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Celebrate with us2023-07-28 09:18 AM
I received an error trying to join a meeting today with error Unable to Join, you must have a Commercial Zoom. I tired to set up this but havi
2023-07-28 10:12 AM
Welcome to the Zoom Community, @Smiley2626.
See this Zoom Support article that I believe addresses your situation:
A meeting owner can specify that only people with Zoom account email addresses in specific domain names, and further require that only Zoom-authenticated users be admitted to the session. Zoom-authenticated means that each attendee is required to be logged into a valid Zoom account (can be any account, including Basic/Free account) to enter.
You might check with the meeting owner to see if this restriction was intended, or inadvertent.
2023-07-28 10:24 AM
Thanks for the link. Is this for the organizer of the meeting or the participant?
2023-07-28 12:47 PM
Interesting for you: helps you understand what might have happened.
Definitely for the organizer -- sometimes people click check boxes not really knowing what effect it will have. Maybe it was intentional - but unlikely.