Category: Zoom Announcements

You can now peruse the latest edition of the Johns Hopkins Zoom Quarterly Newsletter. This edition covers updates for both Q4 2024 and Q1 2025.

The quarterly Zoom newsletters are intended to keep our community informed on recent and relevant information about Zoom. In this issue:

• Zoom Scheduler – Now Available!
• Zoom Desktop Client Version Update
• At-Risk Meeting Notifier
• Reminder: Zoom AI Companion Available
• New & Improved Features
• Staying Current with Meeting Security
• Zoom Software Lifecycle Policy
• Did you Know?
• Zoom Housekeeping
• Zoom Stats from Q4 2024
• Need Help?

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Please enjoy this issue and let us know of any thoughts and feedback you may have by contacting [email protected].

You can now peruse the latest edition of the Johns Hopkins Zoom Quarterly Newsletter. This edition covers updates for Q3 2024.

The quarterly Zoom newsletters are intended to keep our community informed on recent and relevant information about Zoom. In this issue:

• Zoom Desktop Client Version Update
• Reminder: Zoom AI Companion now Available
• Zoom Events Update
• New & Improved Meeting Features
• Staying Current with Meeting Security
• Zoom Software Lifecycle Policy
• Did you Know?
• Zoom Housekeeping
• Zoom Stats from Q1 2024 & Q2 2024
• Need Help?

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Please enjoy this issue and let us know of any thoughts and feedback you may have by contacting [email protected].

On April 15th, 2024, Zoom released Desktop Client version 6.0.0, which has now been rebranded as Zoom Workplace, in order to better align with Zoom’s extensive feature and product offerings. The new version(s) of the Zoom client contain both cosmetic and functional updates, which impact both the user and in-meeting interfaces.

Client Interface Changes

Along with the application being renamed to “Zoom Workplace”, users can also expect to see the following changes within their updated client:

• Customizable Navigation Toolbar: Drag and drop the product tabs to your preferred order within the desktop app for easy access to your most used Zoom features.
• Meetings and Calendar Tabs Merged: The Meetings and Calendar tabs have been combined to provide better calendar visibility and a more connected view between your meetings and calendar.
• New themes and color schemes: Users can choose from three new color themes (Bloom, Agave, or Rose) to give their desktop app and meeting experience a more personal look and feel. Zoom’s classic dark or light themes are still available.

In-Meeting Interface Changes

Users can expect to see various changes within the Zoom in-meeting interface, including:

• Various Meeting Toolbar Items Renamed and Refreshed: The button icons on the meeting toolbar have been refreshed while some have also been renamed:
  • “Share Screen” is now “Share”
  • “Reactions” is now “React”
  • “Security” is now “Host Tools”
• Customizable In-Meeting Toolbar: Similar to the customizable navigation toolbar within the application, users can drag and drop the in-meeting toolbar icons to their preferred order.
• Meeting Information Shield Relocated: The Meeting Information icon (green shield) has moved from the upper left corner to the upper right corner of the meeting interface, now next to the meeting View options.
• Multi-speaker View: Users can now enable a new multi-speaker view, which highlights active speakers in the meeting and automatically adapts the video layout to feature those participants. This feature can be found under the “View” menu in the top-right corner of the meeting window.

Updating your Client

Within the coming weeks, the Johns Hopkins Zoom team will be testing, packaging, and rolling out Zoom Workplace version 6.1.1 for users on managed machines. Additionally, the MyDesktop team will be rolling out Zoom Workplace version 6.0.10. Please stay tuned for additional information pertaining to this release.

If you are not on a managed machine, please refer to the Desktop Client Setup support guide for instructions on checking your client version and downloading the latest update.

Need Help?

For a comprehensive list of all of the updates included in the rollout of Zoom Workplace, refer to Zoom’s blog post on Zoom Workplace.

For other support needs, questions, and inquiries related to Zoom, please submit a help desk ticket.

You can now peruse the latest edition of the Johns Hopkins Zoom Quarterly Newsletter. This edition covers updates for Q2 2024.

The quarterly Zoom newsletters are intended to keep our community informed on recent and relevant information about Zoom. In this issue:

• Licensed Zoom Account & Zoom Room Rate Change
• Zoom Desktop Client Version Update
• Reminder: Zoom AI Companion now Available!
• Zoom Events Update
• Staying Current with Meeting Security
• New & Improved Meeting Features
• Zoom Software Lifecycle Policy
• Did you Know?
• Zoom Housekeeping
• Zoom Stats from Q4 2023 & Q1 2024
• Need Help?

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– Effective January 12, 2024: All student Zoom accounts will be required to use one of the following meeting security options on all hosted meetings: a passcode, Waiting Room, or authentication to join. This new policy is being enforced to ensure that meetings hosted within the student instance of Zoom are secure and protected from uninvited guests, particularly meetings that are scheduled and/or integrated with third party applications (such as Calendly).

Please note:

• If you do not select your preferred security option when scheduling, Zoom will secure all meetings with the Waiting Room by default.
• This requirement will also apply to any previously scheduled meetings within each student’s Zoom account. If already scheduled meetings are not updated accordingly, the Waiting Room will be enabled automatically.
• Please review the differences between the different security options by reviewing the support guide on Securing your Zoom Meetings.

You can now peruse the latest edition of the Johns Hopkins Zoom Quarterly Newsletter, which has taken on a new look, feel, and design using Microsoft Sway.

The quarterly Zoom newsletters are intended to keep our community informed on recent and relevant information about Zoom. In this issue:

• Zoom AI Companion
• Zoom Desktop Client Version Update
• New & Improved Meeting Features
• Zoom Software Lifecycle Policy
• Did you Know?
• Zoom Housekeeping
• Zoom Stats from Q2 & Q1 2023

Need an accessible version of the newsletter? Refer to enabling Accessibility Mode in Microsoft Sway which displays higher contrast styles, disables animation, and supports keyboard navigation for screen readers.

Please enjoy this issue and let us know of any thoughts and feedback you may have by contacting [email protected].

You can now peruse the newest edition of the Johns Hopkins Zoom Quarterly Newsletter.

The Johns Hopkins Zoom Quarterly Newsletter is intended to keep our community informed on recent and relevant information about Zoom. In this issue:

• Service Fees Waived
• Zoom Software Lifecycle Policy
• Updated Newsletter, Coming Soon!
• New & Improved Meeting Features
• Automated Captioning Spotlight with Features, Tips, and Tricks
• Zoom Stats from Q1 2023

Please enjoy this issue and let us know of any thoughts and feedback you may have by contacting [email protected].

You can now peruse the newest edition of the Johns Hopkins Zoom Quarterly Newsletter.

The Johns Hopkins Zoom Quarterly Newsletter is intended to keep our community informed on recent and relevant information about Zoom. In this issue:

• New Meeting Join Flow
• Translated Captioning
• Zoom Software Lifecycle Policy
• New & Improved Meeting Features
• Global Accessibility Awareness Day Spotlight with Kathy Cahill & Zoom Accessibility Features, Tips, and Tricks
• Zoom Stats from Q4, 2022

Please enjoy this issue and let us know of any thoughts and feedback you may have by contacting [email protected].

Zoom has introduced a new meeting “Join Flow” that streamlines the user experience when joining meetings. Currently, users see up to three separate dialogue windows before entering a meeting:

• “Please wait for the host to join”, if the host has not started the meeting
• The video preview window, if the participant has this setting enabled, and/or,
• The Waiting Room

With the new join flow, the functionality of the “waiting for host” window is combined with the Waiting Room window. If the video preview is enabled within a participant’s video settings, they will also have the ability to preview their video before entering the meeting.

The new join flow is available now and can be enabled ahead of the enforcement. Users interested in enabling this feature will need to log in at the web and navigate to Settings > Meeting > Security > New waiting room and join before host experience.

Have additional questions or need more information? Please see Zoom’s New Meeting Join Flow support page.