Requirements

Visio Professional 2013
Visio Pro for Office 365 Preview


Hardware and software requirements

Component Minimum Requirement
Processor 1 Ghz or greater x86/x64 Processor with SSE2 instruction set
Memory 1 GB RAM (32 Bit) / 2 GB RAM (64 Bit)
Hard disk 2.0 GB available
Operating system Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008R2 or Windows Server 2012 with .Net 3.5 or greater
Graphics Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX10 graphics card
1024x576 minimum resolution
Other Microsoft Office 365 account and tenant required for Visio Pro for Office 365 Preview
Touch features require a touch enabled Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC
Certain functionality requires internet connectivity

Other requirements

  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 or later, Microsoft SharePoint Online or Microsoft SkyDrive required for coauthoring.
  • SharePoint Server 2010, SharePoint Online or SharePoint Server 2013 required for viewing Visio Services diagrams through a web browser. Compatible Browsers are IE 8,9,10, Firefox 10.x+,Safari 5 (Mac), Chrome 17.x.
  • SharePoint Designer 2013 will improve workflow creation and publishing if installed on the same PC as Visio 2013 Professional.
  • SharePoint Server 2013 or SharePoint Online required to view new file format diagrams through a web browser.
  • Lync required for presence notification.