{"id":47168,"date":"2026-05-30T15:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/?p=47168"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:41:20","slug":"webinar-whats-new-trueconf-server-and-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trueconf.com/blog\/webinar\/webinar-whats-new-trueconf-server-and-apps","title":{"rendered":"Webinar: What&#8217;s New? TrueConf Server and Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"accent-note ui-mb-sm-1\">\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text\">On <b>May 29<\/b>, Lev Yakupov, TrueConf\u2019s CMO, hosted a webinar about the latest changes of TrueConf Server corporate messenger and video conferencing platform, as well as desktop and mobile applications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jEzXLiQrxzg?si=jQosl48nLxfjpo5g\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h4--main h4--thick black-text ui-mb-xs-3 ui-mt-md-1\">TrueConf Platform Update: What&#8217;s New in Server, Desktop, and Mobile<\/h2>\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text ui-mb-sm-1\">Self-hosted video conferencing exists for one reason: organizations that can&#8217;t put voice, video, and chat traffic on someone else&#8217;s cloud still need modern collaboration tools. Banks, government agencies, healthcare providers, and companies under strict data residency rules fall into this category. TrueConf is built specifically for that requirement, running entirely on infrastructure the customer controls, whether that&#8217;s a physical server, a virtual machine, or a Docker container on Windows or Linux.<\/p>\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text ui-mb-sm-1\">The latest release focuses on three things: faster meeting controls for hosts, tighter security tooling for administrators, and closing usability gaps between desktop, mobile, and Android TV clients.<\/p>\n<table style=\"overflow-x: auto; display: block;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 16px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\"><strong>Area<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 16px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\"><strong>What&#8217;s New?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 16px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\"><strong>Who Benefits Most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text ui-mb-xs-1\"><strong>Meeting management<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Redesigned real-time console, dedicated &#8220;Manage&#8221; button, disable audio remarks<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Hosts running large webinars<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text ui-mb-xs-1\"><strong>Recordings<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Ad hoc conference recordings and transcripts available in personal area, no admin request needed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">End users, IT support<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text ui-mb-xs-1\"><strong>Server security<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Per-device session control, field-level federation privacy, file type allow\/block lists, custom TURN\/STUN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Administrators, security teams<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text ui-mb-xs-1\"><strong>Chat and messaging<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Auto-hiding empty ad hoc chats, focus mode, PDF previews, message edit cutoff<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">All users<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text ui-mb-xs-1\"><strong>Mobile<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Calendar\/Outlook integration, uncompressed image sending, adaptive sharing quality, email-based auto-provisioning<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Mobile and field employees<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text ui-mb-xs-1\"><strong>Android TV<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Full remote-control navigation, native room-system experience<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Meeting rooms without dedicated hardware<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text ui-mb-xs-1\"><strong>Roadmap<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Reactions, full-text chat search, iOS audio messages<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 16px; border-bottom: 1px solid #F7F9FC; vertical-align: middle;\">\n<p class=\"primary-smallest-text\">Everyone, coming soon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 class=\"h5--main h5--thick black-text ui-mb-xs-3 ui-mt-md-1\">Faster Meeting Controls<\/h3>\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text ui-mb-sm-1\">The real-time management console, previously buried in a hidden menu, now sits behind a dedicated &#8220;Manage&#8221; button. From there, hosts can enable server-side recording and transcription in two clicks, move the panel to a second screen, mute everyone but the speaker, lock the meeting, stop a specific person&#8217;s screen share, or disable audio remarks, the short voice interjections some Smart Meeting participants can send even while off-screen. That last control matters most for large webinars, where uninvited audio can be disruptive.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"h5--main h5--thick black-text ui-mb-xs-3 ui-mt-md-1\">Recordings Without the IT Ticket<\/h3>\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text ui-mb-sm-1\">Previously, accessing a server-side recording of an ad hoc (unscheduled) conference meant asking a system administrator for a link. Now, every user&#8217;s personal area, reachable from the client&#8217;s profile menu, lists recordings and transcripts for any conference they hosted or moderated. Empty ad hoc chats (no messages, files, or images shared) are also now hidden from the main chat list automatically, though they remain accessible through call history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"accent-note ui-mb-sm-1\">\n<h3 class=\"h5--main h5--thick black-text ui-mb-xs-3 ui-mt-md-1\">Security and Admin Controls (Server 5.5.4)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"ui-list ui-list--medium\" style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 20px;\">\n<li class=\"ui-list__item\"><b>Per-device session management<\/b> \u2014 administrators can see every authenticated device per user and remotely sign one out or disable auto-login, useful when a device is lost or compromised.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ui-list__item\"><b>Field-level federation privacy<\/b> \u2014 control which Active Directory or LDAP fields (name, phone, department, etc.) are visible to users on federated external servers.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ui-list__item\"><b>File type and size controls<\/b> \u2014 configurable allow\/block lists for file extensions, plus adjustable size limits, with a default blacklist covering common executable types.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ui-list__item\"><b>Custom TURN\/STUN servers<\/b> \u2014 browser-based (WebRTC) guests can be routed through internal relay infrastructure instead of public servers, protecting internal IP and call metadata. The native TrueConf client doesn&#8217;t need this, since it&#8217;s used a proprietary NAT-traversal-free protocol for nearly 15 years.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text ui-mb-sm-1\">A related addition: a configurable message edit cutoff (recommended at 48 hours), useful where a chat message functions as a business commitment.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"h5--main h5--thick black-text ui-mb-xs-3 ui-mt-md-1\">Mobile and Android TV<\/h3>\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text ui-mb-sm-1\">Mobile clients now surface full calendar and Outlook events directly in the conference panel, support sending multiple images without compression, and let users prioritize resolution or frame rate when screen sharing, depending on connection quality. New users can be onboarded with just a corporate email address; the client resolves a DNS TXT record to find the right TrueConf server automatically, removing a common onboarding friction point in multi-server deployments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text ui-mb-sm-1\">Android TV remains a differentiator: TrueConf is one of the only platforms with a dedicated Android TV interface, fully navigable with a standard five-button remote, supporting USB cameras, external microphones, and SIP calling, turning inexpensive TV hardware into a meeting room system.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #00B3CD; border-radius: 12px; padding: 24px;\">\n<h2 class=\"h4--main h4--thick white-text center-text ui-mb-xs-3\">Empower your video conferencing experience with TrueConf!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"button-group-container button-group-container--center\"><a class=\"primary-smallest-text to-page to-page--rarr white-icon white-text\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/trueconf.com\/products\/server\/video-conferencing-server.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"faq\">\n<h2 class=\"h3--main h3--thick black-text ui-mb-md-1\">FAQ<\/h2>\n<div class=\"faq__container ui-mb-md-1\">\n<div class=\"faq__item\">\n<p class=\"faq__question h4--main h4--thick black-text hyphens--auto margin--not\">Is TrueConf a cloud service or does it require self-hosting?<\/p>\n<div class=\"faq__answer\">\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text margin--not\">TrueConf Server is built for self-hosted, on-premises deployment on a server, VM, or Docker container running Windows or Linux. This is a core design choice for organizations with data residency or compliance requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq__item\">\n<p class=\"faq__question h4--main h4--thick black-text hyphens--auto margin--not\">Can employees access server-side recordings without contacting IT?<\/p>\n<div class=\"faq__answer\">\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text margin--not\">Yes. The personal area in the TrueConf client now lists recordings and transcripts for any conference a user hosted or moderated, including ad hoc calls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq__item\">\n<p class=\"faq__question h4--main h4--thick black-text hyphens--auto margin--not\">Does TrueConf integrate with Active Directory and LDAP?<\/p>\n<div class=\"faq__answer\">\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text margin--not\">Yes, and the latest release adds field-level control over which directory fields are visible to federated (external) users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq__item\">\n<p class=\"faq__question h4--main h4--thick black-text hyphens--auto margin--not\">How does TrueConf handle large file transfers without overloading the server?<\/p>\n<div class=\"faq__answer\">\n<p class=\"primary-medium-text margin--not\">Files shared between users on the same local network are distributed peer-to-peer after the first download, reducing server load. 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