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We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Himalayas Data Archiving Platform instances residing in Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This update provides the ability for search results to show cold-archived content, minor UI and Accessibility Improvements to the dashboard, and optimizations to the Delete Transcode policy.

1. Cold-Archived Content Now Appears in Visual Search Results
   The Video Platform’s search bar will now show results for Active and Himalayas Cold Archived content. This enables institutions to seamlessly find content across storage tiers with a single search.
   
2. Minor UI and Accessibility Improvements to the Dashboard
   We have made minor adjustments to center the elements and text within the dashboard and enhanced the dashboard’s responsiveness by providing graphs that adapt to various screen sizes.
   
   
3. Optimized Delete Transcode Policy
   The Delete Transcode policy has been updated to not remove transcodes for videos viewed within the last 30 days or have not been on the Video Platform for more than 30 days.
   

We have successfully pushed an update to all YuJa Himalayas Data Archiving Platform instances residing in Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This update provides a new Modeling and Forecasting Report for recurring policies, a new policy rule to delete users, and enhanced processing speeds for auto Zoom imports.

1. Modeling and Forecasting Report Generation
   To provide admins with information regarding how recurring policies will affect their Video Platform instance, we now provide an at-a-glance summary of how the policy will affect files, users, and storage during its next run date.
   
   
2. New Data Policy Rule – Delete Users After a Specified Date
   Institutions with an extensive Roster list can manage user removal through our new recurring policy. By designating a date for users who haven’t logged in, the recurring policy will delete users, relocating their content to the My Media library of the policy creator’s account.
   
3. Enhanced Processing Speeds for Auto Zoom Imports
   Previously, auto imports for Zoom recordings could take over an hour to appear on the Video Platform. We have reduced this time to provide recordings within 10-15 minutes. 

We have successfully pushed a maintenance update to all YuJa Himalayas Data Archiving Platform instances residing in Canada, Australia, and the European Union. This update provides a new Himalayas dashboard for storage reports, detailed metrics for Job Management, the option to archive non-video files to Himalayas, and new email notification for scheduled deletions.

1. New Himalayas Dashboard to View Comprehensive Storage Reports
   To facilitate the effective administration of the Himalayas platform, we are pleased to present an informative overview of storage reports. These reports offer graphs to view monthly storage use, a breakdown of files stored within Active Storage and Archived Storage, and the types of formats stored on the platform.
   
   
2. Key Metric Details for Himalayas Job Management
   To provide administrators with comprehensive insights into their active Himalayas Jobs, we now provide more detailed information for each individual Job. Administrators can now effortlessly access data that includes the number of files archived/restored, the number of completed/failed files, and the number of pending files.
   
3. Archive Non-Video Files to Himalayas
   In our continuous efforts to enhance the capabilities of the Himalayas platform, we now provide archiving for non-video assets such as documents, images, and audio files when creating policies.
   
   
4. Email Notifications for Scheduled Deletions in Himalayas
   To ensure that Content Owners have timely and accurate information regarding their videos, we will now implement email notifications for scheduled deletions from Himalayas. Administrators will have the flexibility to customize the notification, specifying how many days before an item’s deletion an email should be sent.
   
   

We have successfully pushed a maintenance update to all YuJa Himalayas for Data Archiving and Compliance instances residing in Canada and the European Union. This update provides automatic imports from default sessions for Class Collaborate, a slight improvement to Microsoft Teams Provisioning and Mapping search feature, and several bug fixes.   

1. Automatically Import Videos from the Default Session for Class Collaborate
   Instructors hosting events from their default session will automatically have their recordings uploaded to the Video Platform.
   
2. Removed Security and Team Groups from Provisioning and Mapping for Microsoft Teams Meetings
   To provide the best search results for Microsoft Teams, we have removed the Security and Team groups from appearing in the list of search results for recordings.  
3. Bug Fixes
   We have made several bug fixes to improve Himalayas for Data Archiving and Compliance. Highlighting some of these fixes are:
   • Fixed an issue that allowed sub-admins to see, restore, and delete archives outside of their sub-organization.
   • Fixed an issue that prevented Class Collaborate videos from being automatically uploaded to the Video Platform.
   • Fixed an issue that would skip files during a bulk archive.

We have successfully pushed a maintenance update to all YuJa Himalayas for Data Archiving and Compliance instances residing in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. This release provides our users with a new feature to view and download individual group recordings for Microsoft Teams, annual recurring policies will now run from the date of creation, and improved UI and text across the platform.

1. View and Download Individual Group Recordings for Microsoft Teams
   To provide admins with more flexibility in how they retrieve recordings from Microsoft Teams, we have implemented a new feature to view and download specific recordings. The Group Provisioning and Mapping panel provides admins with a list of groups for their institution. When user recordings are filtered, only recordings for the selected groups will appear.
   
2. Annual Recurring Policy Will Now Run from the Date of Creation
   Previously, all annual recurring policies would run on the 31st of December. We have optimized this feature to run annually from the date the policy is created.
3. Bug Fixes and Optimizations
   
   • Resolved an issue where Automatic Enrollment did not add users under the Manual Enrollment list for the Blackboard Collaborate integration.
   • Improved UI design and text across the platform.

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. This update provides our users with a new Recurring Jobs tab, accurate file size representation, improvements to file restoration, and enhanced UI across Himalayas.

1. New Recurring Jobs Tab to View Active Data Management Policies
   Viewing all active and recurring Data Policies is now easier than ever. The new Recurring Jobs tab offers a comprehensive overview of recurring tasks associated with installed Data Policies. Admins have a quick snapshot of the Data Policy and its occurrence. We have also provided a View All button to showcase the list of files associated with the Data Policy.
   
2. Improved the Restore Behavior for Files
   We have made several improvements to the behavior of restored files. Administrators will now find it easier to manage and locate files within their Video Platform instance.
   • Files will be automatically restored to their original folder.
   • If the original folder no longer exists, Himalayas will restore the folder with the file.
   • If the original folder has been renamed, the file will be restored in the renamed folder.
   • If the Content Owner has been removed from the Video Platform, the file will be restored under the Administrator’s account inside the “Himalayas Restored” folder.
3. Data Explorer Now Offers the Ability to Search by Owner Email
   To expand upon our search filter capabilities for Data Explorer, this update allows Administrators to search for files based on the Content Owner’s email.
   
4. Added an Exclusion List for Videos to Not Be Archived By Recurring Policies
   Recurring policies may schedule a video to be archived again if a Content Owner restores their file. To prevent this from occurring, Administrators will be prompted by Himalayas to add the video to the exclusion list for 90 days to prevent a subsequent archive from taking place.
   
5. Himalayas Now Provides an Automatic Retry Feature for Failed Archives and Restores
   To provide our users with robust archiving and restoring capabilities, we have implemented an automatic retry feature for failed Jobs.
6. Manually Importing Zoom Videos Now Shows Individual Meetings 
   This update refreshes the user interface when users manually import their Zoom recordings. Instead of users seeing individual video streams for a multi-party meeting, the new interface will provide a simple view of the entire meeting as one video.

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. This Himalayas update focuses on providing our users an enhanced experience with our Data Management and Zoom Integration capabilities.

1. Policy Creator Now Offers the Ability to Exclude Videos
   This update provides Administrators the ability to exclude videos through the Video Without Tag rule. To learn more about this feature, please click here.
   
2. Users will be Emailed Upon Restore and Undo Completion
   Restore and undo operations may take several hours to complete; upon completion, the user who initiated the archive restore or undo will receive an email notification that the operation has been completed.
3. The Wait Time for the Enable Auto Caption Feature has been Reduced for Imported Zoom Videos
   
   Previously if Enable Auto Caption was selected, YuJa would auto-caption the imported video if Zoom had not provided a captioning file after four days. We have now reduced this time to eight hours.
   
4. Optimized Performance & Resolved Minor Bugs
   We have resolved several minor bugs and issues to improve media detection when running policies and archiving data.

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. This Himalayas release focuses on real-time Job progress updates, refining workflows for individual users using third-party video conferencing connectors, improving query times, and dozens of smaller improvements to the archiving experience.

1. Job Management Dashboard Now has Dynamic Progress Updates
   The Job Management Dashboard now tracks progress in real-time which provides Admins an accurate view of when a Job will be completed.
   
2. Refreshed UI for Third Party Connectors in My Account Tab
   To provide users with a better experience in managing their third-party integrations – including Zoom, WebEx, Blackboard Collaborate, and Microsoft Teams – the updated user interface implements a tab structure to organize the different connectors.
   
3. Enhanced the Robustness of Restoring Content from Himalayas
   With the enhancements made to our backend infrastructure, Himalayas Jobs to restore content – that is, bringing it out from Archive Storage – are now more efficient and robust. While not a common occurrence, anytime an Archive Job fails to be restored, Admins will have the ability to to remove failed Jobs.
   
4. Improved Query Performance in Data Management
   We have improved the query performance in the Data Management tool. Admins will experience a quicker turnaround time after running a policy to identify content.

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. This release delivers new functionality to perform Active Storage Archives, the ability for non-Admins to manually import third-party video conference recordings, the ability to download large zip archives, and more.

Keep in mind that many of the capabilities provided within YuJa Himalayas are also available to customers that license only the Enterprise Video Platform.

1. New “Active Storage Archive” Provides Video Platform Customers with the Ability to Archive Content to Reduce Active Storage Utilization
   Mirroring the capabilities offered by Himalayas, we’ve improved the Active EVP Archive functionality by making it possible for our non-Himalayas customers to have the ability to automate data policies and reduce storage usage. The “Active Storage Archive” process will retag the video as an Active Archived entity (which then offers limited use of the video itself) and removes optional transcodes. Admins can opt to Unarchive content back to the original Content Owner, if desired. For more information on utilizing this feature, please click here.
   
2. Ability for Non-Admins to Selectively Browse Select and Import Video Conference Recordings from Zoom, Cisco WebEx, Blackboard Collaborate, and Microsoft Teams
   Previously, instructors and students did not have the ability to view and import third-party recordings; they could only opt-in or opt-out of a video conference ingestion workflow. With this update, individual users can selectively view, search and import their video conference recordings from third-party platforms, including Zoom, WebEx, Blackboard Collaborate, and Microsoft Teams. For more information on this feature, please click here.
   
3. Improved Download Zip Support With the Ability for Zipped Content to Span Multiple Zip Archives
   To refine the workflow of exporting very large amounts content to zip file, the Data Management tool will generate multiple zip files to support downloading over 20 GB of content at a time. Admins will receive a single email with links to each Zip Archive, as well as, an accompanying report containing information about the export.
   
4. Ability to Delete Selected Transcodes with Recurring Policy Actions
   To support every organization’s efforts to monitor and efficiently maintain storage usage, Admins can run data policies to remove select video transcodes. An accompanying summary report will be provided that itemizes how much storage was removed as a result of running the data policy.
   
5. Prioritize Zoom Caption Files when Importing Recordings
   For users enrolled in the Zoom integration, if Enable Auto Caption is selected, recordings will be automatically captioned using the Zoom-generated caption file (if available). This change will help customers use their Auto Caption minutes efficiently. If Zoom does not import the caption file within four days, YuJa will generate the auto-captions.
   
6. Refined the Notification Audit Log for Zoom Metadata Imports
   Continuing our efforts to provide comprehensive Audit Logs, Zoom-imported recordings now provide details about each imported metadata entity (Participant Lists, Caption files, and Polls). This will allow Admins with granular details on the import status of each Zoom metadata entity.
   
7. Enhancements to the Job Management Dashboard
   Administrators will now have access to a more comprehensive view of an archive job in Himalayas. The Job Details now include Total File Size and Number of Files in existing and upcoming archive jobs.

We have successfully pushed an update to all instances residing in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. This release focuses on new Zoom import options, as well as a refreshed UI for the Zoom Enterprise Connector.

1. Admin Option to Modify Streams for Zoom Imports
   After a user records a video on Zoom they are given different display views of that recording. This update allows Administrators to select the specific display of imported Zoom recordings. To learn more about this feature, please click here.
2. Refreshed User Interface for the Zoom Integration Settings
   This update refreshes the look of the Zoom integration settings by organizing the layout and usability of the configurations. Splitting the layout into three separate tabs: Integration Setup, User Provisioning, and Import Configuration.