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RingCentral Meetings - Waiting Room - Host Controls

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Summary	Hosts can allow Participants to join a scheduled meeting immediately or wait for them in a "Waiting Room" until admitted to join. "Waiting Room" is a feature where Participants cannot join a meeting until the Hosts admits them individually or admits all of them from the Waiting Room. Hosts can click "Admit" to let in the new Participant immediately or click "See waiting room" to open Manage Participants window. The Host can then click "Admit All" to let in all Participants from the "Waiting Room". This feature is OFF by default. Account Administrators can enable this feature account-wide and for Users. Users can also enable this in their own Extension Settings.

Summary

Hosts can allow Participants to join a scheduled meeting immediately or wait for them in a "Waiting Room" until admitted to join. "Waiting Room" is a feature where Participants cannot join a meeting until the Hosts admits them individually or admits all of them from the Waiting Room. Hosts can click "Admit" to let in the new Participant immediately or click "See waiting room" to open Manage Participants window. The Host can then click "Admit All" to let in all Participants from the "Waiting Room".

This feature is OFF by default. Account Administrators can enable this feature account-wide and for Users. Users can also enable this in their own Extension Settings.

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RingCentral Meetings - Waiting Room - Host Controls

Enable Waiting Room account-wide

1. Go to Tools > Meetings > Meetings Settings.

2. Scroll down to In Meeting (Advanced) and enable Waiting room.

rc meetings enable waiting room account-wide

Enable Waiting Room Extension Settings

1. Go to Settings > Meetings.

2. Scroll down to In Meeting (Advanced) and enable Waiting room.

rc meetings enable waiting room extension

How it works when enabled

• If Waiting Room is enabled, Enable join before host option is automatically disabled.
• Manage Participants icon will illuminate when a new Participant joins the meeting.
• The Host can click Admit to let in the new Participant immediately or click See waiting room if there are two or more Participants joining the meeting.
• The Host can also click Admit all to admit all Participants in the Waiting Room. The Host can also hover on a Participant's name to Admit or Remove Participants one at a time.

rc meetings - admit all

See Also:

RingCentral Meetings - Desktop - Host Controls

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