How to enable the waiting room in your Zoom meetings

Zoom is the most used platform to make and schedule video calls , this is because the Zoom application has a wide variety of functions and tools that allow the user to have a satisfactory experience while using the platform to communicate with other people through of video calls . One of the functions that the Zoom application has is the waiting room, which allows the host to control the moment in which the participants access the meeting.

How to enable the waiting room in your ZOOM meetings – Windows, Mac and mobile

Index( )

1. What should you do to activate the waiting room in a Zoom meeting?
   1. with a group
   2. For all users of an account
   3. for your own use
2. How to set up your Zoom meeting lobby the right way?
   1. Who will go to the room?
   2. Who will be able to admit people to the waiting room?

What should you do to activate the waiting room in a Zoom meeting?

If you want to activate the waiting room function to control the moment in which the participants access your meeting, you should know that by activating this function all the participants who join your meeting will be sent to the waiting room, this will allow you to admit one by one to the participants or you can also admit them all at the same time.

Also, in case you lose connection during a meeting, you can choose to automatically move participants to the lobby while the meeting is in progress. If you want to activate the waiting room function, you must perform a series of steps.

with a group

1. Go to the Zoom website.
2. Then, log in to Zoom, with an administrator who has the privilege to edit groups.
3. In the navigation pane, click on “User Management”and then select the “Group Management” option.
4. Then, you will need to click on the name of the group you want to activate the feature and then click on the “Meeting” tab.
5. In the “Security” section, you need to check that the “Waiting room” option is enabledfor the group you have selected, and if the setting is disabled, you just need to click the button to enable the waiting room function . In the event that a verification dialog is displayed, you just have to click on ”Activate”.
6. In the case that the waiting room option is in a gray color, it means that it is blocked at the account level.
7. To specify the options of your waiting room, you must click on “Edit options”, and you will be able to make the modifications you see fit.
8. If you want this configuration to be mandatory for all usersof this group, you just have to click on the ”Lock” icon, and to confirm the configuration you must click on “Block”.

For all users of an account

1. Go to the Zoom web portal and sign in with an administrator account that has the privilege to editaccount settings.
2. Go to the navigation panel and click on ”Account Management”, then click on “ Account Settings”.
3. Then, you must check that the waiting room is enabled, in the Security section of your account. If it is disabled, you will need to select it before you can enable it, and a verification dialog will be displayed, where you will need to click Enable to confirm the change made.
4. Click “Edit Options” and specify your lobby settings .
5. In case you want this setting to be mandatory for all users of your account, click on the “Lock” icon and then click on ”Lock” to confirm this setting.

for your own use

1. Access the Zoom web portal from your computer.
2. Then you will have to log in with your Zoom account.
3. Click ”Settings”located in your account navigation panel.
4. Then, you will need to click on the ”Meeting” tab.
5. Then in the security section, you will have to check that the waiting room is enabled.
6. In the event that the configuration is disabled, you just have to click on the button to enable it, and a verification dialog box will be displayed, where you must click on “Activate”.
7. You need to note that if the option is grayed out, it means it is lockedat the group or account level, and you will need to contact your Zoom account administrator to change it.
8. Then click ”Edit Options” to set up your waiting room.

How to set up your Zoom meeting lobby the right way?

If after activating your waiting room you want to configure it, you can do so from the “Edit options” option, which will allow you to customize the waiting room at the user or general level . It is important to note that if you have customized the lobby at the user level and deactivate it, when the lobby is activated again, the setting will be at the user level until these settings are reset or locked on the account .

Who will go to the room?

To determine which participants will go to the lobby once they join the meeting, you will need to configure the lobby option for your account. And specify if you want all users to be admitted to your lobby or if you want to specify some users to be sent to the lobby , such as users not in your account or users not in your account who They are not part of the allow list. You should note that only users invited during the meeting by the host or co-hosts will be able to bypass the lobby.

Who will be able to admit people to the waiting room?

If you are an administrator of a Zoom account, you should know that you can delegate other users to admit the participants that are in the waiting room, so if you assign a host or co-host , they will be able to admit the meeting to the users who are not in your account or users who are not in your account and who are not part of the allow list.