with Visio in Teams, I decided that I should also revisit my earlier Visio chessboard to make it work in Visio online. I have implemented the ability to automatically reset the positions before a new game, and I have made a single chess piece shape that can be either colour or icon.

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Filed Under: Games, SharePoint Online, Teams, Visio, Visio for Desktop, Visio for Web, Visio Online Tagged With: SharePoint, Teams, Visio for the desktop, Visio for the Web

Published on December 25, 2020 by David Parker

Play Checkers with Visio in Teams

[Update : a new version of this file allows Visio for M365 users to edit/play with see Making Custom Shapes for Visio for M365]

We are all spending more time in Teams or SharePoint nowadays, but not everyone knows that Visio documents can now be shared and collaborated with, and even set as a Teams tab. I was trying to think of a suitable demonstration of the co-working and collaboration possibilities, and came up with a reworking of an earlier post about playing checkers with Visio. Since this previous document was made before Visio for the web, I made some enhancements that work just as well with Visio for desktop and Visio for the web. This article explains a few ShapeSheet customisations that can be developed in Visio for the desktop, but can then be used in Visio for the web. Notice how each player can see which piece was moved by their opponent because their initials are displayed, and this is expanded to the full name if the mouse cursor is hovered over them.

Two players co-working in Visio for the web
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Filed Under: Games, ShapeSheet Formulas, SharePoint Online, Teams, Visio for Desktop, Visio for Web, Visio Online Tagged With: ShapeSheet Functions, SharePoint, Teams, Visio for the desktop, Visio for the Web

Published on June 11, 2020 by David Parker

Learn about Visio Data Visualizer in Excel, Visio in Teams and Power Automate

I recently wrote a series of articles about some of the new capabilities of the Visio desktop and web app.

Using the Visio Data Visualizer in Excel

Using Visio in Teams

Creating Visio Tabs and Apps for Teams with SharePoint Framework (SPFx)

Designing Power Automate Flows with Microsoft Visio

Filed Under: Articles, MSFlow, Power Automate, SharePoint Online, Teams, Visio, Visio Online Tagged With: Excel, Power Automate, Teams, Viiso

Published on February 18, 2020 by David Parker

Webinar on Visio, SharePoint and Teams using SPFx

I will be presenting a webinar on embedding Visio diagram in SharePoint Online and Teams next month, please register here ! (Or if you missed it live, then watch the recording !)

The slides are available at https://www.slideshare.net/bvisual/creating-a-visio-web-part-with-sharepoint-spfx

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Microsoft have just announced the availability of the new Visio JavaScript Api ( see Visio JavaScript APIs Preview). I presented this last week at the Artic SharePoint Challenge in Oslo where a number of developers took the opportunity to create data-linked Visio diagrams in Visio, and interact with them in SharePoint. Here is an abbreviated…

Using JavaScript to Find and Highlight Visio Shapes by Shape Data values in SharePoint Content Editor

In August, I wrote about Using JavaScript to Display Visio Shape Data and Hyperlinks in SharePoint Content Editor ( see http://blog.bvisual.net/2014/08/16/using-javascript-to-display-visio-shape-data-and-hyperlinks-in-sharepoint-content-editor/ ), so now I have added the ability to select shapes by a property value. The main advantage of using JavaScript in the client is that there is no need to go back to…

Using JavaScript to Display Visio Shape Data and Hyperlinks in SharePoint Content Editor

I like embedding Visio diagrams into SharePoint web pages, but I am not too enamoured with the Shape Info panel and the popup hyperlinks menu because they clutter the diagram surface. So, I thought I would take some time to make an html document that can be included in a Content Editor web part. This…

Filed Under: JavaScript, SharePoint, Teams, TypeScript, Visio Tagged With: JavaScript, React, Teams, Visio Online

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