You can join a zoom meeting either by using an invitation link or with a meeting ID:

Join via link

If you have received an invitation with a link to a zoom meeting, simply click on that link to join the meeting. Invitation links for University of Hamburg zoom meetings begin with https://uni-hamburg.zoom.us/j/.

You may need to log in to Zoom before joining, or be prompted to enter a name and email address upon joining.

Join with a meeting ID

If you only have a meeting ID and, if applicable, a passcode, but no join link, follow these steps to join the meeting:

1. If you haven’t already, install the zoom desktop app, then open it and log in. In general, you can join a meeting without logging in. However, some meetings may only allow  authenticated users to join.
2. On the home screen of the desktop client, click "Join".
3. Now enter the desired meeting ID and, if necessary, the corresponding passcode.
4. If you are not logged in, you may need to provide a name and email address before you are allowed to join the meeting.

With zoom, you can create ad hoc meetings and schedule (recurring) meetings in advance:

1. If you haven#t already, install the zoom desktop app, open it and log in.
2. On the home screen, click "New Meeting" or "Schedule".

Schedule or edit a meeting

If you have decided to schedule a Meeting in advance, proceed as follows:

1. Set the title, date, time, and other meeting options. A comprehensive list of all meeting options is available on the manufacturer's support site.
2. To prevent interruptions from uninvited participants, participation can be restricted to authorized users in accordance with the terms of use. To do this, set the meeting option "Only authorized users can participate" to "Nur UHH-User".
3. You can also already invite participants to the scheduled meeting by entering their user names or e-mail adresses.
4. Confirm the creation of the scheduled meeting by clicking "Save".
5. If you want to edit an already scheduled meeting, click on the corresponding meeting on the Meetings page and then click "Edit" (pencil icon in the top right corner). You can now adjust all the settings you specified when scheduling the meeting.

Maximum number of participants

Up to 300 people can participate in standard zoom meetings hosted by university zoom accounts. If you expect more participants, you can either request a large meeting for up to 500 people via the RRZ ServiceLine(rrz-serviceline"AT"uni-hamburg.de) or, alternatively, a zoom webinar (max. 5000 participants).

Maximum meeting duration

Meetings with the following configurations will automatically end after 24 hours:

• One host, no participants
• One host, any number of participants
• No host, any number of participants (joining before the host)

A special rule applies if all participants have left a meeting and only the host remains. In this case, the meeting ends 40 minutes after the last participant has left the meeting.

Allow chat before and after the meeting

While scheduling or editing a meeting, you can enable the Option "Allow users to access meeting chat before and after the meeting" and invite at least one participant to create a group chat with all invited participants.

Invited participants can use the group chat both during the meeting and outside of it. For recurring meetings, this group chat contains all messages sent during and between meetings.

Please consider the instructions and information about the controls, settings and features available in a meeting or webinar.