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September 26th, 2024

On September 26 at 12:01 a.m. CDT, we will make the following changes to the University of Illinois Zoom platform:
      
1. Zoom meeting client update

The minimum Zoom meeting client will be version 6.1.6 or newer for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Linux. Version 6.0.12 will be required for VDI. Recent security vulnerabilities were discovered affecting various Zoom meeting clients prior to those listed above. These flaws could allow bad actors to compromise another user's device. 

New vulnerabilities:

• CVE-2024-42443 (CVSS score: 4.3) – Zoom Workplace Desktop App for Linux – Improper Input Validation
• CVE-2024-42441 (CVSS score: 6.2) – Zoom Workplace Desktop App for macOS, Zoom Meeting SDK for macOS, Zoom Rooms Client for macOS – Improper Privilege Management
• CVE-2024-42439 (CVSS score: 6.5) - Zoom Workplace Apps and SDKs – Buffer Overflow  

      
2. Zoom Whiteboard configuration update

• Zoom Whiteboards, which haven’t been modified in the last 180 days, will be automatically placed in the trash and permanently deleted in 30 days. Users will receive a notice from Zoom 15 days before Whiteboards are deleted.
• Allow persistent sharing of the Zoom whiteboard, outside of a Zoom meeting.
  • By default, only invited users can access the whiteboard
  • Only owners and co-owners must share the whiteboard with new members 

July 9th, 2024

On July 9th at 12:01 am CDT, the minimum Zoom Meeting Client will be version 6.1.0 or newer for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and Linux. Version 5.17.13 will be required for VDI.

Recent security vulnerabilities were discovered affecting various Zoom meeting clients prior to those listed above. These flaws could allow bad actors to compromise another user's device.  

New vulnerabilities 

• CVE-2024-27239  (CVSS score: 4.3) – Zoom Workplace Apps and SDKs - Divide By Zero 
• CVE-2024-27246  (CVSS score: 4.3) – Zoom Workplace Apps and SDKs - Use After Free 
• CVE-2024-27245  (CVSS score: 4.3) – Zoom Workplace Apps and SDKs - Buffer Overflow 
• CVE-2024-27244  (CVSS score: 6.7) – Zoom Workplace VDI App for Windows - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity 
• CVE-2024-27243  (CVSS score: 6.5) – Zoom Apps - Buffer Overflow 
• CVE-2024-27242  (CVSS score: 3.5) – Zoom Desktop Client for Linux - Cross Site Scripting 
• CVE-2024-27247  (CVSS score: 5.5) – Zoom Desktop Client for macOS - Improper Privilege Management 
• CVE-2024-24694  (CVSS score: 5.9) – Zoom Desktop Client for Windows - Improper Privilege Management 

The following features, settings and integrations will be approved for use on the main University of Illinois Zoom tenant on July 9th at 12:01 am CDT: 

Features:

• Zoom Whiteboard 2.0 
• Zoom Scheduler 

Settings:

• Meeting reactions/Allow participants to use floating video reactions. 
• Meeting wallpapers 
• Allow users to launch a poll in chats and channels 
• Allow users to create Shared Spaces 
• Webinar Waiting Room/Allow host to upload an image or a video. 
• Zoom Events Waiting Room Settings/Allow host to upload an image or a video. 

These features will be approved for use by Illinois Zoom users but will be disabled by default. Zoom users who wish to use them will need to log into their Illinois Zoom Profile and edit the settings to their preference. 

April 15th, 2024

On April 15th 2024, Zoom will release client version 6.0.0 for all device types.  The Zoom app has been renamed to the Zoom Workplace app.  Please note that mobile versions may be delayed as they move through their affiliated platform's review process.  New features are listed below for the Window Desktop client.  A complete listing of features can be found at: Zoom Release Notes.

Release notes of 6.0.0

Changes to existing features

• Zoom app renamed as Zoom Workplace app
• End of support for Windows 7 and 8
• Late joining participants no longer blocked from unmuting or starting video
• Consolidated Meeting and Calendar tabs

General features

• Zoom desktop app color themes and visual overhaul
• Additional MSI/GPO/MDM options
  • Keep only one section open in Team Chat
  • Organize chats by section
  • Disable Team Chat file transfers
  • Allow file transfers for specific domains

Meeting/webinar features

• Multi-speaker video layout
• Updated icons and meeting visuals
• Personalized in-meeting toolbars
• Improved collaboration with Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive files
• Improved voiceprint for personalized audio isolation
• Improved Companion mode
• Portrait lighting for video
• SIP/H.323 interoperability UI enhancements
• Exclude hosts and panelists from survey participation
• Consolidated notifications for enabled/disabled features
• Automated captioning and translated caption support for Hebrew

Meeting features

• In-meeting AI Companion disable and delete
• In-meeting AI Companion features combined enablement
• Simplified AI Companion consent notifications for hosts
• Meeting wallpapers
• Dynamic emoji reactions for video tiles
• Support for expanded remote control settings regarding external participants
• AV1 video codec

Webinar features

• Full emoji suite support for Webinar Reactions
• Improved Webinar Backstage experience before live session
• Removed email field for webinars not collecting emails
• Customized waiting room for Webinars

Team Chat features

• Team Chat Sentence Completion with Zoom AI Companion
• Expanded language support Chat Compose and Thread Summary with AI Companion features
• Meeting assets included with Meeting Summary in Continuous Meeting Chat
• Increase Team Chat public channel limit to 250,000 members
• Enhanced functionality in Team Chat: Tabs, split view, chat settings and resource management
• Sort chats at folder-level
• Markdown formatting
• Sidebar filter and badges enhancements

Resolved Issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements
• Resolved an issue regarding use of One-Time Password (OTP) codes for sign-in
• Resolved an issue regarding updated user name not appearing on extension-to-extension caller ID
• Resolved an issue for inconsistent muting behavior for hosts with auto-start meeting summary enabled
• Resolved an issue regarding enlarged cursors not appearing appropriately sized
• Resolved an issue regarding inconsistent date formats when scheduling
• Resolved an issue regarding specific situations causing calls from queues to ring for less than a second before bouncing to the next in queue
• Resolved an issue regarding memory usage spikes when switching between Team Chat channels
• Resolved an issue regarding the original sound for musicians audio profile not remaining selected after sign-out/sign-in
• Resolved an issue with a conflicting keyboard shortcut
• Resolved an issue regarding an incorrect link to a Zoom support article
• Resolved an issue regarding overlapping prompts when starting a meeting from a Zoom app
• Resolved an issue regarding Team Chat messages incorrectly appearing as still in-progress of being decrypted
• Resolved an issue regarding submitting problem reports for a 2023 date

April 6th, 2024

On April 6 at 12:01 am CDT, the minimum Zoom Meeting Client will be version 5.17.5 or newer for Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS, Linux, and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 

Recent security vulnerabilities affecting various Zoom meeting clients were discovered. These flaws could allow bad actors to compromise a user's device.  

• CVE-2024-24693 (CVSS score: 7.2) – Zoom Rooms Client for Windows - Improper Access Control
• CVE-2024-24692 (CVSS score: 5.3) – Zoom Rooms Client for Windows - Race Condition

January 12th, 2024

On January 12 at 12:01 am, the minimum Zoom Meeting Client will be version 5.17.1 or newer for Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS, Linux, and version 5.16.10 for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 

Recent security vulnerabilities affecting various Zoom meeting clients were discovered. These flaws could allow bad actors to compromise a user's device.  

New vulnerabilities 

• CVE-2023-49646  (CVSS score: 5.4) – Zoom Clients - Improper Authentication 
• CVE-2023-43586  (CVSS score: 7.3) – Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows and Zoom SDKs for Windows - Path Traversal 
• CVE-2023-43585  (CVSS score: 7.1) – Zoom Mobile App for iOS and SDKs for iOS - Improper Access Control 
• CVE-2023-43583  (CVSS score: 4.9) – Zoom Mobile App for Android, Zoom Mobile App for iOS and Zoom SDKs - Cryptographic Issues 

December 16th, 2023

On December 16th at 12:01 am CST, Technology Services will require Zoom Meeting Client 5.16.0 or newer for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux and VDI. 

Recently, Technology Services has become aware of security vulnerabilities affecting various Zoom meeting clients prior to version 5.16.0. These flaws could allow bad actors to compromise another user's device. 

• CVE-2023-39202  (CVSS score: 3.1) – Zoom Rooms Client for Windows and Zoom VDI Client - Untrusted Search Path
• CVE-2023-39203  (CVSS score: 4.3) – Zoom Desktop Client for Windows and Zoom VDI Client - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
• CVE-2023-39204  (CVSS score: 4.3) – Zoom Clients - Buffer Overflow
• CVE-2023-39205  (CVSS score: 4.3) – Zoom Clients - Improper Conditions Check
• CVE-2023-39206  (CVSS score: 3.7) – Zoom Clients - Buffer Overflow
• CVE-2023-39199  (CVSS score: 4.9) – Zoom Clients - Cryptographic Issues
• CVE-2023-43588  (CVSS score: 3.5) – Zoom Clients - Insufficient Control Flow Management
• CVE-2023-43582  (CVSS score: 5.5) – Zoom Clients - Improper Authorization

April 22, 2023

On April 22nd 2023, Zoom will update the meeting join flow to help improve the user experience. 

For more information on what is changing, please review the FAQ page. 

What does this mean for me or the department I support?

Beginning April 22, 2023, users will be greeted with a new expereince when joining Zoom meetings.

To clarify:

• • This change will not affect Zoom Webinars.
  • The new meeting join flow will apply to all previoulsy scheduled meetings.
  • Previously scheduled meetings will maintain the same security settings.
  • The changes should not impact each meeting's settings, the meeting link, or participants ability to join meetings.
  • The minimum client version update on April 13th, to 5.14.0 should ensure all UIUC Zoom users will have the same updated experience tenant wide.

As part of this change, Zoom has also redesigned the Waiting Room and provided additional customization options, including uploading an image, updating the self-preview buttons and making minor changes to the text in the web settings. Any existing Waiting Room customizations are unaffected by this change, and the customization options will remain available through the settings page in the web portal. 

August 8, 2021

At 12:00 am on August 8th, Technology Services will require users to update their Zoom client.  This minimum version requirement is necessary for security and functionality purposes.  The table below shows upcoming minimum versions that will be required.  Future minimum version requirements and their associated deadlines will be posted here as well as at: Zoom, Minimum client version requirement.  Note: The minimum client requirement will only affect UIUC Zoom users. These will not affect external attendees joining UIUC Zoom meetings.

July 9, 2021

Technology Services will make the following Zoom settings changes on July 9 at 7:30 a.m. to increase security and usability:

Annotations (not locked) 


• Turn ON by default “Only the user who is sharing can annotate” option (rather than allowing anyone to use annotation tools).

Non-verbal Feedback (not locked)

• Turn ON by default allowing meeting participants to use non-verbal feedback.

Rename Meeting Authentication Options 


• Rename “Sign into Zoom.us” to “Sign in to Zoom” to better align with Zoom's documentation.
• Rename “Illinois email accounts” to “Sign in with Illinois NetID and password” for improved clarification.
• The changes listed here are name changes only. Functionality for each will remain the same.

Chat Cloud Message Storage Policy

• Shorten the Zoom persistent chat cloud message retention policy from 2 years to 6 months.
• This change will apply to any new messages sent as of July 9.
  

Enable Gender Pronouns

• Gender pronouns will be enabled on the Illinois Zoom web portal on July 9th.  More information can be found at: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/4402698027533
  • Note: if you choose to use Zoom's new pronoun field to display your pronoun during a meeting or webinar, you will need to have updated to client version 5.7.0.

June 21, 2021

Zoom Client update: A new client version will be released that includes updates, bug fixes and other useful features:

• Share screen to all Breakout Rooms - Windows, macOS, Linux
  When sharing screen in the main session, the host or co-host can share their screen to all active Breakout Rooms. Any active sharing in the breakout sessions are interrupted and any annotation or whiteboarding prompts the sharer to save them before viewing the shared screen from the host. Host and participants must be on version 5.7.0 or higher to utilize and see this feature.
• Support for gender pronouns - Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
  If a user adds pronouns to their profile at illinois.zoom.us/profile, they are displayed in their contact card and as part of their display name in meetings and webinars.
• Request Live Transcription enablement as participant - Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
  Meeting participants and webinar attendees can request the host enable Live Transcription, avoiding interrupting the host to request this verbally or through chat. This can be also requested anonymously.

June 20, 2021

Zoom web updates: On Sunday, June 20th, Zoom will make modification to their web portal including the following:

• Support for gender pronouns
  Users can choose to add their pronouns to their user profile. Pronoun information is seen as part of a user’s contact card, and users can choose if they want this information shared as part of their display name in meetings and webinars. Users can add their gender pronouns to their profile themselves.
• Increased number of biographies for webinars
  Webinar hosts can create up to 10 speaker biographies for the webinar registration page.
• Allow attendees to join from multiple devices
  Meeting hosts that schedule a meeting with registration can allow or disable attendees to join from multiple devices. Previously, this setting was only available to webinars with registration.

June 12, 2021 - Ongoing

February 7, 2021

Due to new restrictions by Campus Security and the Office of the Chancellor, ALL UIUC Zoom accounts will be required to sign in to Zoom using Shibboleth Single Sign On (SSO) beginning February 7, 2021 at 7:00 am. For more information on the new restrictions, see the January 20th Massmail.

What this means for you:

• All UIUC Zoom users MUST sign in to their University Zoom account using SSO to participate in meetings, classes, etc. 
• The change will affect authentication for the Zoom web portal (zoom.us), as well as Zoom meetings and webinars (if meeting authentication is required during scheduling).
  • This will not affect users who routinely access Zoom by navigating to illinois.zoom.us and signing in there (as you will already be sent to the SSO page).
• UIUC Zoom users who attempt to authenticate at zoom.us with "work email" type (Zoom credentials) will receive an error and should choose to sign in with SSO instead.
• To log in properly, following the change on Sunday, February 7th, please access UIUC Zoom in accordance with the instructions found at the "Zoom, Logging In" article.
• UIUC Zoom resource (non-person) accounts must be properly configured and access Zoom using SSO.
• These requirements DO NOT apply to outside participants. They are still able to join University meetings using their previous sign in method! Outside participants will simply need to create a free Zoom account (at https://zoom.us/signup), if they do not already have a personal Zoom account. Participants from other Universities and organizations with Zoom portals will be able to access meetings using their own account.

For additional information about this change, including help with error messages, please see the "Zoom, Sign In Requirements" article.

January 19, 2021

Technology Services and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are taking steps to ensure Zoom is a safe, inclusive, and accessible working and learning space for ALL. With this goal in mind, we are taking further steps to reduce online disruptions. On January 19, 2021 at 7am we will be changing the default for the security setting “Only authenticated users can join meetings”. The default for this security setting is currently set to "OFF", but will be set to "ON".  (see image)

What this means for you:

• The change in this setting will NOT affect any meetings created before January, 19, 2021 at 7am. We do recommend you edit meetings created before this time by turning "ON" the “Only authenticated users can join meetings” security setting for these meetings. The setting can be found in the “Advanced Settings” section of your meetings. Directions can be found in this article.
• All UIUC Zoom users should sign in to their University Zoom account using SSO to participate in meetings, classes, etc. This KB article references several items that will go out in the official communication, including the proper way to sign-in to Zoom.
• Participants outside the University are still able to join University Meetings.Outside participants simply need to create a free Zoom account (at https://zoom.us/signup). Participants from other Universities and organizations with Zoom portals will be able to access meetings using their own account. Participants with a personal Zoom account will also be able to connect.
• Effectively, "Anonymous" access to meetings will no longer be permitted. This security setting will NOT be "locked" so you could turn off the setting. However, we do NOT recommend this action and will NOT investigate “zoom bombings” if this setting is turned off.
• The default setting for "Meeting Authentication Options" will remain set to "Sign in to Zoom.us".

December 21, 2020

• General Features
  • Support for Apple Silicon processors - macOS
    Zoom desktop client will better support computers with ARM CPUs. A separate installer is available for download in the Zoom Download Center: illinois.zoom.us/download.

• Meeting/webinar features
  • Enhanced nonverbal feedback and reactions - Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
    Nonverbal feedback options are moved to the Reactions button, and all reactions will be shown in the corner of the participants’ video. The host will see each participant’s reactions in the participant list, as well as the aggregate numbers of each reaction at the bottom of the list.
  • Raise hand for host and co-host - Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
    Hosts and co-hosts can utilize the raise hand feature along with meeting participants and webinar attendees.
  • Poll reports available during live session - Windows, macOS, Linux
    The meeting or webinar host will now have the option to download the full poll results when the poll has ended during the live session, rather than waiting until the meeting or webinar has ended. This will launch their browser and begin the download of the CSV poll report.
• Meeting features
  • Improved grouping of security options when scheduling - Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS,Outlook Plugin
    The “Only authenticated users can join” option is now located in the Security section of the scheduling window, grouping it with Passcode and Waiting Room options to allow for easier selection and use of security features.

November 16, 2020

With the new client release (5.4.3) Zoom, has added a few useful features:

Desktop Client Only

Non-video meeting interface will appear the same as a video meeting with video off

Meetings scheduled with video off will now just show profile pictures or names, rather than the plain screen with meeting info and options.

Share multiple programs at once

Users can select multiple desktop programs at once for sharing, instead of sharing their entire desktop. Other programs and unoccupied areas in the desktop will not be visible to the viewer. The sharer will always know which applications they are sharing by an extensible green border. Only the user employing this feature will need to be on version 5.4.3, viewers can be connected with older versions.

Desktop & Mobile (Note: 5.4.3 for iOS is still awaiting approval and rollout on the App Store)

Suspend participant activity 
New option in the Security panel to immediately suspend all participant activities, which will mute all video and audio, stop screen sharing, end all breakout rooms, and pause recording.