2021.3

Student / Staff Experience
Feature	Benefit
Performance improvements	Since a fast and responsive desktop is essential for a good user experience, we continue to test and optimize streaming performance. In this release, we have opened a new channel for H264 and addressed issues with H264 on Chrome. These changes significantly improve performance, especially for graphics-intensive applications.
USB streaming (Arduino POC)	Ability to communicate back and forth between the virtual desktop and a USB device connected to the user’s physical device. We have completed a proof of concept for “USB streaming” with Arduino boards. Our next test will be with WACOM devices. This feature will be ready for beta testing around August 20. Please email heather@apporto.com if you’d like beta access.
Enhancements and bug fixes	Enhancements and bug fixes: Fixed a printing issue in a 3rd party technology that caused the desktop to freeze when printing to pdf Added free text search to Sessions and the Audit Trail (previously this was only available in the Users screen) Addressed accessibility gaps in the login page, profile, App Store, and desktop ribbon menu Achieved a Lighthouse performance score of 80% on www.apporto.com Began development of the Next Generation App Store

Admin Experience
Feature	Benefit
User location map	To provide insight into where users are logging in from, we’ve added a Users Location Map in the Admin Dashboard (bottom right corner). The map uses geo-IP data to approximate user location. The default view is for North America, but you may toggle to see a world map.
Enhancements and bug fixes	Enhancements and bug fixes: Began development of Next Gen services to improve performance of bulk operations for user creation, editing, and deletion Migrated remaining customers to new web architecture, ensuring redundancy