Platform improvements

• Update to the new major version of BigBlueButton (version 2.7).

• New feature: Waiting page for conferences considers the participant's time zone. The displayed date and time are automatically converted.
• New feature: Setting to which URL participants are redirected after the conference.

• New feature: Automatic upgrade when usage increases. This feature is available for all subscriptions starting at 500 connections.

• Improvement: General improvements to the integration API (new parameters added).

• New feature: Assign names to conference recordings.

• New feature: Enable participant documentation for conferences via the integration API.

• New feature: Direct video integration via sags.digital in bbbserver, allowing videos to be recorded and shared with others.

• New feature: In branding settings, users can now add custom webcam backgrounds that they can select from when sharing their webcam.

• New feature for user groups: Users can be created directly through the user management, either individually via a form or as an uploaded list
• New feature: Administrators can disable conference streaming for the entire account.

• New feature: Users can be created directly through the user management, either individually via a form or as an uploaded list
• New premium feature: Access codes for conferences, which each participant must enter
• New premium feature: Custom access confirmations for conferences that each participant must confirm.

• Update to the new major version of BigBlueButton (version 2.5).

• Participant documentation can now be disabled for the entire account through customer settings.
• Adjustments to improve accessibility.

• New premium feature: Manage users in user groups, including "group admin" permission, allowing departments in large organizations to self-manage their users.
• Conference media feature can be disabled in customer settings.
• Conference recordings and attendance tracking can now be set with a shorter deletion period than 30 days (standard per usage terms).
• Privacy notice on the conference join page with optional customer text (can be set in branding settings)
• Text appearing when the conference is full is now customizable.

• Phone dial-in with suppressed number: Callers now get unique names (previously all callers were called "Anonymous").
• Moderators can rename phone participants by pressing CTRL + Q in the conferences. Real names make them easier to identify than their respective phone numbers.
• Premium feature: Phone participants can now announce their name before joining the conference.
• Basic possibility created for custom solutions (premium features) on the platform.
• New premium feature: Encrypt conference recordings on our platform.

For quick conferences with permanent dial-in links, permanent dial-in data is now also available for phone dial-in, which you can send with the conference invitation.

To improve the security of your bbbserver account, we have introduced multi-factor authentication. This allows you to activate an additional security check besides your password when logging in. More information: <a href="https://bbb-hilfe.de/docs/multi-faktor-authentifizierung-fuer-bbbserver-de" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://bbb-hilfe.de/docs/multi-faktor-authentifizierung-fuer-bbbserver-de</a>

Update to the new major version of BigBlueButton (version 2.4), including detail improvements (e.g., new version of the recording player)

• New feature: Enhanced recurring meeting assistant Specific recurring meeting requirements can now be mapped via our enhanced assistant (external tool) More information is available from our support if needed. Link to assistant: <a href="https://serientermine.bbbserver.de/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://serientermine.bbbserver.de/</a>

• New feature: Participant documentation A detailed description of participant documentation can be found here: <a href="https://bbb-hilfe.de/docs/teilnehmerdokumentation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://bbb-hilfe.de/docs/teilnehmerdokumentation/</a>

• New feature: Improved payment processing Payments are now possible in more combinations of terms, payment methods, etc. Upgrades and downgrades are now more flexible.

Update to the new major version of BigBlueButton (version 2.3)

• New feature: Connection diagnostics for external participants A link can be created in the help section and sent to the participant for this.

• New feature: Personalized conference invitation links Personalized invitation links with a predefined name can now be created for conferences and quick conferences. If the link is then shared without authorization, it is quickly clear who is responsible.

• New feature: Conference streaming Conferences can now be streamed directly to various streaming providers (German streaming platforms or Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, etc.). A remote control is available, allowing pause images to be displayed or conference functions (show/hide chat, participant list, etc.) to be controlled in the stream image.

• New feature: Conference media Video files (.mp4 format) or audio files (.mp3 format) can now be uploaded directly to our platform and then played during conferences.

• Improved recording conversion and download.

• Improved branding: Customers can now also upload a custom background image for the conference join screen.

• Customer administrators can now centrally set advanced conference settings (default values). Users can still override them for individual conferences.

• Improved monitoring of video conferencing servers, including automatic booking of a conference in case of failure.

• Conference list now viewable by non-administrators (with less information)
• Visibility of the conference list for non-administrators can be set by the customer administrator in customer settings.

• Extended conference settings can now be set via System API.
• Various other updates in the System API.

• Response times of the integration API greatly improved during high call volumes.

• Extended conference settings (permissions) can now be set when creating conferences.

• Expanded conference overview for customer administrators.
• Various detail improvements implemented.

• All platform components are now fully redundant.

• Improved platform stability.

• Email invitations: Multiple email addresses can now be copied into the address field at once.
• Various bug fixes on the platform.

• Design changes to the platform interface (e.g., new font, revised control panels).

• Activation of a completely new hosting architecture for the entire platform interface (now fully clustered and automatically scalable to better handle peak loads from educational customers)
• Improved platform security through security checks.

• Additional workarounds to improve connectivity on Apple devices implemented.
• Improved platform display on 4K devices.

• Increased idle capacity to ensure conferences are available without waiting times during peak times.

• Accelerated connection negotiation before the echo test
• Improved connectivity for IPv6 clients
• Improved connectivity for Apple devices (workaround for bug in Safari browser)
• Improved functionality of the integration API (including workaround for LockSettingBug in BBB).

A comprehensive connectivity test is now available in the help section. Log in to our platform, click "Help & Support," and select "Run Connection Diagnosis." The completed diagnosis can then be downloaded as a text report and sent to our support team.

Integration API improvements:

• The correct meeting ID is now appended in the endMeetingCallback.
• Undocumented parameter "lockSettingsHideUserList" (Create-Call) is now supported.

• Now fully IPv6 compatible - Last weekend, the entire network stack was restructured:
• All our servers now have their own 10Gbps connection.
• Full support for all system components (DNS, platform server, BBB server, TURN server, telephone server) for IPv6.

Complete user management is now possible via API:

• System API: As a customer admin, users can now be locked and deleted via API.
• System API: Users can not only be invited by link but also registered directly via the API (including sending a welcome email). Full user synchronization (automatic creation/deletion of users) can now be achieved via API.

• Conference names now support the full Unicode character set
• System API: Telephone dial-in data is now available via API
• Customer admins can now promote other users within the customer account to admin or delete them entirely.

• Phone access data is now available before the conference starts.
• Phone numbers are now displayed in a more readable grouped format.
• Breakout rooms now support telephone dial-in.

• Registration process: Initial booking of the test package is no longer necessary.
• Registration process: Fewer data is requested from users who only wish to test. (Data minimization)
• Massive increase in the overall capacity of the platform.

• New phone announcements with better instructions (e.g., press 0 for muting).

• IP ranges are now available for firewall approvals. <a href="https://bbb-hilfe.de/docs/firewall-freigaben-fuer-bbbserver-de/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">See documentation</a>.

• Increased upload limit for uploaded presentations to 50MB.
• Improvements for some browsers (such as Safari) when leaving conferences.

• Improvements to the System API and the integrability of our platform.

• Resolved BBB issue <a href="https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/issues/9667" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">#9667</a>, for which we actively contributed to the bugfix in the community.

• Decoupling of the entire server infrastructure from the base system, so that our system can now automatically use other servers in case of system failures or even purchase entirely new servers if necessary.
• Added support for multiple cloud providers (only affects large customers who want to host behind our platform themselves).

• Improved compatibility of the Integration API (upload of presentations, etc.).

• Existing conferences can now be edited as long as they haven't started yet
• Graphical overview for the customer administrator showing the utilization of the booked subscription over the past 14 days and expected usage for the next 14 days (Customer Settings > Conference List).

<em>Major platform update:</em>

• Recordings can now be downloaded as .mp4 files.
• Platform is now fully multilingual. German and English (more languages to come).
• Presentations can now be uploaded in advance for each conference.
• A custom default presentation can be set per customer account (Customer Settings > Branding).
• Platform stability improvements.
• Detail changes with many small new functions.

This version improves privacy and stability.

Launch of our partner portal for system houses and other resellers. Do you have customers who need a video conferencing solution and are able to provide first-level support? Become a bbbserver.de partner and benefit from commissions and special management functions in our system.

• Branding color setting is now visible as a color within the conference.
• Moderators can now join conferences 15 instead of 5 minutes before the start time (preparation time).
• Duration can now also be specified for quick connection conferences (room properties).
• Various bug fixes and platform improvements.

Major platform update: The System API goes online. In addition to the existing Integration API, the System API now allows programmatic access to all platform functions.

Our standard ADV contract has been significantly improved with the help of multiple data protection experts. Can be signed directly online.

Furthermore: Many small detail improvements and bug fixes throughout the system.

Integration API: Compatibility of integration with NextCloud, WordPress, and Ilias systems significantly improved.

Data protection: Our TURN servers are now completely cleared after 24 hours at the latest.

Improved PayPal integration.

<em>Additionally new:</em>

• The customer administrator can now see the conference overview of all users to assess quota usage (+/- 14 days).

• Branding: The customer logo is now also visible within the conference (on the presentation).

• ADV contracts can now be signed directly online on the platform with us.

• Greatly improved branding options: The Join Conference screen colors can now be customized. Logo upload with crop function improved.

• Quick conferences introduced for each conference room with consistent links.

• Conference recordings can now be generally prohibited by the customer administrator (e.g., for schools).

• Telephone integration: Phone dial-in to conferences is now possible.
• After further quality and load tests: Increased maximum possible participants per conference from 50 to 100.

• Simplified and improved usability of the conference creation assistant.

• Server load balancing system greatly improved.
• Servers are now swapped out every 24 hours, with old video conferencing servers being destroyed.

• First version of branding options released: Logo on the Join Conference screen.

• "Integration API" released: bbbserver.de is now 100% compatible with the BigBlueButton API. Moodle and any other software that can integrate BigBlueButton can now also integrate bbbserver.de.

• Support for function: "Moderators ask when guests want to join a conference."
• Test version: Use a 5-pack for 2 hours.

• Improved handling of outdated browsers.

• Platform release.