Zoom - Add Video to the Waiting Room

Posted on: 08/05/2021

The Zoom Waiting Room is very popular. You have always been able to customize the waiting room with your logo and a description. Now, with the release of Zoom 5.7.3, you can add a video to your waiting room.

Add video to the Zoom waiting room — **Zoom waiting room - add video**

This is a great way for participants in your waiting room to see your product line, view upcoming webinars, or learn about your company. If you are a university professor or teacher, you can use video in your waiting room to discuss courses you teach, how your class is run, and important course dates.

YouTube video

Steps to get video added to a Zoom waiting room

Waiting Rooms only work with a paid account

Steps

Sign in to your Zoom account
Click Settings
Under Security, select Customize Waiting Room
Select A video
Upload your video

Zoom customize waiting room — **Customize the Zoom Waiting Room**

Video format and video size

Up to 30 MB for video
Only MP4, MOV or M4V

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Chris Menard

Chris Menard is a Microsoft Trainer (MCT) and works as a full-time Trainer at BakerHostetler - one of the largest law firms in the US. Chris runs a YouTube channel with 900+ technology videos that cover various tools such as Excel, Word, Zoom, Teams, Gmail, Copilot, Google Calendar, and Outlook. To date, the channel has helped over 20 million viewers. Menard also does 2 to 3 public speaking events yearly, presenting at the Administrative Professional Conference (APC), the EA Ignite Conference, the University of Georgia, and CPA conferences. You can connect with him on LinkedIn at https://chrismenardtraining.com/linkedin or watch his videos on YouTube at https://chrismenardtraining.com/youtube.