Trial rooms and evolved whiteboarding sessions now available for everyone
Disclaimer 📢
The version 4.37 is a Cloud version. Therefore, the improvements and new features described below are only available for Cloud customers yet.
Of course, they will be available in the next certified version of iObeya for on-premise installations scheduled for Q2 2024.
Stay tuned!
General features
Trial rooms and evolved whiteboarding sessions now available for everyone
iObeya 4.37 introduces significant changes announced two months ago regarding two key features that enhance collaboration and visual management in large organizations: trial rooms and whiteboarding sessions.
Trial rooms are now available to all iObeya Cloud users and do not count toward active licenses, allowing any team or department to create virtual obeya rooms available for 30 days, free of charge, ideal for testing iObeya or supporting short-term collaboration rituals.
The whiteboarding session feature has also evolved and is now integrated into trial rooms, providing collaboration across multiple boards and full feature access of a standard iObeya room. Previously limited to a single session with only one board available for 48 hours, this evolution extends the capabilities for users who previously relied on the limited whiteboarding feature, providing a richer, more flexible collaborative experience.
When creating a trial room, users have two options:
- Start from a blank board: This option provides a quick way to initiate fast collaboration, similar to the original whiteboarding sessions.
- Start from a preconfigured template: Provided by the administrator, this template can help bootstrap the trial journey by setting up a room aligned with common use cases or standardized visual management practices.
Trial rooms will be listed separately from standard iObeya rooms, allowing quick access to them. Additionally, archived trial rooms will remain listed below the standard rooms, making it easy for users to request reopening a trial room by contacting the platform administrators.
Version 4.37 offers a new governance model that centralizes trial rooms in a dedicated domain on enterprise platforms which do not count toward active licenses, providing simplified governance for platform administrators. Additionally, a new action is available on trial rooms to convert them into a standard permanent room from the platform administration interface.
These changes extend the capabilities of iObeya for regular users of whiteboarding sessions, while also enabling any team or department in your organization to pilot and experiment with visual management for 30 days—completely free of charge. Spread the word to your colleagues and help everyone benefit from the enhanced collaboration experience.
Release notes 4.37
To learn more about what changed in iObeya 4.37, read the detailed Release notes to get the full list of changes and bug fixes included in this new version.
