You may receive an error message when attempting to join a zoom meeting such as Sign in to join this meeting or This meeting is for authorized participants only.  To avoid error messages, participants need to ensure they are logged into Zoom using SSO and organizers should properly set permissions to avoid errors.

Error Messages 

Sign in to join this meeting

This indicates that the meeting requires that participants log into Zoom.  We recommend signing into Zoom with your TU account.

• Click Sign in to join
• Click SSO
• In the white box, type towson-edu and click Continue
• You will be prompted to log in with your TU account

This meeting is for authorized participants only

This indicates that you are signed into Zoom under an account that isn't authorized to join the meeting.  You most likely need to join with your TU account.

• Click Switch Account
• Click SSO
• If prompted, in the white box, type towson-edu and click Continue
• You will be prompted to log in with your TU account

Setting Permissions to Meetings

Per Meeting

• Open Zoom settings
  • In New or Classic Outlook:  Open the meeting and click Settings above Zoom in the ribbon.
  • In Zoom Workplace App:  Open the meeting from the calendar, click Settings next to Zoom Meeting
• Scroll down to Meeting Security
  • See the checkbox next to Only authenticated users can join
    • If it is unchecked, anyone with or without a Zoom account can join.  Those who don't log in to Zoom will be anonymous. 
    • If it is checked, then only those with a Zoom account can join.  There is a drop down menu with the following two options:
      • TU NetID Authenticated Users Only (Recommended) -  Use this if all of the participants have towson.edu or students.towson.edu email addresses, or you can add additional email domains by clicking on View/edit all x domains.
      • Sign in to Zoom - Use this option if you have participants who have Zoom accounts and email addresses with different email domains.

Change the Default Permissions

• Log into http://zoom.towson.edu
• Click on Settings
• Along the top, click on Meeting,
• Scroll down to Security
• Click Edit next to the selection you want to make a default (note that you can set unauthenticated as the default)
  • TU NetID Authenticated Users Only (Recommended) -  Use this if all of the participants have towson.edu or students.towson.edu email addresses, or you can add additional email domains separated by commas, in the specify the domains box.
  • Sign in to Zoom - Use this option if you have participants who have Zoom accounts and email addresses with different email domains.