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Retirement of the Visio Data Visualizer add-in for Excel and next steps

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ObadaAnwar
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Nov 03, 2025
  Updated on December 8, 2025: The previously announced date of December 8, 2025 for removing the Visio Data Visualizer add-in from the Excel add-in store, templates, and ribbon has been extended...
A screenshot of the Data Visualizer add-in window showing how to navigate to the Open in web option. The Open in web option is highlighted with a blue box.
Updated Dec 09, 2025
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Andrew105
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Jan 07, 2026

This is disgraceful behaviour on the part of Microsoft - removing functionality to jack users up to a higher subscription level.  I will be considering alternative office suites as a result - i hear Google provide this capability from their base product.