Those who join a Webex planned meeting, Personal Room meeting, or enhanced meeting associated with a space using the Webex App have the ability to change the host of the meeting to another participant. You might have an emergency that requires you to leave the meeting early, or you might prefer someone else to take control of the group while you speak or give a presentation. Anyone who joined the meeting through the Webex App, Webex Meetings, or an unpaired Cisco Webex room device is eligible to take up the hosting responsibilities.
Webex scheduled meetings and Personal Room meetings
When you make someone else the host, you are giving them permission to do the following:
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Add or remove people
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Mute or unmute people
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Lock or unlock the meeting
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Record the meeting
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End the meeting
You can appoint another person as cohost if you wish to delegate the responsibility of starting a meeting to someone else. If you come in later, you’ll find that you’re instantly promoted to host status.
When you are making arrangements for your meeting, you also have the option of designating someone else to act as the host.
Enhanced meetings associated with a space
Within Webex for Government, the upgraded experience is not currently accessible to users.
Just make sure that the individual you want to act as the host is someone who is already employed by your company and who already possesses an account on the website from which the meeting will be organized that comes with host capabilities.
When you make someone else the host, you are giving them permission to do the following:
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Add or remove people CAN YOU DO THIS IN USMS?
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Mute or unmute people
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Lock or unlock the meeting CAN YOU LOCK OR UNLOCK?
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Record the meeting
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End the meeting
Make someone else a cohost of the event if you want their assistance in managing the meeting.
If your Webex site administrator uses Control Hub to manage your Webex site, then you will have access to this feature. Both the account you use for Webex Meetings and the account used by the person you want to host the meeting need to be linked to your respective Webex App accounts.
You have the option to choose whether to remain in the meeting after assigning a new host or to exit the meeting altogether.
- Go to the participants list to make someone else the host of the meeting while you continue to be a part of it. After that, next to the name of the new host, click the More options button, and then click the Make host button.
The original host agrees to take on the role of cohost for the event.
- Click the Leave meeting button, and then choose Leave meeting from the drop-down menu to transfer hosting duties to someone else before exiting the meeting. Click the Leave meeting button, and then select a new host.
You have the option to choose whether to remain in the meeting after assigning a new host or to exit the meeting altogether.
- Tap the Participants button if you want to remain in the meeting even if you make someone else the host. After that, select Make host by tapping the name of the new host that you just added.
The original host agrees to take on the role of cohost for the event.
- press the End meeting button, and then press the Leave meeting button, to step out of the meeting and choose someone else as the host.
The role of host is passed on to somebody else automatically.
