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    Hey to Everyone,

    Here is the scenario...

    I have one Mac in my organization that is using Office 365 Plan E3. I would like to add Visio to Office 365 but I am not sure how well the Mac and Visio in Office 365 will work together. In other words can I use Visio via Office 365 with a Mac?

    Regards,

    James

    Monday, September 22, 2014 5:25 AM

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    To run Visio on a Mac you can use either Boot Camp (boot directly to Windows) or Parallels (run Mac OS and Windows OS concurrently). There is no Mac-OS version of Visio.

    Mac MVP

    • Proposed as answer by Greta Ge Monday, October 6, 2014 7:32 AM
    • Marked as answer by George123345 Monday, October 6, 2014 8:19 AM
    Thursday, September 25, 2014 5:23 PM

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    Hi

    Look at visio pro as it works well with office 365.

    for ref: https://community.office365.com/en-us/f/148/t/147266.aspx

    Hope this helps. Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

    Monday, September 22, 2014 7:06 AM
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    Hi James,

    Visio Pro for Office 365 is a standalone subscription. You need to purchaes it seperately then add it to Office 365 plan.  It allows each user to install Visio on up to five PCs running Windows 7 or Windows 8.

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/visio/microsoft-visio-pro-for-office-365-create-versatile-diagrams-FX103791920.aspx

    But Visio is not support for Mac, it doesn't work on Macs.

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/office365-suite-help/install-office-on-your-pc-or-mac-with-office-365-for-business-HA102822111.aspx

    If there is anything that I can do for you regarding this issue, feel free to post back.

    Best regards,

    Greta Ge
    TechNet Community Support

    It's recommended to download and install Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office programs.


    • Edited by Greta Ge Monday, October 6, 2014 8:23 AM modify
    Monday, September 22, 2014 9:47 AM
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    To run Visio on a Mac you can use either Boot Camp (boot directly to Windows) or Parallels (run Mac OS and Windows OS concurrently). There is no Mac-OS version of Visio.

    Mac MVP

    • Proposed as answer by Greta Ge Monday, October 6, 2014 7:32 AM
    • Marked as answer by George123345 Monday, October 6, 2014 8:19 AM
    Thursday, September 25, 2014 5:23 PM
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    To run Visio on a Mac you can use either Boot Camp (boot directly to Windows) or Parallels (run Mac OS and Windows OS concurrently). There is no Mac-OS version of Visio.

    Mac MVP

    Luckily there are still people here who can read and understand the original question!

    Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. Engineering and software shapes for Visio
    Sandrila Ltd

    Thursday, September 25, 2014 9:54 PM
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    Hello,

    For me still unclear. Can you run Office 365 on the Mac partition & Visio Pro Office 365 on the Windows partition?

    Regards,

    Herman

    Thursday, December 10, 2015 5:05 PM
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    Office 365 is the name of the marketing program where you lease Microsoft Office instead of purchase. The Office 365 program includes Mac and Windows versions of Office. So yes, you could install Visio Pro Office in a Windows partition and boot directly to Microsoft Windows using Apple's built-in Boot Camp, or you could run Windows and Mac OS simultaneously using a virtual machine in Parallels (or competing VMWare but I prefer Parallels). You can run Office for Mac in Mac OS X - or Office for Windows in Windows under the Office 365 program. 

    Mac MVP

    Friday, December 11, 2015 3:23 PM
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    I know this thread is a bit old but it's clear there's still a lot of misunderstanding regarding whether you can use Visio with Office 365 on Mac. Since I've been in this situation and resolved it, I thought I would add my 2 cents.

    The simple answer is, without a virtual machine, you cannot run Visio Pro in Office 365 on Mac. Office 365 is tied to the desktop version of Microsoft Visio which isn't available for Mac. However, if you were to install and run Windows on your Mac in a partition, you could then use Office 365 on a Mac. I tried this workaround though and found it was very laggy and made using the Mac very slow at times. 

    I'm currently trying a few Visio alternatives - there's many suggestions here:

    https://machow2.com/best-alternatives-visio-mac/

    some of which can also edit Visio files. I'd much rather use a native Mac or cloud solution than try to run a virtual environment all the time.

    Sorry rant over - hope this has helped others!

    • Proposed as answer by SurrogateMVP Thursday, December 21, 2017 10:39 PM
    • Edited by Azure Testing Friday, December 22, 2017 8:59 AM
    Thursday, December 21, 2017 10:37 AM