Overview
Adobe Connect is a market-leading web conferencing solution that enables corporations and government agencies worldwide to improve collaboration, webinars, and eLearning through exceptionally rich interactions. This release delivers critical new enhancements and capabilities to address challenges faced by many organizations in conducting virtual meetings, webinars, and trainings. This release also resolves a number of issues and bugs.
For an overview of Adobe Connect, see http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html.
Release date
Adobe Connect 9.4 will be rolled out in phases:
- On-premise: Adobe Connect 9.4 installer for customer premise deployments (All supported Locales): This patch is available on the Connect 9 on-premise patches page here.
- Hosted: Adobe Connect 9.4 service hosted by Adobe: Starting March 8th, 2015. Please check the migration schedule for your account here
- Managed Services: Adobe managed customer specific cloud deployment of Adobe Connect: Update scheduled based on customer requirement. Please reach out to your Adobe Connect managed services representative to schedule your update
System requirements
For latest system requirements please visit http://www.adobe.com/go/connect_sysreqs_en.
Important update information
Please review the following important information regarding the update.
Key changes to the system requirements
Adobe Connect 9.4 release discontinues the support for following:
Client systems:
- Mac OS X 10.7
- Ubuntu 12.04
- OpenSUSE 12.2
- Mozilla Firefox on Linux
- Citrix XenApp 6.5
- VMware View 5.1
We are adding support for the following:
Client systems:
- Mac OS X 10.10
- Ubuntu 14.04
- OpenSUSE 13.1
Server:
- AWS R3.2 Xlarge
For latest system requirements please visit http://www.adobe.com/go/connect_sysreqs_en
Adobe Connect server upgrade paths for on-premise deployments
From Adobe Connect 9.0.x
Upgrade to Adobe Connect 9.3 -> and then to 9.4
From Adobe Connect 9.1.x
Upgrade to Adobe Connect 9.3 -> and then to 9.4
From Adobe Connect 9.2.x
Upgrade to Adobe Connect 9.3 -> and then to 9.4
From Adobe Connect 9.3.x
Upgrade to Adobe Connect 9.4
From Adobe Connect 8.x
Upgrade to Adobe Connect 9 -> then to 9.3 -> and then to 9.4
From Adobe Connect 7.5
Upgrade to Adobe Connect 8 -> then to 9 -> then to -> 9.3 -> and then to 9.4
What's New in Adobe Connect 9.4
The Adobe Connect 9.4 release provides new functionality and bug fixes across many different areas of the product. Here’s a summary of the new features you can find in Adobe Connect 9.4 .
Let’s take a closer look at the available options in the Panel:
New User Groups
New user groups are added with this release.
Seminar Administrators
Formally known as the Seminar Host group, members of this group will have access to:
- Shared Webinar rooms under Shared Seminar sub tab
- Event Management tab
Webinar Manager (100, 500 or 1000)
Members of this new group will have access to:
- A named seminar license under the My Seminars sub-tab
- Event Management tab
Virtual Classroom Manager
Members of this new group will have access to:
- Create virtual classrooms with a capacity of 200 under My Trainings sub-tab
- Event Management tab
Issues Resolved
Issue Tracking Number |
Issue Description |
3719008 |
Fixed issue where several instances of never ending meetings and ghost users were seen |
3835670 |
Fixed issue where Email Notifications were coming from acrobat.com domain instead of adobeconnect.com |
3773182 |
Fixed issue where users failed to login to the meeting room with error: "Validate user error- too much data.nul" |
3782044 |
Fixed issue where Several "Object has been closed" errors were seen across the board on hosted clusters |
3790800 |
Fixed issue where users received Quote Limit reached errors when trying to enter meetings |
3798058 |
Fixed issue where extra row is created for recording content when it is attended by a participant having view permission. |
3803577 |
Fixed issue where JAWS did not announce elementslinks, tabs, buttons on Home page |
3804544 |
Fixed issue where users were not able to enter a meeting due to ticket expired exception |
3811701 |
Fixed issue where reports returned only partial set of records |
3833291 |
Fixed issue where recording download attempts did not prompt/enforce passcodes for public recordings |
3836329 |
Fixed issue where failure to properly shut down meetings on primary host causes content to revert to earlier state when failing over to backup |
3845382 |
Fixed issue where Closing Virtual Classroom via add-in didnt release license |
3851629 |
Fixed issue where images were not uploading |
3806529 |
Fixed issue where title of Event pages were not the actual event name, instead of a generic variables |
3837245 |
Fixed issue where JAWS did not announce elementslinks, buttons on Curriculum page |
3770167 |
Enhancement to make no selection as the default for MCQ in registration forms |
3825610 |
Fixed issue where rotating any shape/stamper tool which has text written in it corrupts the meeting on re-opening it |
3754903 |
Fixed issue where Content does not align properly on ipad if a connect content is played |
3807087 |
Fixed issue where unknown dial in user seen in attendee pod for some InterCall profiles intermittently. |
3807126 |
Fixed issue where clicking on Submit on Event Registration page reloaded the same page |
3812031 |
Fixed issue where converted MP4 is not visible in "My Content" of file share pod, when it was moved to content folder |
3813552 |
Fixed issue where if another host changed the layout/breakout room, chat pod in palette mode became black |
3815164 |
Fixed issue where there was a dysfunctional remove contact button during creating New Event |
3816586 |
Fixed issue where user was blocked under the following sequence -> share pod was moved to POA, then screen share was started, wait for 10 seconds |
3819127 |
Fixed issue where seminar sessions got cropped in the calendar |
3831849 |
Fixed issue where silent Camera voip file was found in Connect Recording |
3847547 |
Fixed issue where Virtual Classrooms did not spend burst quota in Named Organizer meeting model |
3847938 |
Fixed issue where event catalog for a folder took long time and often did not load any events if user had more than 90 events in that folder |
3851566 |
Fixed issue where MP4 conversion failed due to problems with Original Recording |
3865943 |
Fixed issue where discrepancy in the number of attended report and downloaded report was observed |
3912566 |
Fixed issue where more Dial In Numbers Link missing from few Intercall Profiles |
3615112 |
Fixed issue where table headers were not read by JAWS at the beginning of each table data cell when navigating the report table |
3780986 |
Fixed issue where Edit/Delete option was missing for Recurring Course Reminders |
3781646 |
Fixed issue where users get a password prompt for event even though Register without Password option is checked by the host |
3785526 |
Fixed issue where blank list was shown if user double clicked on a group which was invited to an event |
3786140 |
Fixed issue where Course Information page popped up after clicking the uploaded content of Virtual Classroom under the Disk Usage page |
3786771 |
Fixed issue where Line break characters "\n" was displayed in "Delete Saved Report" dialog |
3790287 |
Fixed issue where for OnDemand events, the button on login page should haved displayed the label as "View" instead of "Join Event" |
3791516 |
Fixed issue where when user hid multiple pods in a meeting room, they did not hide in order they were opened |
3803772 |
Fixed issue where Seminar Calendar kept changing the session time when users scrolled up and down |
3808783 |
Fixed issue where if some Telephony profile fields are hidden using APIs, they become visible after telephony service restart |
3813008 |
Fixed issue where on stopping IC audio conference, "Reconnecting to Audio Bridge" notifier was shown to the host consistently |
3813978 |
Fixed issue where Screen share preferences could be changed while a screen share is in progress |
3818233 |
Fixed issue where after auto collapse of palette ,clicking on any button opened the share preview window |
3818888 |
Fixed issue where Meeting passcode runtime field was not added to the event email or iCal invite |
3841808 |
Fixed issue where timer was stuck in recording playback |
3845144 |
Fixed issue where time zone abbreviation shown on the Event registration page for Australian time zone was incorrect |
3855170 |
Fixed issue where content report for events with curriculum gave “not authorized” error when user clicked on the user name |
3912415 |
Fixed issue where Zoom-in and zoom-out of the drawing object on whiteboard discarded the object from whiteboard |
3912449 |
Fixed issue where the drawn objects were misaligned on the content when zoomed-in and then zoomed out |
3919467 |
Fixed issue where meeting became sluggish when multiple users started drawing on whiteboard simultaneously |
3792567 |
Fixed issue where "Switch to compact mode" was not disabled in chevron menu when user was in pause and annotate state |
3818279 |
Fixed issue where odd view of Palette was seen when chatpod, attendee pod and/or video pod was disabled from compliance |
3787829 |
Added a kill switch for support E164 phone number formats |
3827318 |
Fixed issue where Camera Resolution set via Custom Camera Settings were not being honoured in the Connect Meeting Room |
3795679 |
Fixed issue where Event-time runtime field in Email Template was not of the same date/time format as the runtime fields for 'Event Time' or 'Event Start Time' in the Event Template |
3796920 |
Fixed issue where an error window popped up after clicking the Continue button for a saved content report on Saved Queries page |
3807115 |
Fixed issue where Connect appserver fails to start if password set on external SQL contains '=' character |
3835492 |
Fixed issue where users were unable to download recording VIA download api |
3847230 |
Fixed issue where URL formation was incorrect on Event page while tweeter share |
3791112 |
Fixed issue where account with unedited training feature in BAMA showed blank count in Training Reports UI |
3795690 |
Fixed issue where Event Time runtime field format included seconds |
3807517 |
Fixed issue where users were getting script error when connecting to the wrong host during meeting launch |
3847595 | Resolved an insufficient input validation issue in the Connect web app that could be used to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack (CVE-2015-0343) |
3789505 | Resolved an insufficient input validation issue in the Connect web app that could be used to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack (CVE-2015-0344) |
3767168 | Added a feature for admins to configure X-Frames Options as a method to protect against clickjacking |
Known issues
Issue Tracking Number |
Issue Description |
3857492 |
Add-in crashes when we try to change the audio provider in the meeting itself on win 8.1. Workaround is to change the audio profile from the web app |
3842522 |
Password doesn’t expire as scheduled even if set to expire under password policies setting by administrator |
3859868 |
Accessibility: shortcut Ctrl+space induces layout changes instead of moving focus on Menu bar, when focus is on some layout in the layout bar |
3859919 |
Accessibility: When JAWS user starts Record Meeting - Name for recording is not generated by default and is left empty |
3914293 |
Denied users are shown wrong message when they visit Event pages. Instead of telling them that they have been denied by Event Manager, they are told that event is not published yet |
3836676 |
While using whiteboard, any text entered to a drawing becomes a little distorted after rotating that object |