Starting/joining a meeting from Zoom Room
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There are several ways to join or start a meeting from a Zoom Room. If your Zoom Room is integrated with a calendar service, you start from the scheduled meeting list. You can also join by calling out or entering a meeting ID.
Note: This article applies to rooms with iOS or Android room controllers.
This article covers:
- How to start a scheduled meeting as the host
- How to start an instant meeting
- How to join a meeting using the meeting ID
- How to join a meeting using meeting history
- Other methods to start or join a meeting
Prerequisites for starting or joining a meeting from a Zoom Room
- Zoom Rooms version 5.9.0 and higher
- Zoom Rooms controller version 5.9.0 and higher
How to start a scheduled meeting as the host
- Tap Home on the Zoom Room controller.
- Tap the topic of your scheduled meeting.
Note: To display meetings from a calendar service, you must integrate the Zoom Room with Google Calendar, Office 365, Exchange 2016/13, Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2007. - Tap Start.
How to start an instant meeting
- Tap Contacts in the left panel.
- Tap a contact you want to meet with.
- Tap Meet to start an instant meeting.
How to join a meeting using the meeting ID
- Tap Home in the left panel.
- Tap Join and enter the meeting ID using the number pad.
- Tap Join.
Note: If multiple Zoom Rooms join a meeting, the first one to join becomes the meeting host. If you're supposed to be the host, you can claim host by using the host key.
How to join a meeting using meeting history
- Tap Home in the left panel.
- Tap Join then tap the
icon to display recently-joined meetings. - Tap the meeting topic to join.
Note: The meeting history list only displays meetings that were joined by entering the meeting ID.
Other methods to start or join a meeting
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