Simultaneously meeting without host

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February 17, 2023
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I have a business plan and I found out from this resource (https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206122046-Can-I-host-concurrent-meetings-) that I can host two meetings simultaneously. My question is whether I can enable the 'join before host' setting for both meetings, so that the host doesn't need to join

Best answer by Ray_Harwood

Here's the current Zoom Support article that covers multiple simultaneous meetings:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206122046-Hosting-multiple-meetings-simultaneously

Please note the second bullet in the prerequisites section:

Host must start the meeting

I'm not sure if you must start both meetings, but if there is a meeting in progress (whether you started it or not), then you must start the second meeting. You colleague can't initiate the second meeting by joining it, even if Join Before Host is enabled.

If you are on a Business Plan account, this should work for you. You mentioned you "have a business plan", and I'm hoping you mean Business Plan (capital letters) which is a distinct Zoom billing term for accounts with 10 or more licensed users, as opposed to "business plan" (small letters) meaning "a plan I use for my own business."

Ray_Harwood

Community Super Champion | Customer

Welcome to the Zoom Community, @muflihfq.

I took a fresh look at relevant Zoom documents with your question in mind, and I don't see any reason you couldn't set that for both meetings.

Give it a try and test it. It would be helpful for you to come back here and report your results, so others will know.

M

muflihfqAuthor

Newcomer

Thanks for the response, Ray. However, I've tried creating two meetings from the API using the same licensed user as host. While I (as participant) was able to join the first meeting, my colleague (also a participant) received an error message when attempting to join the second meeting, stating that the 'host is already in another meeting.' Did I miss something or are there additional settings that need to be configured?

Ray_HarwoodAnswer

Community Super Champion | Customer

Here's the current Zoom Support article that covers multiple simultaneous meetings:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206122046-Hosting-multiple-meetings-simultaneously

Please note the second bullet in the prerequisites section:

Host must start the meeting

I'm not sure if you must start both meetings, but if there is a meeting in progress (whether you started it or not), then you must start the second meeting. You colleague can't initiate the second meeting by joining it, even if Join Before Host is enabled.

If you are on a Business Plan account, this should work for you. You mentioned you "have a business plan", and I'm hoping you mean Business Plan (capital letters) which is a distinct Zoom billing term for accounts with 10 or more licensed users, as opposed to "business plan" (small letters) meaning "a plan I use for my own business."

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