1 Introduction
The author is currently researching Azure and needs to draw the technical architecture diagram of Azure; there are many ways to draw the Azure architecture diagram, there are online tools, there are PPT templates based on Azure, and at the same time, the author chooses to use the most traditional Microsoft tool: MS Visio. drawing. So how to draw a beautiful and professional Azure technical architecture diagram in MS Visio? Of course, Github's open source project started.
2. Open source project: Microsoft-Integration-and-Azure-Stencils-Pack-for-Visio
The open source project of sandroasp provides a free open source library for Azure Visio: Microsoft-Integration-and-Azure-Stencils-Pack-for-Visio , which not only provides Azure templates, but also provides other templates, including Azure together with a total of 27 indivual.
- Microsoft Integration Stencils
- MIS Additional or Support Stencils
- MIS Azure Stencils
- MIS Azure Additional or Support Stencils
- MIS Azure Black and Gray
- MIS Power Platform Stencils
- MIS Security and Governance
- MIS AI and Machine Learning Stencils
- MIS Apps and Systems Logo Stencils
- MIS Databases and Analytics Stencils
- MIS IoT Stencils
- MIS Office, Office 365 and Dynamics 365
- MIS SAP Stencils
- MIS Buildings Stencils
- MIS Developer Stencils
- MIS Devices Stencils
- MIS Files and Message Types Stencils
- MIS Generic Stencils
- MIS Infrastructure and Networking Stencils
- MIS Servers (Hexagonal) Stencils
- MIS Users and Roles Stencils
- MIS Integration Fun
- MIS Integration Patterns Stencils
- MIS Black and Cyan
- MIS Azure Old Versions
- MIS Deprecated Stencils
- Organisational Stencils
Its license is MIT license, which can be used for self-study or commercial purposes. It has 1.2k stars on Github, which is already quite powerful~
3. Installation method
The installation is very simple. Assuming that MS Visio has been installed on your computer, all you need to do is to go to this address and download the latest code now, then extract it and copy it to
“%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Shapes” (比如“C:\Users\chancein007\Documents\My Shapes”;
4. How to use
In your Visio
"More Shapes【More Shapes】 -> My Shapes【My Shape】 -> Microsoft Integration Stencils"
“More Shapes 【More Shapes】 -> My Shapes 【My Shape】 -> MIS Azure Stencils "
"More Shapes 【More Shapes】-> My Shapes 【My Shape】 -> MIS Power Platform Stencils"
5. References
【1】https://github.com/sandroasp/Microsoft-Integration-and-Azure-Stencils-Pack-for-Visio