Zoom Sessions account owners and admins can purchase Zoom Sessions licenses and manage users along with their Zoom Sessions licenses. Admins can assign users licenses so that the user can create a hub on the Zoom Events platform to publish events.  

You can assign licenses to users on the account to use Zoom Sessions to streamline interactive single-session events with features like event branding, multiple-host collaboration, and event management.

This article covers:

• How to purchase Zoom Sessions licenses
• How to assign Zoom Sessions licenses
• How to automatically sign users out after a specified time

Prerequisites for getting started as a Zoom Sessions admin

• Pro, Business, Enterprise, or Education account
• Account owner or admin privileges
• Zoom Sessions Unlimited or Zoom Sessions Pay Per Attendee license

Note: For access to the latest Zoom Events and Webinar features, we strongly recommend admins to update to the latest version of the Zoom desktop client/mobile application.

How to purchase Zoom Sessions licenses

You need to purchase a Zoom Sessions license to use Zoom Sessions.

To purchase a Zoom Sessions license:

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. On the page's top navigation menu, click Plans & Pricing
3. Under Choose a plan, click the Zoom Events & Webinar tab.
4. Select either the Personal or Business tab.
   
   • If you selected the Business tab:
     • By View plans for, select Products.
5. Click the Zoom Events & Webinars tab.
6. Under the Zoom Sessions section, click Buy Now.
7. Follow the prompts in the Configure Products and Payment sections, and enter the required information. 
8. Click Place Order.

Note: You can also contact Zoom for plan changes and for purchasing a Zoom Sessions license. You will receive an email from Zoom to complete the purchase of your Zoom Sessions license.

How to assign Zoom Sessions licenses

Zoom Sessions account owners and admins can manage Zoom Sessions Unlimited and Zoom Sessions Pay Per Attendee licenses. Account owners and admins can easily transfer a Zoom Sessions license and all hub data from one active user on the account to another user through User Management on the web portal. This allows account owners or admins to assign a Zoom Sessions license to users responsible for running events, so the users can manage the event space for their own groups.

Learn more about managing Zoom Sessions licensing.

How to automatically sign users out after a specified time

Account owners and admins can automatically sign users out of Zoom Events after a set time duration and configure additional timeout values. Account owners and admins can customize this setting for signed-in Zoom users, email verification users, and external SSO users. This setting applies to all events under the admin's account and the event's attendees, including special roles.

Learn more about automatically signing users out after a specified time and managing when users must sign in again after a period of inactivity.