
Zoom Best Practices
Ensure that Zoom Client is updated on all your devices to receive latest security patches.​
Latest version as of 10/4/2020: Version 4.6.10 (20033.0407).
Scheduling settings.

• Ensuring that Zoom client is up to date
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• Default setting auto update
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• To manually check, click profile
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• Then “Check for Updates”

Invite participants button shifted
Invite participants button shifted
• Ensuring that connection is secure
• When starting or joining a Zoom meeting, always check that there is the green lock Icon at the top left of the screen.

• Privacy
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• New Security Tab in control bar
1.Lock Meeting
2.Enable Waiting Room
3.Participant controls


1) Lock Meeting
• Ensure that “Lock Meeting“ enabled once ALL participants have joined
• Prevents unauthorized 3rd party joining
(AKA ”Zoom Bombing”)
2) Enable Waiting Room (Waiting Lobby)
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• Ensure that enabled
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• Participants must be allowed by host to join before meeting starts
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• Host can check participant list before
meeting starts


3) Participants Control
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Host can control if participants can:
1.Share their screen
2.Use Chat
3.Rename themselves
(Recommended to turn off)

Best Practices When Scheduling Meetings:
Never use personal meeting ID
always generate automatically
(Random meeting ID generated)
Check for meeting password
Disable “Enable Join Before Host”
Enable “Enable waiting room”
