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Overview
IT Admin may choose to install Zoom with preconfigured settings on the Zoom Client for Mac. This installation requires configuring a .plist file and installing it along with the Zoom for IT Admins Installer for Mac.
This article covers:
Learn how to install with preconfigured settings on a Windows machine.
Downloading the Installer
Go to Download Center, and click on Download for IT Admin; or directly from https://zoom.us/client/latest/ZoomInstallerIT.pkg
Creating and Configuring the .plist file
If you want to configure options for the Zoom desktop client on Mac, you need to create a .plist file. If you don't configure the .plist file, Zoom will be deployed with the default configuration.
The .plist file can contain the following keys:
General Settings
| Description | Default | Plist key and string for Mac |
| Default to login with SSO | Disabled | ZAutoSSOLogin |
| Preconfigured SSO URL | Disabled | ZSSOHost ; full vanity URL, eg. yourvanityURL.zoom.us |
| Disable Google login option | Disabled | nogoogle |
| Disable Facebook login option | Disabled | nofacebook |
| Disable Email login option | Disabled | DisableLoginWithEmail |
| Disable UAC prompt when logging into Zoom | Disabled | AddFWException |
| Remember the last login type used | Disabled | LastLoginType |
| Enable automatic updates | Disabled | ZAutoUpdate |
| Set the email address domain that users can login with | Disabled | login_domain |
| Default to Portrait Mode upon opening Zoom | Disabled | DefaultUsePortraitView |
Meeting Settings
| Description | Default | Plist key for Mac |
| Disable Camera by default | Disabled | ZDisableVideo |
| Automatically join VoIP | Disabled | ZAutoJoinVoip |
| Automatically enable dual monitor | Disabled | ZDualMonitorOn |
| Automatically enter full screen when viewing shared content | Enabled | ZAutoFullScreenWhenViewShare |
| Automatically fit to window when viewing shared content | Enabled | ZAutoFitWhenViewShare |
| Disable Full Screen when starting or joining a meeting | Disabled | FullScreenWhenJoin |
| Always show meeting controls (Disable auto-hide toolbar) | Disabled | AutoHideToolbar |
| Enable HD Video by default | Disabled | ZUse720PByDefault |
| Remote control all applications | Enabled | ZRemoteControllAllApp |
| Hide non-video participants by default | Disabled | ZHideNoVideoUser |
| Always mute microphone when joining a meeting | Disabled | MuteVoipWhenJoin |
| Show the length of time that the user has been in a meeting | Disabled | ShowConnectedTime |
| Confirm before leaving a meeting | Enabled | ConfirmWhenLeave |
| Disable Screen Share when starting or joining a meeting | Disabled | DisableScreenShare |
| Enable mirroring of shared video | Disabled | EnableMirrorEffect |
| Split traffic across different ports for easier identification Audio: 8801 Screensharing: 8802 Video share: 8803 |
Disabled | EnableIndependentDataPort |
Chat Settings
| Description | Default | Plist key for Mac |
| Disable Link Preview | Disabled | DisableLinkPreviewInChat |
An example .plist file with all settings from above enabled by default can be found here.
Deploying Zoom
Once the .plist file is complete, it will need to be named us.zoom.config.plist. When deploying, as long as this file is in the same folder as the ZoomInstallerIT.pkg, the installation will automatically put the .plist file into the /Library/Preferences folder.
