Hardware:
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500-MHz (or higher) processor
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256 MB or more RAM; 512 MB recommended for certain advanced functionality
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2 GB available hard-disk space
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1024x768-pixel (or higher) display
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CD or DVD drive
Software:
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Windows XP with SP3 (32-bit only); Windows Vista with SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit); Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit); Windows Server 2003 R2 with MSXML 6.0 (32-bit or 64-bit); Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
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Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, 32-bit browser only
Additional requirements for some features or advanced functionality:
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For speech recognition — close-talk microphone and audio output device
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For certain inking features — Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later
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For certain advanced collaboration functionality — Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Windows SharePoint Services
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For external data linking — connectivity to supported data sources such as Excel workbooks or Access or SQL Server databases
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For dynamic web sharing — connectivity to SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise running Visio Services
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For Multi-Touch — Windows 7 and a touch-enabled device
For Visual Reports — Project 2007 or later and Excel 2007 or later; or SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007 or later
- Under the Software Assurance program, customers acquire the right to install any new release of products covered in the agreement during the term of their coverage.
- Visio Professional has all Visio Standard diagramming solutions plus others, such as building, space, and floor plans; network and directory services diagrams; and electrical, chemical, and other engineering diagrams.
- The program can be used to generate a map of an existing Web site or create a conceptual map of a new one.
- Users can create database modeling diagrams with reverse engineering of any Open Database Connectivity–compliant data source
Microsoft Visio Professional helps technical professionals visualize existing ideas, information, and systems, as well as prototype new ones. It contains all features of Visio Standard plus specialized tools that are better suited for more technical projects:
- For IT professionals, Visio Professional provides a complete set of network diagramming tools to clearly plan and document existing networks, proposals for new infrastructure, and directory services.
- Engineers and facilities managers can use Visio to create electrical, mechanical, and process engineering schematics. Unlike CAD and other technical drawing programs, this product enables users to draft complex diagrams with little or no training.
- For developers, Visio Professional offers tools to create entity relationship diagrams for proposed database schemas and to map and troubleshoot existing Internet or intranet sites.
Visio Professional can be used to generate a map of an existing website or create a conceptual map of a new one. Users can create database modeling diagrams with reverse engineering of any Open Database Connectivity–compliant data source. The 2010 version of Visio Professional adds the Fluent user interface, which simplifies navigation by replacing menus and toolbars with a set of task-based tabs known as the Ribbon. The software also allows for real-time sharing of dynamic, data-driven diagrams with a web browser through Visio Services (requires SharePoint Server 2010).
If an organization needs advanced process management features — like diagram templates for SharePoint workflows, Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), and Six Sigma — and the ability to publish to a process repository for centralized storage of process documents, review the additional functions offered in the Visio Premium 2010 package.
