Release Notes for Virtual Events
  • 17 Feb 2025

Release Notes for Virtual Events


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Artikel-Zusammenfassung

Consult this section for the latest Virtual Event features.

DateFeatureDescription
February 2025
  • Delete Event
  • Send scheduled e-mails only to opted-in users
You as an event owner can now delete events. This option is found at the bottom of the "Operations" section in the cockpit. All user data will be deleted with the event.

When scheduling an e-mail to be sent automatically, you have now the option to only send the e-mail to users who have opted-in before. This option only makes sense in combination with the "Enforce double opt-in" option.
Januar 2025
  • Attendees list & more
The guest list has been merged with the attendees list and can now be found in the "Attendees" section.

Email Templates and more can now be accessed via the hamburgermenu on the right.

A new filter "Not Attended" has been added.
December 2024
  • Internal title for broadcasts
  • Q&A Clipboard copy
You can now add an internal title to broadcast messages to make it easier for you to create a simple list of preconfigured broadcast events.

You can now copy the questions asked on the Q&A Board easily.
October 2024
  • Additional APIs
  • Custom Help & Favicon
  • Remove pictures
Three additional APIs are now enabled. This allows you to fully integrate the platform into existing CRM and email workflows you might already have.

Under Look & Feel you can now easily upload your own custom help & favicon.

You can now easily remove both speaker as well as profile pictures.
September 2024
  • Whiteboard
  • Event date formatting
  • Speaker info URL
  • Skip event page
  • Export all Q&A
  • Registration form - Country
You can now start/stop a whiteboard function in a video conference, that can be used to quickly draw, type and work on something together.

Its now possible to hide the event start and end date to improve "always on" events.

On the speaker info page, you can now additionally show an extra URL.

A new option that allows your users to skip the event page while the event is live is now available in the cockpit configuration page.

As well, you can now export all Q&A questions in one simple CSV file in the cockpit.

You can now limit the location field in the registration form to Country-only selection.
August 2024
  • Additional API's
  • Limit event registration to specific domains
New API's have been added. This allows you to fully integrate the platform into existing CRM and email workflows you might already have.

You can now limit the event registration to specific domains. Only users with an email from the allowed domains will be able to register to this event.
July 2024
  • Double-Opt-in
  • Download Transcript & Webinar Chat
You can now use our new Double-Opt-in workflow.

Its also possible to download your Video conference / Webinar transcript and integrated chat content after an event.
June 2024
  • Host overview
  • Search events
  • Tags Rooms Overview
You can now find the option to access a Host overview in the cockpit. This shows you all users with HOST rights in your event.

A search function was added in the cockpit to find past events.

Lastly, you can now see which tags are assigned to which room to make sure all rooms are set up correctly.
May 2024
  • Anonymous events
  • GDPR Company info options
  • Q&A answer feature
You can now also create anonymous events in Virtual Events where everyone can join without having to login.

As well, you can now provide your own GDPR compliant security policy.

Lastly, you can now answer Q&A questions directly on the page and the management board. Your answer will be shown next to the question.
April 2024
  • Webinar mode
  • Ondemand Video (Embedded App)
You can now activate "Webinar mode" for the main stage and rooms.

As well, you can now show an ondemand video when your event has ended. If selected, the landing page will replace the event banner with the entered url/video player.
March 2024
  • Customizable main stage pane
  • Calendar busy
On the Main Stage you can now customize the 2nd pane content to start with one of the following options: Participants list, Empty (hide), Q&A, Chat, Polls, Custom URL

All future calendar entries/invites will now show up as busy to make sure your calendar is blocked during an event.
February 2024
  • Custom feedback form
You can now redirect users to your custom feedback form on the configuration tab. (Post-event redirect)
December 2023
  • Agenda sessions without location
The location field for sessions in the agenda is now optional and can be left blank.
November 2023
  • Support translation of the Event Title
  • Common areas selection in custom maps
  • Export users' emails on non-anonymous polls
  • Improved PDF viewer
  • Improved Networking Circles background
The multi-language capabilities were extended to include the event title, further supporting our commitment to multi-lingual event experiences.

The Custom Maps now allow selecting any common area of your event as a target destination from a specific area on the map.

You can now export the user email addresses alongside the first and last names in non-anonymous poll results.
October 2023
  • Improved Networking Circles tool
  • Rich Text app in rooms
The Networking Circles tool was enhanced to provide a smoother user experience.

A new app for rooms was added allowing you to share rich text with embedded links, images, and varied formatting.
September 2023
  • Delete Q&A questions
  • File preview as a room app
  • Add .ics calendar for agenda sessions
  • Dutch language support
As a moderator, you now have the capability to delete any Q&A question during your event.

A new feature within our rooms is available – the File Preview app. With this addition, users can now select a specific file from their event files directory.

We introduce a feature that allows attendees to download the calendar invite for specific sessions.

Virtual Events now also supports Dutch language.
August 2023
  • Q&A Export, 
  • MS teams integration
  • Enhanced multilingual support

You can now easily export the questions from the Q&A sessions in your event in CSV format for review, analysis and archiving.

As well, you can now connect your Virtual Event to Microsoft Teams and Azure Communication Services for more flexibility and control over your video calls.

Lastly, event descriptions and custom lobby descriptions can now be translated into multiple languages.

July 2023
  • Event map video embedding and resizing
  • Multilingual agenda support

You can now directly embed videos in your custom event maps. To find out how to embed a video, consult this article.

As well, multilingual support for the agenda is now supported, specifically for the session titles, session descriptions and speaker biographies. This article contains information on how to use this feature.

June 2023
  • Multiple e-mail templates
  • Schedule send
You can now create and store multiple e-mail templates for the guest list. As well, you can now schedule when you want to send the e-mail invitation. For more information, please consult this article.
June 2023
  • Automatic translation of event description
You can now automate translations of event descriptions written in English, in addition to providing your event description in multiple languages. For more information, please consult this article.
June 2023
  • Multiple Q&A sessions
You can now add multiple Q&A sessions to the main stage and meeting rooms of your event. This section is now available by default in the navigation bar. To find out more about its key features, consult this article.
May 2023
  • Navigation bar additions
  • networking app in rooms
  • custom font upload
  • updated API documentation
  • Full customization of calendar invites

The following improvements have been implemented:

You can now use the Networking circles app in your event rooms.

In Look and Feel, you can now add room and categories to the navigation bar. You can also upload custom fonts to reflect your organization's corporate identity/design.

If your event is protected by a guest list, you can completely personalize the content of the calendar invites that are emailed to participants.

Note that if you're using the Virtual Events API, you should add a header Content-type to "application/JSON" to your API request.

April 2023
  • File explorer
You can now manage event files in the event cockpit, including adding folders, subfolders and files. At the event level, the Event Files app enables participants to access the files found within the structure created in the event cockpit. More information can be found in this article.
March 2023
  • Advanced settings
  • Enhanced attendee management

More advanced settings are now available in the configuration section of Virtual Events:

  • You can now determine where the user first arrives after accessing a Virtual Event.
  • You can prevent users from adding an event to their calendar if they have not registered.
  • Users may enter rooms with a single click.
  • Social buttons can now be removed with a configuration change in the cockpit

As well, attendees are easier to manage:

  • Attendees can be managed using drag and drop.
  • Attendees can be  shuffled in the networking area.

Users can now use keyboard shortcuts to use the navigation bar and the avatar menu.

If desired, hosts can also prevent users from leaving the mainstage.

March 2023
  • Full profile attendee download
You can now export the attendee list with all the fields of their profiles, including the custom fields added to their profiles. More information can be found in this article.



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