Hi @ajk1962f,
I’m sorry for my late response.
Yes—this can be a real difference.
Zoom has separate sign-in “paths” depending on what you’re doing:
- Signing in to the Zoom Community/forum: you can be authenticated for the forum site, but that does not always mean you’re signed in to the Zoom Meetings experience.
- Joining/starting a meeting: you might be prompted to sign in again (in the browser or in the Zoom Workplace app), and meeting-specific settings can also block joining even if you’re “logged in” somewhere else.
To confirm what’s happening, try this in Firefox:
- Go to https://zoom.us/signin and sign in.
- Then open the meeting join link again.
If it still won’t let you join, paste what you see on the join page (for example: “Sign in to join”, “This meeting is for authorized users only”, “Please wait for the host”, etc.).