Final release for Webex Productivity Tools

The June (42.6) release was the last release for Productivity Tools. The final release for Productivity Tools for Mac was 41.5 as Microsoft blocked injection-based plugins on Mac.

Microsoft Outlook customers who wish to schedule Webex meetings from Microsoft Outlook should move to the Webex Scheduler add-in.

Support policy guidelines

  • After a Webex site version declares end-of-support (EOS) or end-of-life (EOL) status, the associated Productivity Tools version is also no longer supported. For example, WBS33.0.X has EOL status, so associated versions of Productivity Tools aren't supported.

  • If there's a security enforcement that requires you to upgrade to a minimum version of Productivity Tools, that version becomes the minimum supported version.

  • Cisco reserves the right to make updates to this support policy. Any updates to the policy are reflected in this document.

Deployment recommendations

Best Practices:

  • Deploy the version of Productivity Tools that was released with the Webex site version.

  • To enable automatic updates for Productivity Tools:

    • In Webex Site Administration, select Configuration > Common Site Settings and enable Automatically update Productivity Tools when new versions are available

    • In Control Hub, go to Services > Meeting > Sites , and choose the Webex site to configure. Then, click Configure Site > Common Settings > Desktop Application > Automatically upgrade Webex Productivity Tools when New versions are available .


     

    Automatic updates on Mac require administrator privileges for all versions. If the customer is in a lockdown environment where end users don't have administrator rights, mass deploy updates instead of enabling Automatically update Productivity Tools when new versions are available .

Productivity Tools compatibility with Webex site versions

  • We highly recommend that customers update their version of Productivity Tools to the latest version available.

  • Productivity Tools have forward compatibility with limited backward compatibility.

Productivity Tools version

Webex site version

WBS39.5.x (packaged with the desktop app)

WBS39.5 - WBS39.10

WBS39.6.x (packaged with the desktop app)

WBS39.5 - WBS39.10

WBS39.7.x (packaged with the desktop app)

WBS39.5 - WBS39.10

WBS39.8.x (packaged with the desktop app)

WBS39.5 - WBS39.10

WBS39.9.x (packaged with the desktop app)

WBS39.5 - WBS39.10

WBS39.10.3 (decoupled from the desktop app, minimum version)

WBS39.5 - WBS39.10

WBS39.11.x and Later (decoupled from the desktop app)

WBS39.5 and later

EOS and EOL

WBS31 reached EOL on Oct. 26, 2018. Productivity Tools versions 31.x.x.xxx are no longer supported.

WBS32 reached EOL on May 24, 2019. Productivity Tools versions 32.x.x.xxx are no longer supported.

WBS33.6 reached EOL on Feb. 28, 2020. Productivity Tools versions 33.x.x.xxx are no longer supported.

Webex Meetings desktop app compatibility

With WBS39.10, Cisco decoupled the Productivity Tools with the Webex Meetings desktop app. The Productivity Tools from version 39.10.x and later is only compatible with the Webex Meetings desktop app versions 39.10.x and above.