In the Waiting Room section, click Admit next to a participant's name to allow them to join the meeting.Īdmit all participants from the Waiting RoomĮnable or disable Waiting Room during a meeting.

As the meeting host, click Participants.

Alternatively, participants unable to update due to IT restrictions, can join through the web client instead.

If two-way chat with Waiting Room participants is enabled, the host and all participants will be required to upgrade to the minimum version or higher to join meetings.

You can only enable Waiting Room for these meetings using the Security option in your in-meeting controls.

The Waiting Room is disabled by default for instant meetings and Zoom Phone calls elevated to a meeting.

Use a webinar practice session as an alternative. You can set internal account members or participants with a specific domain to bypass the Waiting Room.

If the Waiting Room is enabled and set to capture all incoming participants, join before host will not work for that meeting.

Requires Zoom enablement and enabled on the Zoom web portal.

A meeting scheduled with Waiting Room enabled.

Zoom mobile app for Android or iOS: Global minimum version or higher.

Zoom desktop client for Windows, macOS, or Linux: Global minimum version or higher.

Prerequisites for using Waiting Room Use Waiting Room, two-way chat, and sharing video You can also customize the Waiting Room screen with your own logo, title, and description, or add a video to be watched before joining. Participants will see the following screen when joining a meeting with Waiting Room enabled: As the host, you can also choose to automatically move participants to the Waiting Room while a meeting is in progress if you lose connection from the meeting. You can send all participants to the Waiting Room when joining your meeting, or you can allow participants from your Zoom account and participants with specified domains to bypass the Waiting Room. As the meeting host, you can admit attendees one by one, or hold all attendees in the Waiting Room and admit them all at once.

The Waiting Room feature allows the host to control when a participant joins the meeting.

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