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December 29, 2021
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Alerternative Hosts - from outside organizations?

  • December 29, 2021
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Hello!

Have a large meeting between several organizations. Would like to add ALTERNATIVE HOSTS for folks outside my company. When trying to do so, get a message they can't be found.


Example
Me = Company A

Desired Alternative Host = Company B
*Currently unable to add anyone unless they are Company A

 

Is there any way to assign Alternative Hosts in this case?

Thanks

 

 

    Best answer by kjhartma

    Based on the first sentence in this Zoom doc, alternate hosts must be licensed users on the same Zoom account.

     

    What you might need to do is when the person outside your organization joins the meeting, is make them a co-host: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206330935

     

    Co-host controls: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362603

     

    Different roles in a meeting (Real nice chart on this page): https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360040324512-Roles-in-a-meeting

     

     

    7 replies

    kjhartmaAnswer
    Community Champion | Customer
    December 30, 2021

    Based on the first sentence in this Zoom doc, alternate hosts must be licensed users on the same Zoom account.

     

    What you might need to do is when the person outside your organization joins the meeting, is make them a co-host: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206330935

     

    Co-host controls: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362603

     

    Different roles in a meeting (Real nice chart on this page): https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360040324512-Roles-in-a-meeting

     

     

    Newcomer
    May 1, 2022

    I don't feel that this question is solved.  I don't see why we cannot have folks from other orgs co-host WITHOUT having to have the event creator start the meeting.  Sometimes we cannot make a meeting.

    Newcomer
    July 29, 2022

    I'd like to know if there has been any progress on this. The use case for this is clear.

     

    There is a meeting between members of different organizations and there are several cohosts. Every cohost should be able to start the meeting by themselves without the need of the meeting organizer to do so every time.

     

    Currently you have to send a link with the pass code to the cohosts so that they can join the meeting in the absence of the meeting creator. If that link gets on the wrong hands, they could start the meeting without the cohosts, whicch is a security risk IMO.

     

    Bort
    Employee
    Employee
    July 29, 2022

    Alternative-hosts still require both users be licensed users of the same account. 

    Newcomer
    February 1, 2024

    Surely, Zoom should work on this drawback. I don't think one can appoint co-hosts anyhow. This feature, where a co-host is not a registered user, is very important in the context where you delegate the chairing and administration of a meeting to someone. Please fix this!

    Newcomer
    April 29, 2024

    There needs to be a workaround for this. I help to schedule meetings across nine different businesses, I cannot attend every meeting. I need to be able to make someone who is external a co-host.

    Newcomer
    October 15, 2024

    I am so surprised this is still an issue. I want to co-host with another school and the fact I cannot have someone outside the organization a co-host is shocking and disappointing. 

    Newcomer
    March 14, 2025

    This is NOT solved! I suspect it would easily be solved but Zoom care more about maintaining their market segmentation than they do about the actual experience of their paying subscribers. We have found that we are able to set this up with external users for Microsoft Teams, so it's another reason for us to switch away from Zoom.

    Newcomer
    September 16, 2025

    This continues to be such a problem. It should not be that hard to collaborate across organizations and agencies to assign alternative hosts. Even if you all wanted to confine alternative hosts to users with paid accounts, fine. But there's gotta be a solution.