Zoom Virtual Waiting Rooms

As of April 2, 2020, this feature will be on by default.

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. You can send all participants to the waiting room when joining your meeting or only guests, participants who are not on your Zoom account or are not signed in. 

To disable this feature:

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. In the navigation menu, click Account Management then Account Settings (if you are an account administrator) or Settings (if you are an account member).
3. On the Meeting tab, navigate to the Waiting Room option under In-Meeting (Advanced) and toggle the switch to disable.

To use Waiting Room:

1. Toggle the switch on.

 2. Select who you want to admit to the waiting room.

• All participants: All participants joining your meeting will be admitted to the waiting room. 
• Guest participants only: Only participants who are not on your Zoom account or are not logged in will be admitted to the waiting room. If not logged in, they will have an option to log in.
  Note: If Guest participants only is enabled, you can also enable the option to allow internal participants (users on the account), to admit guests from the waiting room if the host is not in the meeting. 

 3. Participants will see the following screen when joining a meeting with Waiting Room enabled:

FOR MACS - 

Enabling or disabling Waiting Room during a meeting

1. As the meeting host, click Manage Participants.
   
2. Click More and choose Put Attendee in Waiting Room on Entry to enable or disable the feature.
   

Admitting participants during a meeting

1. As the meeting host, click Manage Participants.
   
2. Click Admit to have the participant join the meeting.
   

Admit all participants from the Waiting Room

1. As the meeting host, click Manage Participants.
   
2. Click Admit all.
   

Sending participants to the Waiting Room during a meeting

1. As the meeting host, click Manage Participants.
2. Click More next to the participant's name and choose Put in Waiting Room.
   

FOR WINDOWS:

Enabling or disabling Waiting Room during a meeting

1. As the meeting host, click Manage Participants.
   
2. Click More at the bottom of the participants' window and choose Put Attendee in Waiting Room on Entry to enable or disable the feature.
   

Admitting participants during a meeting

1. As the meeting host, click Manage Participants.
   
2. Click Admit to have the participant join the meeting.
   

Admit all participants from the Waiting Room

1. As the meeting host, click Manage Participants.
   
2. Click Admit all.
   

Sending participants to the Waiting Room during a meeting

1. As the meeting host, click Manage Participants.
2. Click More next to the participant's name and choose Put in Waiting Room.