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MiCollab Microsoft Outlook Plugin Virtual Desktop Environment Support
The MiCollab Microsoft Outlook Plugin for Microsoft Outlook Client (2013 and 2016) is now supported on VMware Horizon View 7.4 and later and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services 2016 and later. For more information, see MiCollab End-User Online Help > MiCollab Microsoft Outlook Plugin section.
Removal of MainConceptH-264 Video Codec
The MainConceptH.264 video codec is removed from the MiCollab solution. Any new software shipped from 2019 onwards will not include the MainConceptH.264 video codec.
For video encoding and decoding purpose in the MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing Desktop application, OpenH.264 video codec is used. This software is used according to the OpenH.264 video codec license agreement. For more information, see MiCollab End-User Online Help > MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing section.
MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference chat privacy: The MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing Web Client leader now has an option to delete public chats from the conference permanently when the conference is ended.
Virtual Desktop support for MiCollab AWV Outlook plugin: MiCollab Microsoft Outlook Plugin is now supported on Outlook Client 2013 and 2016 for Windows on Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop version 7.11 and later.
Auto-upgrade of MiShareApp application: The MiShareApp application is now upgraded automatically by clicking the Share button from MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing Web Client on non-chrome browsers.
Roll call improvements: Roll Call feature will be deactivated for the MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing session if the number of audio participants exceeds 10. It will be re-activated once the number of participants in the conference session is less than 10.
MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing Web Client improvements: The MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing Web Client now connects you to the conference in the same browser tab. Web Client user can now request a call back from the conference to join the audio portion of the conference.
Support for Additional Languages: MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing end-user portal and MiCollab Microsoft Outlook Plugin now support Simplified Chinese language.
MiCollab Microsoft Outlook Plugin
You can now perform Audio, Web and Video Conferencing activities from Outlook calendar after you install the MiCollab Microsoft Outlook Plugin.
Compliance with DDA
MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference Web Client is Disability Discrimination Act compliant. This feature allows users who have disabilities to navigate and use the application more easily.
Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Mozilla browsers on Windows 7, 8, and 10 support DDA compliant MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference Web Client.
MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference Web Client supports ZoomText 10.1, JAWS 17.0, and Dragon 14.0. For information about how to use ZoomText, JAWS, and Dragon, see their respective documentation.
Note: 1. For better performance of ZoomText in Chrome and Firefox, turn off the hardware acceleration in the browser settings.
Note: 2. To use the Dragon tool in MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference Web Client, install Dragon plug-ins for Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. Dragon supports user interface objects such as buttons, list boxes, and text boxes in MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference Web Client.
Browser Support
MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference Web Client supports Microsoft
Edge and Firefox browsers.
Sharing from AWV Web Client: You can now share information with conference participants from the MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference Web Client. Currently, this functionality is only available from Chrome browsers and you must install the MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference web sharing application and extension in the browser before you can initiate sharing for the first time.
MiTeam Integration with MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference: MiTeam users can initiate MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference sharing from the MiTeam collaboration tool. MiTeam users require UCC Premium licenses; however, any user can join a MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference meeting regardless of their UCC license.
Published conferences require a password
If your system administrator has configured it, you will be required to enter a password for published conferences.
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The Launcher installation process has been simplified.
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Windows 10 and Edge browser support
MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing is now supported in a Windows 10 environment and the Microsoft Edge 20 browser is also supported.
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Accented character support
You can enter accented characters (UTF-8) into the First Name and Last Name fields. Accented characters are not supported in the Conference Name field.
All supported SIP devices, including MiCollab Mobile Client, can transfer any resolution of video to MiCollab Audio, Video and Web Conferencing.
Most of the Mitel product portfolio has been rebranded. These changes are reflected as follows:
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Mitel Applications Suite (MAS) |
MiCollab |
Mitel Applications Suite Virtual Appliance (vMAS) |
MiCollab Virtual Appliance |
Mitel Unified Communications & Collaboration Virtual Appliance (vUCC) |
MiCollab with Voice |
Unified Communicator Advanced (UCA) |
MiCollab Client |
UCA Mobile |
MiCollab Mobile Client |
UCA Web/Mobile Portal |
MiCollab Web Portal |
NuPoint Unified Messaging (NP-UM) |
MiCollab NuPoint Unified Messaging |
NuPoint Speech Auto Attendant |
MiCollab Speech Auto Attendant |
Mitel Collaboration Advanced (MCA) |
MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing |
MiVoice for Lync |
MiVoice for Lync |
My Unified Communications Portal |
MiCollab End User Portal |
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Mitel Communications Director (MCD) |
MiVoice Business |
Mitel 5000 Communication Platform |
MiVoice Office |
Mitel Border Gateway (MBG) |
MiVoice Border Gateway (MBG) |
This release introduces an easier method for web client users to join and share content. Click Join to join a conference. Click Share to present from your desktop or to lead the conference from your PC.
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This release provides an MCA Launcher application feature which is included as part of UC360 2.1 release.
The main purpose of this feature is to provide a convenient and easy way for a UC360 user to join an MCA web conference. In previous release, you would launch a Browser application on UC360 and enter the URL to join a conference through the web client. Additionally, you would dial into the conference for audio portion of the conference. With the release of this feature, you launch this application on UC360 from Application Launcher panel, enter the access code, specify the server and click to join the conference. If available, the system would dial out to UC 360 device for the audio portion of the conference.
This release provides a new Launcher feature on MCA for Windows clients. Prior to this release, the only methods to join a conference were via the MCA web page or via the UC Advanced Collaboration feature.
The behavior when launched from a web page has been improved. Once the device and browser being used have been verified to work with the MCA Client for Windows, the client application is launched directly.
The behavior when the application is launched directly, has been enhanced to allow not only local recording and playback, but also joining a new or recent conference. You will be able to join a conference by starting the client and entering a conference access code or link; you will also be able drag and drop a conference access code or link onto the application or select a recent conference from a drop down list.
MCA 5.0 SP1 provides an enhancement to Remote Control called Transfer Control.
Transfer control is enabled after the leader has requested and gained control of a participant's computer. This new ability of the leader is to give a participant control of a second participant's computer.
The MCA Desktop Client and Web Client look and feel are being refreshed and enhanced for this release. MCA 5.0 allows users to participate in an MCA conference on a wide variety of devices and platforms. This release further enhances the support of web browsers on multiple platforms: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari as well as iOS and Android built-in browsers. Specific to this release, Internet Explorer 9 and 10, Windows 8, iOS 6.0 and Android 4.1 will be supported.
In addition, in support of Windows 8 you will notice a feature name change (only appears if you are running Windows 8):
"Share Desktop" has been renamed "Share Full Screen"
"Share Application" has been renamed "Share Desktop Application".
MCA 5.0 introduces Personal ID which is a unique numeric identifier for each user of the system. The Personal ID provides a way to identify and link audio and web participants. The Personal ID also allows for a level of control over who is allowed access to conferences. This feature especially impacts the Join Page and the process associated with joining a conference by phone.
MCA 5.0 now supports Google integration. In this release, you can invite members to a conference via Google and also have the invited guests easily enter the scheduled conference into their calendar.
A SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) Device such as the UC360 or UC Advanced Clients will be able to send and receive video stream after joining an active conference on the MCA server. This functionality will be supported through a configured MCD PBX only. Prior to MCA 5.0, a SIP Device could only participate in the audio portion of the conference.
MCA 5.0 introduces HD Video support by adding user control to effectively manage this new capability. In order to support HD Video, a profiling tool will be available to help determine the capabilities of the client endpoints in a conference. This tool will determine if the endpoint can support HD Video stream encoding and decoding.
Additional administration mechanism were added to the user portal to better manage Session Recordings, such as auto-clean mechanism, disk utilization alert, deletion of recordings as well as the identification of recordings as permanent records.
Several conference feature enhancements were introduced in MCA 5.0, such as an audio conference lock and muted conference join announcement.
MCA 5.0 introduces fully integrated and fully functional 2-way client audio also known as Audio Through Client. You no longer need the desk phone to join the audio portion of the conference. An Audio button option was added to the Meeting Center to start using the microphone/speakers connected to your PC.
The ability from the MCA Web Client to use "listen-only" capability (1-way audio).