Restrict Access to Join Zoom Meeting for Staff
Authenticated profiles allow meeting hosts to restrict participants who can join a Zoom meeting or webinar. The meeting can be restricted to UAlbany users with *@albany.edu email addresses only or to any user with a Zoom account. This setting will force participants to log into Zoom before they can join the meeting or webinar. If you are faculty or a student, these settings are already in place. Visit here to learn more.
If a participant tries to join the meeting or webinar before logging into Zoom according to the authentication set by the meeting host, they will receive one of the following messages:Â
if the participant is not logged into Zoom:
if the participant is logged in, but with an email address other than UAlbany Mail, *@albany.edu:
To use Authenticated Profiles for Zoom Meeting:
Sign In at https://albany.zoom.us
Click on Settings
Enable the options by clicking on the toggle so they are blue: Only authenticated users can join meetings and Only authenticated users can join meetings from Web client.Â
Now, Schedule a Zoom meeting
Under Meeting Options, click Only authenticated users can join
ÂThe default option is for UAlbany Users only.Â
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Click the arrow next to UAlbany Users to select the option for Anyone with Zoom.
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