She ran the installer. No prompts, just a progress bar. Within 90 seconds, Visio appeared in her Windows Start menu under “V.” She opened it, clicked “Sign in,” and her work account auto-authenticated the license.

By 3:15 PM, Maya had built a beautiful, connected flowchart with swimlanes and data-linked shapes. Her manager called it “perfect.” She delivered at 4:58 PM — two minutes to spare.

Maya realized her mistake: Visio isn’t automatically included in standard Office 365 plans. She checked her company’s license by clicking her profile icon in the top right of portal.office.com → “View account” → “Subscriptions”. Under “Apps & add-ons,” she saw Visio Plan 2 listed. Yes — her company had bought it as an add-on.