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Basic Plan - allow participants to join before host

  • October 5, 2021
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Hi, 

 

Is it possible on the Basic Plan - allow participants to join before host? If so, how?

 

I saw on thread that it is possible to allow participants to join before host, but there was no explanation on how that was done (as the thread was not question):

https://community.zoom.com/t5/Meetings/Zoom-cuts-off-at-exactly-30-minutes/m-p/4046#M1635

 

I have read the Zoom support article and for me, 

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/202828525-Allow-participants-to-join-before-host

 

There is only Advance Options>Allow participants to Join Anytime, is this the same?

There is no 'Join Before Host' (I'm using Basic Plan)

It mentions:

"User

If you turn on Join Before Host in your meeting settings, it will be on by default for any newly scheduled meetings, but you will be able to uncheck it when scheduling a meeting."

 

I tried creating a new meeting, but it is the same. There is no 'Join Before Host' since I can not find the Account Management then Account Settings. in my Zoom. 

 

I have updated my Zoom version today. The article mentions that this feature only works on Zoom client version 5.4.0 or higher.

 

Please advise if you can. 

 

    Best answer by Rupert

    @Rupert thanks for the reassurance. 

     This answers my query. 

     

    If you don't mind me assking, since you sound like you may know the answer:

     

    Q. If I don't end up joining, after 2 other participants have 'joined before host', does that mean that they will not have cut off after 40mins?

    Or does that rule only apply to 2 attendess, one of which, must be the host?


    Hi @JoannA6 

     

    I had to look it up, but does this help you?

     

     

     

     

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    Rupert
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    Rupert
    Community Champion | Customer
    October 5, 2021

    Hi 

     

    Join anytime and before host I think are the same thing  - just changes in terminology over time.

     

    This is generally set-up on a per-meeting basis, when you create a meeting.

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      JoannA6Author
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      October 5, 2021

      @Rupert thanks for the explanation. I did not think it was just a rebranding of term. 

       

      Does that mean that this function is not avaliable on reoccuring meetings?

      Rupert
      Community Champion | Customer
      Rupert
      Community Champion | Customer
      October 5, 2021

      So in https://zoom.us/profile/setting the Setting is:

       

      "Allow participants to join before host"

       

       

      When setting up the actual meeting you need 

      "Allow participants to join anytime"

       

      I don't think recurrence makes a different. I was able to set up a meeting with both. 

       

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        JoannA6Author
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        October 5, 2021

        @Rupert thanks for the reassurance. 

         This answers my query. 

         

        If you don't mind me assking, since you sound like you may know the answer:

         

        Q. If I don't end up joining, after 2 other participants have 'joined before host', does that mean that they will not have cut off after 40mins?

        Or does that rule only apply to 2 attendess, one of which, must be the host?

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          sowheel
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          October 19, 2023

          I am very confused by this. I hold a meeting which has been going since 2020 and is attended internationally. Recently we tried to give the host role to someone who lives in another country but then my Zoom account wouldn't let her in, unless I replied to an email. So we tried to change it to 'Join before host' so that everyone could get into the meeting but it doesn't work. Do you have to set this up initially when you first set up the meeting? 

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