Zoom Waiting Room Screen

Zoom provides the capability to enable a feature called waiting room to help manage when meeting participants are able to enter the meeting.

Zoom waiting room screen.

Use this tutorial to enable waiting rooms and customize a message to appear for those that join the meeting room. You will learn about customizing the waiting room. Sign in to the zoom web portal as an administrator with the privilege to edit groups. To enable waiting room for all members of a specific group.

Use the waiting room anytime you need to manage when participants join your hosted meeting. Click the group name then click the meeting tab. Use the zoom enable and customize waiting rooms to set up waiting rooms and use the steps below to manage participants in the waiting room. For additional help visit zoom s waiting room support documentation.

You will learn how to activate the waiting room in a meeting using the meeting settings. In the case of zoom the participants can either be in the waiting room or an active participant. So when there s enough space or current people to leave the meeting room you can allow the people waiting in the lobby to enter the meeting room. Under the security section verify the waiting room feature is enabled.

Learn more about how waiting rooms work. Waiting rooms are useful for virtual office hours and advising. The lobby can be considered as the waiting room.