Office 365 with visio 20199/16/2023 ![]() ![]() If you are running Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021, you must run the LTSC version of Visio or Project as well.If you have both Project and Visio installed, their versions must be the same as each other. That would include Visio 2019 or later, Project 2019 or later, and the Click to Run versions of Visio 2016 and Project 2016. Any Microsoft software installed with a Click to Run installer can be installed alongside Microsoft 365.Office, Visio, and Project must all be the same year version, with the exception for Microsoft 365 noted below. You cannot mix different year versions (2013, 2016, 2019, etc.).These use either Click to Run or Windows (MSI) installers:.Office 20 downloaded as ISOs from the Campus Software Library.Visio and Project versions 2013 and earlier.These use only the Windows (MSI) Installer:.Office 20 installed from the Microsoft 365 portal.These use only the Click to Run Installer:. ![]() All must be Click to Run or all must be Windows (MSI) Installer. You cannot mix Office software installed with different types of installers.Office, Visio, and Project must all be either 32- or 64-bit. I know that MS have one or two people working on this sort of thing, but all the same I think it’s pretty impressive how smooth the upgrade procedure can be.This doc lists potential compatibility issues with Microsoft Office, Visio, and Project as they pertain to the centrally-distributed Windows software at UW-Madison. All of my VSTO addins, which I had expected to require some attention also worked straight out of the box – no re-installation required. officeUI file, which I’d copied for safe keeping, wasn’t required with all of my previous customizations appearing as before in the new 2016 UI. Having said that, this was a pretty seamless and stress-free experience and everything really just worked. I have to say that installations always make me a little nervous and this is based on bad experiences that are firmly etched in my mind. Added local VisSDK.chm help file back to its original path as per step 2 (Note – the file does contain a couple of mistakes that have been corrected in the more authoritative online version, but I still like a local copy of the the ShapeSheet reference).(I opted for ‘InsiderSlow’, this being my primary machine and I’ll let my other machine ride the bleeding edge.) Installed ‘Office 365 Pro Plus’ and ‘Visio Pro for Office 365’ using the Office Deployment Tool described here How Office 365 commercial customers can get early access to new Office 2016 features.Copied Visio.officeUI plus other officeUI files that contain ribbon customizations ( C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\Visio.officeUI).Copied the Visio 2013 SDK help file, which no longer ships in the 2016 version ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\VisSDK\Docs\VisSDK.chm).Uninstalled older Visual Studio versions (not required as VS supports side-by-side installs, but a good opportunity to tidy up).So, back to my upgrade – I thought I’d take the opportunity a lose a couple of older versions of Visual Studio while I was in my clean up phase and so it went something like this: Supported scenarios for installing different versions of Office, Visio, and Project on the same computer.One thing to bear in mind is that old msi (Windows Installer) versions of Office don’t all play nicely with the newer C2R (Click to Run) ones and if you think that might be an issue for you, then you can see the various supported mix and match scenarios here: As an example, here’s Shashank Gandhi from the Visio product team talking about the Data Visualizer feature: Open Visio files in any browser with Microsoft 365 Sign in to Microsoft 365 to see your colleagues’ diagrams without a Visio license. ![]() In addition to the main deployment channels (‘Current’, ‘First Release for Deferred’ and ‘Deferred’) MS also makes two other channels (‘InsiderFast’ and ‘InsiderSlow’) available via the Office Insiders program, where you get early (prior to ‘Current’) builds including all of the latest features. The main benefit of the O365 version is the monthly updates that you get, which is great news if you’re in charge of your own installation, but also, from an admin perspective, offers a great deal of flexibility over how the updates are deployed. Just to keep you on your toes the naming of the products can be a little confusing – there’s the two traditional outright purchase options plus the O365 version, which is paid for on a subscription basis: ![]()
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