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 waiting room 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 wantto activate the waiting room functionto control when participants access your meeting, you should know that when activating this function all the participants that 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 eleven.

Also, in case you lose connection during a meeting, you can choose the option 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 web page.
2. Then, sign in to Zoom, with an admin who has the privilege to edit groups.
3. In the navigation pane, click on “User Management”and then select the “Group Management” option.
4. You will then need to click on the name of the group you want to enable the feature on and then click on the “Meeting” tab.
5. In the “Security” section, you will need to check that the “Lounge” 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 will only have to click on ”Activate”.
6. In the event that the waiting room option is gray, it means that it is locked at the account level.
7. To specify the options of your waiting room, you will have to click on “Edit options”, and you will be able to make the modifications that you see fit.
8. If you want this setting to be mandatory for all usersin this group, you just have to click on the ”Lock” icon, and to confirm the setting you have to click on “Lock”.

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 ”Account Management”, then click “ Account Settings”.
3. Then, you will need to 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 on your account, click the “Lock” icon and then click ”Lock” to confirm this setting.

for your own use

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal from your computer.
2. You will then need to log in with your Zoom account.
3. Click on ”Settings”which is located in the navigation panel of your account.
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 case the setting is disabled, you only need to click on the button to enable it, and a verification dialog box will be displayed, where you should click on “Activate”.
7. Please note that if the option is greyed out, it means that it is lockedat the group or account level, and to change this you will need to contact your Zoom account administrator.
8. Then click ”Edit options” to configure your waiting room.

How to set up your Zoom meeting waiting room the right way?

If after activating your waiting room you wish 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 disable it, when the lobby is enabled again, the setting will be at the user level until this setting is 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 set up 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 that some users are sent to the lobby , such as users who are not in your account or users who are not in your account and who They are not part of the allowed list. You should note that only users who are 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’re an administrator of a Zoom account, you should know that you can delegate other users to admit participants who are in the lobby, so if you assign a host or co-host , they will be able to admit people to the meeting. users who are not in your account or users who are not in your account and who are not part of the allow list.