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New updates for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Follow

Upcoming release

Details about upcoming releases will be posted as they become available. Visit our getting started page for more information about VDI.  

Current release

February 28, 2021 version 5.5.0

New and enhanced features

  • Standard client features
    Updated the Zoom VDI client and thin client plugin to include improvements made to the standard Zoom client in version 5.5.0.
  • Message alerts in FallbackMode
    Users can receive message alerts if the FallbackMode value is set to 1,2,5, or 6 in the registry. Only a value of 4 would allow messages to be sent previously. 
  • Support for Jabra devices on Mac
    Mac users with Jabra devices can mute/unmute in a meeting. 
  • Support for virtual background with green screen on Linux
  • Open source software information
    Users can click About on the thin client interface to view the open source software information. 

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes
  • Security enhancements

Previous release

Note: The information in the past release notes may have been superseded by subsequent release notes. Please review all current release notes carefully.

January 10, 2021 version 3.3.3

Changes to existing features

  • Blocking or warning of unencrypted traffic
    All unencrypted Zoom traffic will be blocked from connecting to meetings or webinars. Other external unencrypted traffic, such as phone dial-in and RTMP streaming, will be allowed, but warn all participants that the meeting is not entirely encrypted. A list of compatible plugins for VDI release 3.3.3 can be found here

New and enhanced features

  • Support for Windows Virtual Desktop on IGEL thin client

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes

December 8, 2020 version 3.3.2

New and enhanced features

  • Support for Windows Virtual Desktop
    Supported on Windows thin client version 5.4.59208.1207
  • Disable video filters through MSI, GPO or Registry
    Click a link for more information on MSI, GPO or registry options. 
  • Support for file configuration with Mac
    Some parameters can be configured like they can with Windows registry. 
  • Support for more than two monitors on the Mac plugin
  • Partially encrypted meeting warning
    Unencrypted connections, such as audio through phone dial-in, unencrypted SIP/H.323 devices, or streaming via RTMP, will alert the host and other attendees that some aspects of the meeting are not fully encrypted. 
  • Linux plugin HID support (iGel, HP ThinPro, Ubuntu)

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes
  • Security enhancements

November 5, 2020 version 3.3.1

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes

October 30, 2020 version 3.3.0

New and enhanced features

  • Standard client features
    Updated the Zoom VDI client and thin client plugin to include improvements made to the standard Zoom client in version 5.4.0.
  • Additional registry key
    The DisableDirectConnection2Web key can be configured to prevent the Zoom client and plugin from bypassing web proxy configuration.
  • Annotation saving on Linux and Mac
  • Auto-deletion of log files
    Old log files will be deleted based on the date/time they were created to save space.  

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes
  • Security enhancements

October 8, 2020 hotfix version 3.1.4

Resolved issues

  • Fixes incompatibility with client version 5.2.37291.0809 from release 3.1.0.
  • Minor bug fixes

September 29, 2020 hotfix versions 3.1.3, 3.0.5, 2.1.6

New and enhanced features

  • Support for Mac Citrix Plugin

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes
  • Security enhancements

September 28, 2020 version 3.2.0

New and enhanced features

  • Annotation saving (Linux, Mac)
    Annotations can be saved during a meeting.
  • VMware support for eLux 5 and 6
  • Attendees can view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations shared as virtual background.
  • Support for Mac Citrix Plugin

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes
  • Security enhancements

September 7, 2020 version 3.1.2

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes

August 31, 2020 version 3.1.1

New and enhanced features

  • Video filters
    Users can apply video filters to alter the look of their video with color grading, foreground and frame filters (Windows thin clients only).
  • Standard client features
    Updated the Zoom VDI client and thin client plugin to include improvements made to the standard Zoom client in version 5.2.2.

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes

August 9, 2020 version 3.1.0

New and enhanced features 

  • Support for Linux with VMWare
  • Support for 10ZiG thin clients
    View the press release for more details.
  • Support for Virtual Background
    VDI supports the use of virtual backgrounds on Windows thin clients.
  • Standard client features
    Updated the Zoom VDI client and thin client plugin to include improvements made to the standard Zoom client in version 5.2.0.

Changes to existing features

  • Registry location change
    The VDI registry location has moved from the Software\Zoom\VDI\Config directory to the SOFTWARE\Policies\Zoom\Zoom Meetings\VDI directory. 

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes

July 11, 2020 version 3.0.4

Resolved Issues

  • Minor bug fixes

July 10, 2020 version 3.0.3

Resolved Issues

  • Minor bug fixes

June 20, 2020 version 3.0.2

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes

May 28, 2020 version 3.0.1

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes

May 22, 2020, version 3.0

New and enhanced features

  • Standard client features
    Updated the Zoom VDI client and thin client plugin to include improvements made to the standard Zoom client in version 5.0.1.

Resolved issues

  • Security enhancements
  • Minor bug fixes

April 30, 2020, version 2.1.5

Changes to existing features 

  • OpenSSL Update
    OpenSSL has been upgraded to the latest version. 

New and enhanced features

  • AES 256-bit GCM encryption
    Zoom is upgrading to the AES 256-bit GCM encryption standard, which offers increased protection of your meeting data in transit and resistance against tampering. This provides confidentiality and integrity assurances on your Zoom Meeting, Zoom Video Webinar, and Zoom Phone data. This version of Zoom for Virtual Desktop will support GCM encryption when it is automatically enabled for all accounts on May 30.

Resolved issues

  • Security enhancements
  • Minor bug fixes

April 14, 2020, version 2.1.4

New and enhanced features

  • Standard Client Security Updates
    Updated the Zoom VDI client and thin client plugin to include security improvements made to the standard Zoom client in version 4.6.10.

Resolved issues

  • Minor Bug fixes

April 5, 2020, version 2.1.3

Changes to existing features

  • Optimized Server Selection
    The thin client will select the Zoom data center closest to the thin client instead of the one closest to the virtual machine. This ability can be toggled on or off in the thin client registry.

New and enhanced features

  • Standard Client Features
    Updated the Zoom VDI client and thin client plugin to include improvements made to the standard Zoom client in versions 4.6.0 through 4.6.4
  • Camera Rotation
    Users can rotate their cameras from the video section of client settings.

Resolved issues

  • Resolved an issue where VMWare receivers were crashing.
  • Resolved an issue where a malicious party could use UNC links to leak a user’s hashed password
  • Resolved an issue where some users could access chat in a webinar when chat was disabled
  • Minor bug fixes

 

February 14, 2020, version 2.1.1

Resolved issues

  • Minor bug fixes

January 18, 2020, version 2.1.0

New and enhanced features

  • Standard client features
    Updated the Zoom VDI client and thin client plugin to include improvements made to the standard Zoom client in versions 4.4 through 4.6.
  • Shared content on VMWare Windows and Citrix Linux
    Shared content will be rendered from the VDI plugin instead of the VDI client. This will improve user performance and lower CPU usage on the VDI infrastructure.

Resolved issues

  • Fixed an issue where the web Dashboard did not display VDI call types correctly.
  • Fixed an issue where video was displayed incorrectly in full-screen mode.
  • Minor bug fixes.

November 1, 2019, version 2.0.3

Resolved issues

  • Minor Bug Fixes

October 3, 2019, version 2.0.2

Resolved issues

  • Minor Bug Fixes

September 23, 2019, version 2.0.1

New and enhanced features

  • Confirm starting video when joining a Meeting
    Before joining a meeting with video on, users will now be shown their video preview and given the options to join with or without video. They can also check to always join with video without displaying the preview first.
  • Memory optimization
  • Indian DoT compliance

August 6, 2019, Version 2.0

New and enhanced features

  • UI refresh
    The VDI thin client plugin supports the user interface from the Zoom desktop client version 4.4.
  • Unified client for home workers
  • Version backward compatibility
  • Dual monitor support
  • Desktop sharing optimization (Windows thin clients)
    Supports desktop, application and video sharing, as well as remote control and annotation.
  • Support for additional Citrix VDI solutions
    eLux, IGel, Ubuntu and HP ThinPro OS GA are now supported.
  • Support for additional VMWare VDI solutions
    VMWare Horizon GA for Windows is now supported.
  • Encoding camera optimization (Windows)
    Added HW encoder for Camera C925.
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