Meeting starting at 7 and one ending at 7

Hi ​@ClerkatWork!

Thank you for joining Zoom Community!

If you’re the only host on that licensed account and concurrent meetings aren’t enabled, you can’t actively host two meetings at the same time. If you try, Zoom will prompt you to end the first meeting before starting the second, and participants may see messaging indicating the host has another meeting in progress.

Best setup for your 6:00 PM / 7:00 PM overlap

1. Assign an Alternative Host for the 7:00 PM meeting

• Yes—an alternative host can start and fully run the 7:00 PM meeting without you present, as long as they’re on the same account and properly eligible/licensed for alternative host. (They start it as host; you can join later.)

2. Consider Join Before Host carefully

• If you enable Join Before Host, participants can enter before you arrive. Depending on your meeting settings, they may be able to talk to each other (audio/video/chat) before you join.
• Also note: Join Before Host can create confusion if people join early or join the wrong meeting ID, and it can contribute to “host account in use” situations.

Recommended workarounds for churches/organizations

• Use two licensed users (two hosts) on the account: one scheduled/assigned to the 6:00 PM meeting and another to the 7:00 PM meeting (or at least have a licensed alternative host for the second).
• If you must keep one main host, set the 7:00 PM meeting’s Alternative Host to a trusted staff member who can start on time, then you join when ready.

You can also check out this link for more detailed information.
Hosting multiple meetings simultaneously

Hi ​@ClerkatWork ,

Your standard pro licence does not allow you to run two meetings at the same time.
Please be careful because trying to get around this could get you in trouble with the “Zoom police”

If you are in a meeting as a guest and you let people join your next meeting before you, then this is possible. That is “join before host.”

There is no simple workaround. For pro users, only one account should be in a meeting at a time.
If you upgraded you have some more options.

I would also recommend the same article,
https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0068522

John

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