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Zoom Waiting Rooms

Overview

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

 

Enabling a Waiting Room

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal at uhd.zoom.us.
Zoom portal sign in button screenshot.  
 
  1. Click Meetings.
A screenshot of the meetings button in the Zoom navigation menu.
 
  1. Click the meeting topic you wish to enable the waiting room for. 
A screenshot of selecting a Zoom meeting.  
 
  1. At the very bottom of this page, click Edit.
A screenshot of the edit button for the Zoom meeting.
 
  1. Under the Security section, check Enable Waiting Room. 
A screenshot of Enable the waiting room feature in a Zoom meeting.
 
  1. Click Save.
A screenshot of the save button for a Zoom meeting.
 

You may now share or start your meeting as normal.

 

Watch a short video on how waiting rooms work:

 

 
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