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Smita
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January 21, 2022
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"?from=addon" is added to my zoom link every time

  • January 21, 2022
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I recently added the Outlook plugin so I can organise a meeting directly in my calendar. However, when my link is generated, it always has ?from=addon added to the end of it.

It is a pain to have to erase this each time. How do I solve this?

Thanks

Smita

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      jeremyjustin
      Community Champion | Employee
      jeremyjustin
      Community Champion | Employee
      January 25, 2022

      Hi @Smita thank you for your post here on the Zoom Community! I looked into your question and found that we actually added that extra portion on to the meeting invite link per Microsoft's request. It had to do with the way our join links automatically launch the Zoom client and they wanted that extra portion to be able to identify that the meeting was scheduled through an Add-in so that it would be easier to understand the purpose of the link. If you leave that portion on it will not hurt anything or cause the link to malfunction. 

       

      I hope that helps! If this is an issue for you, it would be great to hear your feedback. Currently, our product team reviews all feature requests submitted via our feedback form https://zoom.us/feed. I highly encourage you to provide feedback about any pain points this is causing. I'm not sure we can change this since it was Microsoft's request but you never know. 

       

      If this has answered your question to your satisfaction, please click the "Accept as Solution" button below but if not please reply and we can continue the  discussion. Thank you!

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      StevePsyD
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      August 16, 2022

      I'm having the same problem (it just started happening) and it actually DOES cause a problem in that people follow that "addon" link and can't get into the Zoom and the password doesn't work. If I send them the link without that extra bit of text, it works just fine. Is there any way around this so I don't have to delete that text with every invitation?

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        PVG
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        August 18, 2022

        Hi.

        I have same problem.

        I use zoom manifest file for Microsoft Exchange and client for MacOS.

        The link works correctly, but I'm worried that when adding a link to the invitation through the addon, the link is not formed as a hyperlink.
        How can this be fixed?

         

        Thx.

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        JoeyJ
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        December 21, 2022

        Did you ever resolve?  I'm so not a fan of the visual/display text.

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        PVG
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        December 21, 2022

        Hi. No, i don't have solution.

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        sabotto
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        June 27, 2023

        I'm also having this problem. I've started using the 'New Outlook' for Mac and am curious if anyone is having the issue with the original Outlook Mac. I work in Cybersecurity so every time I send invites, I am asked if this is in fact a legitimate link. It is SO annoying and I really don't understand why this is necessary.

        jeremyjustin
        Community Champion | Employee
        jeremyjustin
        Community Champion | Employee
        July 10, 2023

        Hi @sabotto I included a reply in this thread to Jewelly that helps describe what is going on. Unfortunately this is something Microsoft requested for us (Zoom) to include in any meetings scheduled with our add-in (similar to the Outlook Plugin but the add-in can be deployed as an app in O365/Outlook versus a client install like the Plugin). 

        https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005223126-Installing-the-Zoom-for-Outlook-add-in

         

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