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Visio Standard – No Software Assurance (Computer Labs Only)

Visio Standard is software for creating diagrams. Users choose a template, drag shapes to the drawing, connect the shapes, and add text where needed.more

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Description

Features

Eligibility & Restrictions

Features

Description

This donation provides one license for installing the software on a single device. See a summary of Volume Licensing Product Terms for specific licensing details.

Benefits for Organisations

You can use Visio to create flowcharts, organisation charts, office layouts, and more.

No Software Assurance

This license does not include Software Assurance. Without Software Assurance, you will not have the right to install new releases of this product. You will not be able to add Software Assurance to this type of license.

Computer Labs Only

This product is available only to organisations that operate a computer lab. It can be used only on computers that are available to an organisation’s beneficiaries or the general public. It can’t be used on computers that are assigned to staff members or volunteers.

Obtaining This Product

To install this product, you’ll need to access the Microsoft 365 admin center. When your request has been approved, Charity Digital Exchange will send a message to your organisation email address with further instructions.

If you need help obtaining this product, find out how to download it.

Features

Templates: Visio includes templates for
- Charts (organisation charts, flowcharts, and marketing charts)
- Project schedules (calendars, timelines, and Gantt charts)
- Maps (directional and geographic)
- Cause-and-effect diagrams
- Block diagrams
- Basic network diagrams
- Basic office layouts
Themes and styles: You can add sets of colors, fonts, and effects to an entire diagram with a single mouse click. Each theme has several variants. In addition, you can also apply styles to individual shapes to make them stand out.
Threaded conversations: A commenting pane allows reviewers’ comments to appear in threads.
Cloud storage: The default location to save diagrams is the user’s OneDrive.

Eligibility & Restrictions

Which Version of This Software Is Available?

You can find out which version of this software is available on the Current Versions of Microsoft Products page. In addition, you can download the software in any language that’s available.

Requirements

See Office system requirements.
Microsoft installation technologies:
- Office applications that are version 2019 or later must be installed using Microsoft Click-to-Run technology instead of the traditional Windows Installer (MSI) technology. Click-to-Run technology is the same technology that is used to install the Office applications that are included with Office 365 subscriptions.
- You can’t install multiple Office products on a computer if the products are the same version but use different installation technologies. In some cases, you also can’t install two different versions of Click-to-Run applications on the same computer. For more information, see Microsoft Office support.

Restrictions

Quantity: Organizations receive an allotment of Microsoft software donations that is reset every two years. An organisation’s two-year cycle begins with its first donation request after April 5, 2022. After two years, a new cycle begins, and a new allotment is available.
During its two-year cycle, an eligible organization can request:

Up to 50 of each donated desktop product or CAL
Up to 25 donated Windows Server Standard

For further details, see Quantity and Frequency of Microsoft Requests on the Microsoft Eligibility, Allotments, and Returns page.

Budget: Organizations with annual operating budgets of any size are eligible for products in this programme.
Nonprofits only:
- Donated products are available to nonprofits only.
- Microsoft reserves the right to grant or deny an organization’s request at any time, for any reason.
Additional eligibility requirements: For a list of eligible organization types and all other eligibility requirements, see the Microsoft Nonprofits eligibility page.
FAQ: For more information about Microsoft’s resources for nonprofits, see the Microsoft Nonprofit FAQ.