Update to NORDUnet Zoom licensing scheme May 1, 2024

Please refer to your NREN representative for any questions.

Background to changes

Preparing for the migration to the Zoom Nodes Architecture, that will allow for access to all Zoom cloud features in addition to the on-premise, we have now already been moved over to the new license plan, Zoom one for education – Enterprise Essentials.

This was expected but have played out a little different than anticipated.

This means that several things have changed, and new features are now available.

Below you will find a summary of the changes.

Licenses now included

First range of changes relates to license being included in the new license plan.

If you check billing on the Zoom portal (https://eu01web.zoom.us/billing) you’ll notice;

Large Meeting 500 - licenses are cancelled.

That is an effect of them being included in Zoom One for Education Enterprise Essentials in the ratio of 1:1.

Webinar 500 - licenses are cancelled.

That is an effect of them being included in Zoom One for Education Enterprise Essentials in the ratio of 1:1.

Zoom Room – Licenses are cancelled.

That is an effect of them being included in Zoom One for Education Enterprise Essentials with a ratio of 25:1. This means that even the smallest organisations set to 500 FTE’s will have 20 licenses available.  (Some of the larger accounts will not be able to run out of Zoom Rooms licenses any time soon.)

Room Connector – Licenses are cancelled.

That is an effect of them being included in Zoom One for Education Enterprise Essentials with a ratio of 25:1. This means that even the smallest organisations set to 500 FTE’s will have 20 licenses available.  (Some of the larger accounts will not be able to run out of Room Connector licenses any time soon.)

New features available to all customers

• Zoom Clips Plus – is available to all users.
• Zoom Whiteboards – Unlimited Whiteboards is available to all users.
• Zoom Notes – is available to all users.
• Zoom Team Chat – is available to all users.

Below you will find the view from the billing admin console providing an overview.

Important Notices

Zoom Cloud Recording

The current on-premise Cloud Recording will continue to work as is.

Zoom Cloud Recording and Cloud storage is currently NOT available but will become part of the new Hybrid Cloud Service that will become available as of October 1, 2024.

You will also find other things that are currently NOT available on-premise, but will become part of the new Hybrid Cloud Service that will become available as of October 1, 2024.

Single Sign On

An effect of the new Zoom One for Education Enterprise Essentials (ZOfEEE) licenses for all users is that a lot of things are included, which means accounts that assign licenses via SSO may need to change their configuration.