Joining different meetings simultaneously in zoom app

Using Zoom’s desktop client, participants will be able to participate in or watch multiple meetings or webinars at the same time, allowing participants to be present in more than one meeting or webinar at a time. In order to provide support for multiple sessions at the same time, this is an ideal solution for support staff.

Upon enabling the setting, you will be able to join multiple meetings by either navigating to the meeting ID via the join URL or navigating to https://zoom.us/join with the join URL already filled in. It is only for the first meeting that you attend that the Join button in the Zoom client will work.

Note: There is a limit to the number of concurrent meetings that can be held at the same time with this feature.

Prerequisites for joining different meetings simultaneously on a desktop

• Accounts for Businesses, Enterprises, and Educational Institutions

• The desktop client for Zoom is as follows:

  • Version 4.1.27348.0625 or later is required for Windows

  • Version 4.4.522551.0414 or later is required for macOS

Note: If you would like to enable this feature, please contact Zoom Support. When you contact customer support, the feature will be enabled within three business days of you contacting them.

A desktop application that allows you to join multiple meetings at the same time

Account

This feature can be enabled for the entire organization if you follow the steps below:

1. Admins have the privilege to edit account settings as part of the Zoom web portal as long as they are logged in as an administrator.

2. You can access the Account Settings menu by clicking the Account Management link in the navigation panel.

3. Click on the Meeting tab on the left side of the screen.

4. If the Join different meetings simultaneously on desktop setting is enabled in the In Meeting (Basic) section, ensure that the Meetings tab is visible.

5. Click the toggle button to enable this setting if it is currently disabled. Upon receiving a prompt for verification, click on the Turn On button to confirm the change has been made.

6. To make this setting compulsory for all users in your account, click the lock icon to make this setting mandatory, and then click Lock to confirm that you want to make this setting mandatory for all users.

Group

For a specific group to be able to use this feature, follow the steps below:

1. If you are an administrator with permission to edit groups in Zoom, you need to sign into the web portal.

2. Select User Management from the navigation panel, then click Groups from the drop-down menu.

3. Then click on the Meeting tab after selecting the appropriate name from the list of groups.

4. It is important that you check that the option Join different meetings simultaneously on desktop is enabled under the In Meeting (Basic) section.

5. It is possible to enable the setting by clicking the toggle if it is disabled. You can verify the change by clicking Turn On if a verification dialog appears.
   Note: There may be a possibility that the option has been locked at the account level and you need to change it on that level if the option is grayed out.

6. The user can make this setting compulsory for all members of the group by clicking the lock icon, and then clicking the Lock icon to confirm that this setting is mandatory.

User

For your own use, you can enable this feature by following these steps:

1. You will be able to sign into your Zoom account once you have logged in.

2. Click Settings from the navigation panel at the top of the screen.

3. To access the Meeting tab, click the Meeting button.

4. Ensure that the Join different meetings simultaneously on desktop option is selected under the In Meeting (Basic) section.

5. It is possible to enable the setting by clicking the toggle if it is disabled. The change will be verified if a confirmation dialog appears. To verify the change, you will have to click Turn On.
   Note: You will need to contact your Zoom administrator if the option you are looking for is grayed out, which means it is either being blocked at the group or account level.

How to join multiple meetings simultaneously

Several meetings can be joined simultaneously by doing one of the following things in order to join the first meeting:

• The Zoom desktop client can be accessed by clicking the Join button

• Please click on the link below to join

• To join the meeting, go to https://zoom.us/join and enter the meeting ID into the box provided.

The Zoom client will automatically launch each additional meeting or webinar that you enroll in as long as you enter the meeting/webinar ID on https://zoom.us/join, or you can use the join URL in your browser to join an additional meeting.