Visio Graphics Services Overview

As with the Excel Services service application and the Access Services service application, the Visio Graphics Services service application is created by default in SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise via the wizard in most cases. If a new service application is needed, it can be created from the Manage Service Applications page on the Central Administration site.

Visio Graphics Services allows Visio Web drawings published in VDW format to be shared with other users who may not have Visio 2010 installed on their computers. VDW formats can be created only by Visio Professional 2010 or Visio Premium 2010. Standard Visio drawings (VSD files) are not rendered by Visio Services and require Visio to be viewed.

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