The following feature comes very handy if you’re an admin/architect. How nice would it be if you could render near to real time SharePoint 2010 Farm health information, directly to Visio and then publish it into SharePoint?
Well you can, with the SharePoint Network Topology Diagram Add-in for Visio 2010.
Using a combination of Visio Services, a SharePoint Timer Job and Visio 2010 you can make the following happen:
System Requirements;
SharePoint Topology Data Collection Timer Job
- 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008
- .Net Framework 3.5
- SharePoint 2010
- SharePoint Farm administrator permission
SharePoint Network Topology Diagram Add-In
- English version or Localized English version of Windows OS. Windows 7 is preferred.
- .Net Framework 3.5
- Visio 2010 Licensed Professional or Premium version. Visio 2010 standard version and trial versions are not supported.
Note: There are two versions for SharePoint Network Topology Diagram Add-In: one for 32 bit and one for 64 bit environment.
Download from the official Microsoft Visio website using the link below;
Full installation and usage instructions are all on that page
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