1. Microsoft Office Visio 2003
July 31, 2003

2. Agenda The Microsoft Office System What is Microsoft Office Visio 2003
Background on Microsoft Visio
Visio Today
Visio 2003 Goals: Raising the bar for diagramming
Customer & partner references
Customer call to action

3. Microsoft Office System Improve Productivity in Four Areas
Effective Teaming
Use communication and
collaboration to get teams,
partners, organizations
and customers on the
same page so they work
together with speed and
agility.
Business Information
Provide more people in
the organization better
visibility into business
information so they can
gain deeper insights,
make better decisions,
and take more effective
action.
Personal Impact
Help individuals improve
their ability to contribute in
an increasingly demanding
business environment.
Process Management
Improve organizational
ability to anticipate,
manage and respond to
changes in the market
place in order to
maximize opportunities.
Key Message: These are four areas that describe how the Microsoft Office System can enable your information workers to improve their productivity, thereby helping you address your business challenges. Throughout the rest of the presentation, we will discuss some of the Microsoft Office System capabilities in each of these areas in more detail, including how some of our early adopters are planning to use the Microsoft Office System to solve some of their challenges.
Note to Presenter – you can talk to each area, try to make it relevant to the particular needs of the audiences.

4. What is Microsoft Office Visio 2003
Latest release of the leading business and technical diagramming tool from Microsoft.
Incorporates customer feedback for easy to use, enterprise relevant diagramming solution.
Integral part of new Microsoft Office System.

5. Background on Microsoft Visio
Visio at Microsoft
Acquired in Jan 2000,
Visio 2003 is the second Microsoft developed release
Visio in the market place
Technical use includes IT Pros, developers, engineers
Business use includes analysts, general managers
Visio 2003 and beyond
Deliver increased enterprise value beyond the desktop
Broaden use among business end users

6. Visio Today Market Customers & Partners Over 7M customers WW
Approximately 60% installed base in US
Global solution – Visio available in 16 languages
50% business users, 35% IT and developers, 15% engineers
Key verticals include Government, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Financial Services
Growing network of over 200 partners worldwide
Customers &
Partners
Upgrade story over older versions:
XML support
Web services

7. Visio Today – Audience FPO FPO BDM/ Information Worker Technical
User Type
Job Functions
Diagram Types
BDM/
Information
Worker
General management
Business analysts
Financial analysts
Consultants
Manufacturing managers
Project managers
Sales Professionals
Marketing Managers
Insurance Claim Professionals
Medical and Health Services Managers
Business process
Flowcharts (13 types)
Organization charts
Project timelines
Block diagrams
Technical
Professional
(TDM)
IT professionals
Developers
Industrial engineers
Consulting & field services
Software/database
Engineering drawings
Floor plans
Web site maps
Network & directory services
FPO
Current end-user targets…
People use Visio today to author a wide variety of business and technical diagrams and drawings.
Broad usage appeal across many roles, industries.
Usage is role/profession-oriented much more than industry-oriented.
Visio seen as “must-have” mostly by technical users.
FPO

8. Raising the bar for diagramming tools...

9. … by delivering greater value to our customers...
Business Process Management and Visio
Document/Design
Free Form
Analysis
Monitor and
Communicate
Hand off to BizTalk Server for Automation
Connect to SQL for real time access
to data
Embed Visio control into portal site for process tracking
Organizations that use Visio to map and improve their business processes realize measurable benefits including:
Reduced costs and errors
Faster time to market for products
Increased worker productivity
Enterprise Business Value

10. ...by delivering greater value to our customers...
Focus on Integration and Collaboration
Microsoft Project/Project Server:
Process timeline data can be exported/imported between Microsoft Project and Visio to keep users in sync on key milestones, etc.
BizTalk:
Visio can be used to build out a business process and then dynamically share the process data via an XML process standard, such as BPEL, with BizTalk Server for automation.
SQL:
Use Visio as front end reporting tool to visualize key company data for more effective decision making at each process step.
SharePoint:
Visio supports document workspaces and can be fully text searched (shape text, custom property data) – enabling more efficient collaboration on key process changes.
SharePoint Portal support – IFilter for indexing text in Visio drawings
Review mode
Outlook and Excel:
Generate calendars automatically from Outlook or Exchange
Automatically create diagrams from Excel spreadsheets
Increased mobility:
Support for Tablet PC and digital ink
- Improved Office integration
Macro recorder
Office 11 look and feel including XML support
More ways to enhance work done in Office applications
Brainstorm drawing creates Word doc
Org Charts from XL, Exchange, AD
Calendar from Outlook
Timeline from Project
SQM reporting
Support for Tablet PC and Digital Ink
Ink capture and editing
Pen input optimizations
High DPI monitor support
New Collaboration Capabilities
Review mode
Insert comments/ink/shapes
Track by reviewer
STS Document Workspace
Reach story – Save As Web to SVG and improved Visio 11 Viewer
SVG import/export from other graphics apps
SharePoint Portal support – IFilter for indexing text in Visio drawings
Integration and Collaboration

11. ...by delivering greater value to our customers...
Extensibility and Programmability
Build solutions to meet organization specific needs
Visio ActiveX Control
SDK
Shape Studio
Connect end users dynamically to business data
XML and Web Services
Primary Interop Assemblies
Significantly Enhanced Programmability
Visio ActiveX Control
Visio drawing capability can be part of a solution
Shape Studio
Enables creation of shape libraries
SDK
Samples, tools, documentation, PIAs for creating custom solutions
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Visio as consumer of XML
Visio as generator of XML for customer applications
You can embed the Visio drawing control into a .NET application and drive the drawing functionality from your .NET host. To enable interop with .NET apps, we ship Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) for the Visio type library, the Visio SaveAsWeb typelibrary, and the Visio Drawing Control as part of our product setup.
Programmability

12. ...by delivering greater value to our customers...
Dedicated diagramming tools for business users:
Business process, flowcharts, marketing diagrams, brainstorming, organization charts, and project scheduling
Online starter templates and tutorials
UI simplification
Timeline and Calendar improvements
Dedicated diagramming tools for technical users:
New network diagramming shapes and template
New rack diagram template
Import/Export SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
Web site mapping improvements
Database and software modeling templates
Templates for engineers, architects, and facilities managers
SVG = XML industry standard for sharing graphics
(Visio can import a diagram created in Adobe Illustrator as long as it was saved as SVG.)
Productivity

13. ...resulting in tangible benefits.

15. Customer and Partner References
"We are excited about deploying a solution built on Visio 2003 and the .NET Framework because it enables us to take advantage of the power of Visio as a smart client front end for an important line of business application. As a result of this project we expect to streamline our sales process, increase productivity, and enhance overall quality of our solutions. The out-of-the-box capabilities and connectability  in Visio 2003 make it possible to  provide integrated system solutions to our customers in substantially less time and  that are of greater value than with current processes."
Jim Cullen
Senior Manager Sales Tools and Software Systems
Carrier Corporation

16. Customer and Partner References
"The flexibility of the Visio 2003 platform and its ability to leverage .NET web services gives us the power to model complex financial concepts visually and at a high level. For instance, customized Visio shapes representing financial objects, such as a stock option, can communicate with web services to obtain current share prices and market volatility to enhance and update itself. Since Visio is by nature a visual tool, the same interface used by the planner to create the financial model can also be easily shared and understood by customers so they can take better control of their financial planning.”
Howard Keziah
Chairman and CTO, Impact Technologies Group, Inc

17. Customer Call to Action
Visit the Visio 2003 website to learn more and to order a beta version of the product (available until mid-August)
This slide should be replaced with trial or download information once beta program is completed.

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