Enabling Personal Meeting ID for instant meetings

Your Personal Meeting Room is a virtual meeting room permanently reserved for you that you can access with your Personal Meeting ID (PMI). 

Enabling Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting allows users in your account to use their PMI automatically when starting an instant meeting.

This article covers:

• Enabling Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting
  • Account
  • Group
  • User
• Using Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting

Prerequisite

• Free, Pro, Business, or Enterprise account
• Account owner or admin privileges

Enabling Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting

Account

To enable Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting for all users in the account:

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit account settings.
2. In the navigation menu, click Account Management then Account Settings.
3. Click the Meeting tab.
4. Under Schedule Meeting, click the Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting toggle to enable it.
5. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable to verify the change.
6. (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all users in your account, click the lock icon , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

Group

To enable Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting for a group of users:

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit groups.
2. In the navigation menu, click User Management then Groups.
3. Click the applicable group name from the list.
4. Click the Meeting tab.
5. Under Schedule Meeting, click the Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting toggle to enable it.
6. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable to verify the change.
   Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at the account level and needs to be changed at that level.
7. (Optional) If you want to make this setting mandatory for all users in the group, click the lock icon , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.

User

To enable Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting for your own use:

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. In the navigation panel, click Settings.
3. Click the Meeting tab.
4. Under Schedule Meeting, click the Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting toggle to enable it.
5. If a verification dialog appears, click Enable to verify the change.
   Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at either the group or account level and needs to be changed at that level. You need to contact your Zoom admin.

Using Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting

Follow these instructions to use your PMI when starting an instant meeting.