Cisco Webex Latest Release - 42.4

Overview

Your Webex service will be upgraded to the Latest release 42.4 according to the Cisco Webex maintenance schedule.

Summary of the upcoming release is below. 

For users

Webex Pre/In-Meeting Experience

• Improved toolbar when viewing shared content. Due to this enhancement the tools have moved from a fade-out side bar into a dedicated toolbar above the stage. As a result, interacting with shared content is easier. 
• Ability to share application windows instead of the whole desktop optimizes the Webex Meetings content sharing experience while sharing an application. With this update, the receiving user sees the individual windows of the shared application and not the entire masked desktop screen. 
• New option for high fidelity content sharing. Optimize for 3D is a sharing optimization that you can request from your BT Service Manager. The increased quality can aid in real-time collaboration for other types of content including Computer Aided Design and Medical Imaging. 
• A new Share tab added to Meeting Settings, which is the new location for all relevant share-based preferences. Currently, the Webex Meetings desktop app defaults to Automatically Optimize each time you share. Updating this preference allows you to control the default optimization that appears when the share dialog is opened. This feature offers a new setting under sharing section to configure the by-default sharing type. 
• Users joining from the Webex Meeting web app can Send 1080p video in the Chrome, Firefox, and Edge Browsers in meetings and webinars.
• New Slido administrator sidebar in Webex supports the quiz feature starting from this release. For details and visuals go here.
•  Slido open-text polls enable a presenter to control the flow of incoming open-text responses more seamlessly. Respondents can also decide if they want to submit their name or not, and the Slido administrator can decide if they want to allow the names when setting up the poll.

For administrators

• Collaboration restrictions for your company users joining meetings from a Chrome browser. IT administrators can apply all e-compliance controls using templates in Control Hub at user, group, and org level for joining meetings from the Chrome browser. IT administrators can add the token to the new Chrome extension, then push the extension to all devices in the organization. All the compliance controls that are applicable to the user joining meetings using the Webex Meetings desktop app are now applicable when they join meetings from the Chrome browser. For more details, please refer to this article.
• The administrator can search and delete the obsolete meetings on Control Hub. A host may schedule meetings but for some reason, can’t delete the meetings by themselves. On Control Hub, the administrator can search for the scheduled meetings per the host user's name or meeting number, and then delete them.
•  Redirect attendee to a URL address after a meeting or webinar. Hosts can now forward attendees to a landing page after a meeting or webinar ends. This is a way to direct the audience to a survey, invite them to a next meeting or webinar, a thank you page, or information on event sponsors. For security reasons, only the domains approved by administrator can be saved here.  This ability doesn’t apply to webinars with webcast view for attendees.

1. Go to Site Administration > Common Site Settings.
2. In the Allow the following URL domain names enter the domain names.

In Webex Control Hub:

1. Go to Services >Meetings.
2. Select your site and go to Configure site >Site options.
3. In the Allow the following URL domain names enter the domain names.

Webex Meetings Integrations

• Support for scheduling meetings for on-premises hybrid exchange. If your Microsoft Teams account uses hybrid Microsoft Exchange, you can now schedule meetings from the Webex tab, a private chat with the Webex bot, or from the messaging extension.
• Remove bot installation from 1:1 conversation enables you to schedule meetings from the Webex messaging extension in channels, group chats, or private chats without having to install the Webex bot. When you schedule a meeting, the meeting information appears in the conversation or chat message for others to join from.

Webex for Government updates

Meetings Quality APIs

Meetings Qualities API allows an administrator to pull detailed quality and troubleshooting information about a meeting (both recently occurred and currently occurring). This powerful API allows customers to create their own supportability tools and integration for their organization.

Go here for more details on what's new in 42.4 Latest release.

Impact description and actions

• Review the above features and inform your users
• Follow 'Next steps' below

Next steps

Refer to the below resources for support through this upgrade process:

• Customer Monthly Update for 42.4
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Latest Channel Guide for IT Managers

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