
Prerequisites for Zoom Meeting and Webinar passcodes

You can update the passcode to one of your choosing. By default, webinars are assigned a random passcode.Refer to meeting settings for more information. Starting December 20, 2020, Zoom will require that all meetings for certain accounts are secured with one of these options: passcode, Waiting Room, or Only authenticated users can join meetings.For more information, contact Zoom Support. For Zoom for Government accounts with fewer than 100 licenses, Passcodes or Waiting Rooms will be required on October 18, 2020.Meeting passwords (passcodes) are already enforced for all free accounts. Starting September 27, Zoom will require that all meetings have a passcode or a Waiting Room enabled for accounts with a single licensed user, Pro accounts with 2 or more licenses, and Business accounts with 10-100 licenses.To use this feature, the Zoom Room computer and controller need to be running version 4.5.0 or higher. The passcode needs to be included in the meeting invitation sent to the room's calendar. This allows the room to join a meeting from the meeting list, without needing to manually enter the meeting passcode. Require passcode for participants joining by phoneĪdditionally, there is a setting for Zoom Rooms, Bypass the passcode when joining meetings from meeting list.Embed passcode in meeting link for one-click join.Only PMI meetings with Join Before Host Enabled.Note: You can choose to require a passcode for: Require a passcode for Personal Meeting ID (PMI).Require a passcode for instant meetings.Additional Option to require a passcode for all previously scheduled meetings.Require a passcode when scheduling new meetings.These settings are available for passcodes: If a setting is enabled but not locked, users can still disable the setting in their personal settings.


If you would like to enforce any of the meeting passcode settings for all users on your account or a group of users, you will need to lock the setting after enabling. Account owners and admins can also lock passcode settings, to require passcodes for all meetings and webinars on their account and they can configure minimum passcode requirements.

passcodes can be set at the individual meeting level or can be enabled at the user, group, or account level for all meetings and webinars. Meetings and webinars can require passcodes for an added layer of security.
