Avoiding scheduling conflicts with multiple users.

[CoachWalker]

Hello everyone,

If I'm adding new users to my account, how can I avoid them scheduling meetings at the same time on the same account?

Thank you in advance

[Ray_Harwood · Accepted solution]

Two users can run two different Zoom meetings simultaneously. Generally, one user can only run one meeting at a time. There are some situations where one user might be able to run two meetings at a time from different types of devices, but I don’t know of a reliable way to make this happen. 

[Ray_Harwood]

Hi again, @CoachWalker.

 There’s some terminology that gets in the way of many administrative tasks – and questions. “Account” Is one of them!

If you are adding new users to your account, they have complete reign to add meetings whenever they wish. I wasn’t sure if your question was just wanting to avoid conflicts with Zoom — there’s no worries there. 

But if you’re hoping to get staff to avoid scheduling meetings simultaneously to avoid overlap for attendees, consider looking at the Zoom Scheduler. I don’t personally have experience with this, but I do know organizations use it to efficiently schedule meetings internally. See this for information:

https://explore.zoom.us/en/products/appointment-scheduler/ 

[CoachWalker]

Thanks. I'm not sure if you're saying that users can run two different zoom meetings simultaneously. Is that possible?

[Ray_Harwood · Accepted solution]

Two users can run two different Zoom meetings simultaneously. Generally, one user can only run one meeting at a time. There are some situations where one user might be able to run two meetings at a time from different types of devices, but I don’t know of a reliable way to make this happen. 

[CoachWalker]

What is an OBR user?

[Ray_Harwood · Accepted solution]

Sorry... it was a typo!  "One user"...