Visio is my primary diagramming tool. I wanted to point out a couple of recent links I came accross that help in diagramming various things.
The first are stencils that are used on MSDN and TechNet diagrams – these are a set of stencils that can be used in Visio just by adding the stencil to the list for your diagram. Located here:
Visio stencils for IT Pro posters
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=08105458-1D92-44AD-B7E0-744AA853A7BF&displaylang=en
The other is Visio Toolbox.
This site is a hosted by Microsoft that provides basic background but there is a new add-in along with some others. The new add it just release
There are Add-ins, Templates, and Tools
Visio Toolbox
Some of the Add-ins
WBS Modeler
New Rack Server Virtualization Add-In for Visio 2007 Pro
System Center Add-In
Disk Space Monitoring Add-In
Software Upgrade Assessment Add-In
Folder Access Rights Map
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Visio Add-in
PowerShell for Visio
There’s also a tool that will build a stencil for you if you just upload some images.. That’s here:
http://visiotoolbox.com/en-us/Iconset.aspx?resourceid=1