Video: Select on or off for the host and participants to determine whether or not their video feed will be turned on when joining. Waiting Room: Another security setting, this one requires the host to admit users one by one to the meeting. Zoom will automatically generate a passcode of random numbers or letters, but you can change it to something that's easier to remember. Passcode: This security setting helps to ensure that only intended guests can access your meeting. It's ideal for people you meet with regularly, once someone has a link to your Personal Meeting ID they can join any time the meeting is being used. Zoom notes that your Personal Meeting ID is a virtual meeting room that's always resolved for you. Meeting ID: You can have Zoom generate a unique meeting ID (which is deleted after the meeting ends) or you can use your Personal Meeting ID.

Note that Zoom meetings are created in your time zone, and for anyone that adds the meeting to their calendar the time will automatically be adjusted to their time zone.

Click the box next to Recurring meeting for Zoom meetings that happen at a similar time and date every week. Is it a catchup between friends? A weekly progress meeting with your team? Choose something descriptive so that coordinating calendar reminders will let attendees know the general subject of the meeting at a glance.ĭate & Time: Here, you can schedule exactly when the meeting starts and ends. Topic: By default, Zoom will set the topic as 's Zoom Meeting, but you can change it to more accurately describe what will be discussed. You can customize a number of Zoom meeting settings when you schedule it.

Starting a zoom meeting