Allow participants to join before host

[userjhona1]

On My settings, participants are allowed to join before the host, and also on our account management but all participants were not allowed unless I'm in. What am I missing here?

Also, this has worked for me before and I haven't made any adjustments so I'm confused about what happened.

Thanks

[Ray_Harwood · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the Zoom Community, @userjhona1.

Refer to this Zoom Support article for details:

https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0060501

There are a few things that must be done:

1. The Passcode must be enabled and assigned to the meeting.
2. Waiting Room must be disabled for the meeting in the meeting setup.
3. Join Before Host must be enabled.

 Here’s a sample meeting setup – see the highlighted areas:

[MGSR]

Hi @userjhona1!

Given the time elapsed since we last heard from you, I've taken the liberty of marking the provided answer as the solution.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Have a fantastic day!

[CRCHS]

After a bunch of Trial/Error, my final solution to this issue was the following settings, which seemed to have escaped the Zoom Support folks.  

- In order for this to work (i.e. no waiting) the following have to be set:

1. Waiting Room:   OFF
2. Meeting Passcode: ON
3. Personal Meeting ID:  ON
4. Embed Passcode in Invite Link:   ON
5. Allow Participants to join before Host:   ON

Zoom Support neglected to provide instruction on #2 and #3.   If these are set to OFF, then security defaults to "Waiting Room".  If you then check the "User required to Authenticate" as a Security Option (while Waiting Room is OFF in global settings) then you cannot chose another option and it won't let you change it back.  Therefore, you MUST have Meeting Passcode = ON and PMI = ON for the "No waiting for host" and a "one click" experience.  

[CGR14]

 I have read through the threads and checked my account settings but the option "Allow participants to join anytime" is still greyed out when I schedule a meeting.  I am the account owner and I have it enabled the option in my account settings but when I schedule a meeting it doesn't work - the option is stubbornly greyed out and if I have run a test anyone joining gets the message that the host hasn't started the meeting yet.  If I have done it correctly in the account settings, why isn't the option available to me when I schedule a meeting?

[Ray_Harwood]

Welcome to the Zoom Community, @CGR14.

Normally this also has to be enabled in the Meeting setup process. 

A couple of questions:

• Are you using a Generated ID or your Personal Meeting ID (PMI)?  I recommend using the Generated ID for this.
• Are Waiting Rooms disabled for the meeting?  This is required in order to enable Join Before Host.
• Can you provide a screen shot, or confirm it looks like this?

and

[CGR14]

Hi, thank you for looking at this. In answer:

• Are you using a Generated ID or your Personal Meeting ID (PMI)? Generated ID
• Are Waiting Rooms disabled for the meeting?  Yes
• Can you provide a screen shot, or confirm it looks like this? I don't have permission to upload images. in the security section I have passcode enabled with a number and not the waiting room. The "Allow participants to join" option is greyed out and I cannot select it.  

[CRCHS]

I have these settings applied

exactly as recommended did not resolve the issue.  

[Ray_Harwood]

Screen shot of your settings, please.