Microsoft Visio Standard 2021

WHY MICROSOFT VISIO STANDARD 2021?

Versatile templates and thousands of shapes

Choose from dozens of templates, including built-in wireframes and thousands of customizable shapes to transform numbers, ideas and other data points into coherent and impactful stories.

Simple, secure sharing

Share your diagrams from secure online repositories, like OneDrive for Business and SharePoint (sold separately).

In-app commenting

Associate comments with specific shapes for clearer stakeholder feedback.

Data-driven diagramming

Automatically generate org charts from data sources like Excel, Exchange or Azure Active Directory.

AutoCAD support

Ability to import DWG files, including enhanced file format support.

Flexible editing

Easily change shapes in existing diagrams without losing your layout and shape connections, making it simple to change the look of your diagram without losing any of the work you’ve already done.

What’s new in Visio 2021

If you’re upgrading to Visio 2021 from Visio 2019, you’ll still have all the features you’re used to—and you’ll notice a few new ones as well!

Kick-start your diagrams
The Organization Chart, Brainstorming, and SDL templates have new starter diagrams to get you up and running quickly.

Built-in database model diagrams
The new Database Model Diagram template accurately models your database as a Visio diagram. No add-in required.

New UML component diagrams
You can create UML component diagrams that show components, ports, interfaces and the relationships between them.

Create wireframe diagrams for websites
Bring ideas to life by using a Visio wireframe. A wireframe is a detailed visual model of an interface that is like a blueprint of functionality and content. These new Website Templates are ideal for creating a low-fidelity, design sketch to present ideas, arriving at a team consensus, and forming the basis of a high-fidelity wireframe.

New UML communication diagrams
You can create UML communication diagrams that show the interactions between lifelines that use sequenced messages in a free-form arrangement.

Enhanced AutoCAD support
Before, Visio supported .dwg and .dxf files from AutoCAD 2007. With this update, you can import or open files that are from AutoCAD versions 2017 or prior.

New UML deployment diagrams
You can create UML deployment diagrams that show the architecture of a deployment of software artifacts to nodes.

Improved AutoCAD scaling
With this update, you will see scaling improvements when importing AutoCAD files. Just make sure to set a couple of properties first. In AutoCAD, make sure that the active tab is a layout tab, and not the model tab. Also, make sure that the Visio drawing scale is set to the same scale as the AutoCAD viewport scale. This article provides more detail. read more

Faster import of AutoCAD files
With this update, you will notice that AutoCAD import speed is greatly improved.

Instantaneous shape overlay
There used to be long delays when working with shapes on top of CAD files. With this update, there’s no delay.