In April 2020 we started a list of the Zoom system and configuration changes. These are the changes that Zoom makes or the Berkeley Zoom administrator makes.
Zoom release notes can be found here.
| Date | Initiated by | Description | Additional Reference |
| 05/06/2020 | Berkeley Zoom Administrator |
Configuration change: Cloud recordings will auto-delete after 210 days (was 120 days). | KB Article |
| 04/29/2020 | Berkeley Zoom Administrator |
Report participants to ZoomHosts can report meeting participants for inappropriate behavior to Zoom's Trust and Safety team for review.
This feature has been disabled. Misuse reports should be sent to zoom-misuse@berkeley.edu
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| 04/27/2020 | Zoom | Zoom 5.0 has been released, which includes enhanced security. All users must update by May 30, 2020. | |
| 04/18/2020 | Zoom | Beginning April 18, every paid Zoom customer can opt in or out of a specific data center region. This will determine the meeting servers and Zoom connectors that can be used to connect to Zoom meetings or webinars you are hosting and ensure the best-quality service. | |
| 04/15/2020 | Berkeley Zoom Administrator | Cloud Recording auto-delete after 120 days (was 90 days) | |
| 04/13/2020 | Zoom | Activated the 'Require password to access shared cloud recordings' settings on all accounts. | |
| 04/12/2020 | Zoom | Zoom released various updates | |
| 04/10/20 | Berkeley Zoom Administrator | We activated the Language Interpretation feature | |
| 04/08/2020 | Zoom | Security updates - hosts have new security icon in meetings | |
| 04/06/2020 | Berkeley Zoom Administrator |
Only authenticated users can view cloud recordingsWe set up a new authentication profile for the berkeley.edu domain. Those who wish to secure their Cloud Recordings can now restrict it to only those who can log in with a CalNet ID. | |
| 04/06/2020 | Campus |
Disturbances to the virtual classroom and seminar environments Report incidents to zoom-misuse@berkeley.edu. These reports will also be forwarded to appropriate campus offices for handling. The University is attentive to reports of Zoom bombing and will take appropriate disciplinary action against registered students or employees who engage in practices which violate the Student Code of Conduct and other campus policies. | Secure your Zoom |
| 04/02/2020 | Berkeley Zoom Administrator |
Only authenticated users can join meetings We set up a new authentication profile for the berkeley.edu domain. Per Zoom's security recommendation we removed the 'all zoom users' authentication profile. We still have 'Only authenticated users can join meetings' turned off by default for the Zoom users, but if Zoom users want to enable it for their account, they can now restrict the attendees to only those in the berkeley.edu domain. | KB article |
| 04/02/2020 | Zoom | Critical Zoom client software update | KB article |
| 04/01/2020 | Berkeley Zoom Administrator | We disabled the Google and Facebook login access and now require everyone to log in with their CalNet IDs at berkeley.zoom.us or through the Zoom client app. If you receive any incidents from customers with the message 'You cannot log into your Zoom account using this method', please direct them to berkeley.zoom.us to log in. | KB article |
| 03/31/2020 | Zoom | Starting March 31, the Waiting Room feature will be automatically turned on by default. The Berkeley accounts intentionally have this feature turned off by default but it can be enabled by the Zoom account holder. | Zoom article |
| 03/26/2020 | Zoom | Based on feedback from our Education community, as of March 26th, the screen sharing settings within your account have automatically defaulted to “Only Host.”. If a Zoom subscriber had already set this to another setting, that override was retained. | Zoom Article |
| 03/18/2019 | Berkeley Zoom Administrator | Cloud Recording auto-delete after 90 days | KB article |