Zoom Desktop Clients can be preconfigured for macOS by IT Admins to download preconfigured settings to activate Zoom. It is necessary to create a .plist file and install it with the IT Admins Installer for macOS in order to complete this installation.

You can enforce the settings or set them as just the defaults, so the end-user is still able to make modifications after deployment.

With Zoom Device Management, you can centrally control desktop client and mobile app settings in the Zoom web portal, through which you can enroll the desktop client and manage the settings from the Zoom web portal.

Install Zoom on Windows, Android, and iOS devices, as well as learn how to set up the program with preconfigured settings. Furthermore, Zoom is able to manage desktop applications and mobile apps centrally by using their own Device Management platform.

Prerequisites for using the IT admin installer

• MacOS desktop client for IT admins

How to download the admin desktop client installer

1. Visit the Zoom Download Center to get the latest version of Zoom
2. After clicking on Download for IT Admin, select the Zoom Client for Meetings option and click the Download button.

Priority of settings

There are multiple places where you can set up your settings. The Zoom Admin and the IT Admin have the ability to customize some Zoom settings, but end-users can also modify some settings if they are requested to do so. This priority will prevail if two Zoom settings are in conflict:

1. Through ZDM you can deploy and lock settings
2. There is no setting deployed via us.zoom.config.plist under PackageRecommendation that is applicable
3. For the account or group that has its Web settings locked
4. According to the user selected Client setting
5. Under the PackageRecommend section of us.zoom.config.plist you will find the settings that have been deployed
6. In addition to the settings that are yet to be locked down

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How to create and configure the .plist file

A .plist file is required when configuring Zoom Desktop on macOS. When you deploy Zoom without configuring the .plist file, the default configuration will be used.

How to require and recommend default settings

There is an option to enforce or set the settings from within the plist, or users can choose to set the settings according to their personal preferences.

• The client will install with the settings configured, but again the user has the freedom to change the settings after deployment, if the plist key is set under PackageRecommend.
• The client will install with those settings required if the PLIS key is set outside the PackageRecommend key, and at that point, the user will not be able to adjust them.

In that case, you would need to place the following file in your Plist folder: If you want Automatically enter full screen when viewing shared content to be enabled by default, but disallow Google and Facebook logins completely:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>NoGoogle</key>
<true/>
<key>NoFacebook</key>
<true/>
<key>PackageRecommend</key>
<dict>
<key>zAutoFullScreenWhenViewShare</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

Available configuration options

Notes:

• (A)
• Devices in the China region are only able to take advantage of these options.
• (B)
• If you do not have an account ID, please have an administrator or owner of the account contact Support for assistance.
• (C)
• It is required that an account admin or owner of the account contact Support to enable this feature. To have access to Device Policy Management, the owner needs to edit the role to which they have access. To obtain the token required for Device Policy Management, simply go to the Device Policy Management page.

**Important notes regarding AutoUpdate

On versions before 5.8.6, AutoUpdate is not a true autoupdate feature. The desktop client will not automatically keep itself up to date with the latest client version if this option is selected. Users will only be able to manually check for updates. If you wish to accomplish something closer to an auto-update, please use the EnableSilentAutoUpdate or AlwaysCheckLatestVersion options.

The AutoUpdate feature allows you to download and install updates automatically, according to your preference, based on Slow or Fast release cadences. In the SetUpdatingChannel option below, you can set the cadence of automatic updates.

Note: An MSI file containing the VDI Host Installer can use the same switches as the standard MSI file type that is used for client installations. The installer can be deployed in a similar manner to any other piece of software. MSI configurations for the VDI Client and the non-VDI Client are similar. All options, except AutoUpdate, can be configured accordingly.

How to deploy Zoom

Find a sample .plist file where all of the above settings are enabled by default here.

After the .plist file has been constructed, it needs to be named us.zoom.config.plist in order to be able to be used. The installation will automatically place the .plist file in the /Library/Preferences folder as long as the file is in the same filepath as ZoomInstallerIT.pkg. This is because the ZoomInstallerIT.pkg is located in the same directory as the .plist file.

In addition to pushing the .plist file through JAMF, Intune, AirWatch, or any other solution, you can also deploy IT packages through these solutions. In addition to the us.zoom.config.plist, Zoom also tries to read the zoom.client.plist. There is a Managed Preferences folder located in /Library/Managed Preferences in Mac OS X.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where are Zoom settings stored on Mac?

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