It also allows you to quickly initiate on-demand meetings without having to go to your calendar or Blackboard to schedule a meeting. Using the Zoom Desktop Client is highly recommended because generally keeps you signed in, however, when the application or your computer is updated you'll need to sign in again.

Then there is the Zoom Desktop Client which is an application installed on your computer.

Plugins/Addons for Google Calendar and Outlook help you create Zoom meetings while creating a calendar invitation.

The Mobile app that allows you to participate in meetings from a phone or tablet.

The Zoom Web Portal at which allows you to start meetings, access many settings, get reports and share cloud recordings through any internet browser.

There are many ways to access your Stony Brook Zoom account. Downloading and Installing the Zoom Desktop Client (recommended)Īccessing your Stony Brook Licensed account from the Zoom Web Portal, Mobile App, Calendar addons, and the Zoom Desktop Client.Accessing your Stony Brook Licensed account from the Zoom Web Portal, Mobile App, Calendar addons, and the Zoom Desktop Client.If you are using Firefox with Zoom be sure to turn off Enhanced Tracking Protection!

When you are logged into your Zoom account, the Zoom meeting will be able to identify you as a licensed Stony Brook user when a meeting requires authentication to join it. Ensuring that you are signed into your Zoom account whether by Zoom Web Portal, Mobile App, Calendar addons, or the Zoom Desktop with SSO (Single Sign On) before entering a Zoom meeting will mitigate issues of authorization into meeting and missing hosts.

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