Release notes for Outlook add-in

Upcoming Release

Details about upcoming releases will be posted as they become available.

 

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Current Release

September 18, 2023

New and enhanced features

• Active session extension for Outlook add-in SSO
  Users can extend their active sessions for single sign-on (SSO) within the Outlook add-In. This can be configured at the account-level, giving users control over their session duration.

Resolved Issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Resolved an issue where users can change their email address without email verification on the Microsoft side.
• Resolved an issue where users, who used the latest add-on to edit a meeting created by the previous add-on, encountered a missing Update button in the settings panel.
• Resolved an issue where users were experiencing an unexpected Welcome to Zoom popup modal, prompting them to create a Zoom account using their Microsoft account credentials. This issue occurred even for users who already had a Zoom account and were using single sign-on (SSO) for authentication.

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Previous Releases

Note: The information in the past release notes may have been superseded by subsequent release notes.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

August 21, 2023 

New and enhanced features

• Enhanced control over external users in meeting group chats
  Users can adjust settings to determine whether external users can be added to meeting group chats and whether they are automatically provisioned when included in Outlook calendar invites.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Resolved an issue where deleting the Zoom meeting through the Outlook add-in also resulted in the removal of the Outlook meeting.
• Resolved an issue where users were receiving a "meeting is for another date" message when attempting to join a meeting with the waiting room feature enabled.

July 16, 2023 

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

June 19, 2023 

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

May 29, 2023 

New and enhanced features

• Enable language interpretation through Outlook calendar
  Users are able to schedule meetings with interpreters directly through their Outlook calendar. Previously, users could only enable language interpretation through the Zoom web portal when scheduling a meeting.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Resolved an issue where the meeting topic changes to Zoom Meeting in both Outlook and Zoom web portal when creating a meeting in Outlook add-in with a personalized meeting topic.

March 20, 2023 

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Resolved an issue where the Outlook add-in was not populating contacts during scheduling, despite the contacts being present and enabled in Outlook.

February 27, 2023

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Resolved an issue where Outlook stalls when adding a Zoom meeting on a macOS device

January 8, 2023

New and enhanced features

• Support for scheduling meeting with continuous meeting chat
  Meeting hosts can schedule a meeting and invite contacts, which are added to both the calendar event for the meeting and the dedicated Team Chat group chat. This group chat and its messages are accessible before, during, and after the scheduled meeting. This feature must be enabled by Zoom.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

December 18, 2022

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

November 20, 2022

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

October 23, 2022

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

September 18, 2022

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

August 21, 2022

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Security enhancements
• Resolved an issue where the Zoom Phone icon was present for users without a Zoom Phone license

July 17, 2022

New and enhanced features

• Indonesian language support
  The Zoom Outlook add-in now supports Indonesian. By default, Zoom will match the operating system’s language if supported and users can manually select a language of their choice.
• One-time password requirement for suspicious logins
  Users with a work email login type and who do not have two-factor authentication enabled are required to enter a one-time password, sent to their account email, when Zoom detects a suspicious login.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

June 19, 2022

New and enhanced features

• Support for custom manifest builder
  Account owners and admins of Enterprise accounts can download the Outlook add-in and manifest file from the Download Center. The custom manifest builder is helpful for admins to download the file when pre-configuring their SSO domain, or when the Outlook add-in cannot connect to Azure.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

May 21, 2022

New and enhanced features

• Phone integration with Outlook add-in
  With the phone integration, users with a Zoom Phone license can easily call their Zoom contacts directly from the Outlook add-in. From the Outlook web interface, users can call contacts from Microsoft 365 contact cards, click-to-dial highlighted phone numbers in emails, and sync their presence.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Resolved an issue where customers received an incorrect error when trying to view meeting information for a recurring meeting with no fixed time

April 17, 2022

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes
• Resolved an issue for users authenticating through single sign-on

March 20, 2022

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

February 27, 2022

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

January 23, 2022 version 2.2.0.0

New and enhanced features

• Schedule a Personal Audio Conference
  Users can choose to schedule a Personal Audio Conference (PAC) when scheduling a meeting in the Outlook add-in.

Resolved issues

• Security enhancements
• Minor bug fixes

December 19, 2021 version 2.2.0.0

New and enhanced features

• Schedule meetings with Focus mode
  When scheduling a meeting with the Zoom for Outlook add-in, users can enable Focus mode to start automatically when the meeting starts, in order to provide fewer distractions to all meeting participants.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

November 21, 2021 version 2.2.0.0

New and enhanced features

• Turkish and Polish localization
  The Zoom for Outlook add-in includes language support for Turkish and Polish.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

Note: The Schedule meetings with Focus mode feature was pulled from release due to issues with deployment and will be available in another upcoming release.

October 24, 2021 version 2.1.0.0

Resolved issues

• Resolved an issue regarding the PMI passcode being incorrect when scheduling on behalf of another user
• Resolved an issue in the meeting invitation text where the meeting passcode and the “One tap mobile” text were on the same line

September 18, 2021 version 2.1.0.0

New and enhanced features

• Poll access for alternative hosts
  If meeting hosts add alternative hosts to their meeting, they can allow alternative hosts to add or edit polls. This feature requires client version 5.8.0 or higher.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

August 15, 2021 version 2.1.0.0

Changes to existing features

• New resource URL in the manifest.xml file
  In the manifest.xml file, the cloudfront.net resource URL was removed and changed to st1.zoom.us. The cloudfront.net URL can no longer be accessed. If you are using the old manifest.xml, access the new manifest.xml from the Office 365 store when it becomes available.

Resolved issues 

• Minor bug fixes

July 18, 2021 version 2.0.0.0

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

June 20, 2021 version 2.0.0.0

New and enhanced features

• Authentication profile enhancement: Domain block-list
  Configured at the account-, group-, or user-level settings, users authenticated with a specific domain are blocked from joining meetings and webinars hosted by this account.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

May 23, 2021 version 2.0.0.0

New and enhanced features

• Sign in with a Gmail account
  Users can sign in to the Outlook add-in using a Gmail account.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

April 18, 2021 version 1.9.0

New and enhanced features

• Easier SSO login through OAuth 2.0
  Users will be easily signed in to their SSO account for Zoom using their Outlook SSO login.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

December 6, 2020 version 1.9.0

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

November 22, 2020 version 1.9.0

New and enhanced features

• Allow or deny entry to users from certain regions or countries
  When scheduling a meeting, users can allow or deny participants from joining meetings or webinars from certain regions. This setting needs to be enabled at the user, group, or account level.
• UI enhancement for Waiting Room and passcode settings
  The Waiting Room and passcode settings in the scheduler have short descriptions to provide users more context on these security features.

November 2020

New and enhanced features

• Support for Canadian French

August 18, 2020 version 1.8.0

Resolved issues

• Resolves an issue where the Outlook add-in beta was not displaying on Android

March 30, 2020 version 1.5.0.0

New and enhanced features

• Support for scheduling tracking fields
• Support for Zoom for Gov users

December 29, 2019 version 1.4.0.0

New and enhanced features

• Two Factor Authentication
  If two factor authentication is enabled for the Zoom web portal, users will be required to use two factor authentication when signing in via the Outlook add in. 
• Warning when scheduling a meeting longer than 40 minutes
  Basic users will now be warned if they schedule a meeting longer than 40 minutes through the Zoom client or mobile app.
• Schedule a meeting with waiting room
  Users can now schedule a meeting with waiting room enabled in the Outlook add in.

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

August 29, 2019 version 1.2.0.0

Resolved issues

• Resolved an issue where some users were unable to sign in
• Minor bug fixes

July 23, 2019 version 1.1.0.0

New and enhanced features

• One Click to Schedule
  When scheduling on the Outlook web add-in, you can now schedule with one click. Clicking Add a Zoom Meeting now adds a Zoom meeting to your event with your default settings. If you need to change these settings, you can click Settings. 

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

June 24, 2019 

Resolved issues

• Resolved an issue where the Outlook 365 web add-in was showing the wrong timezone
• Minor bug fixes

November 4, 2018

New and enhanced features

• Option to Use Default Settings
  When a user schedules a meeting, the settings will be saved automatically and they can click the default settings icon to load the same settings when they schedule their next meeting.
• User Interface Updates

June 16, 2018

Changes to existing features

• Scheduling Privilege
  Scheduling Privilege no longer requires the scheduling user to have Outlook permissions for the other user.

New and enhanced features

• Alternative Host
  You can now add alternative hosts to your meeting with the Outlook Web Add-in.
  Other minor enhancements

Resolved issues

• Minor bug fixes

November 4, 2017

New and enhanced features

• Zoom announces the launch of the Outlook Web Add-in, which lets you schedule within the Microsoft Outlook Web App. You can use the add-in to add a Zoom meeting to any new or existing calendar event. For additional details, see Outlook Web Add-in.
• Support for logging in with Single Sign-On