Zoom: Issues joining a restricted meeting or webinar

This article shows how to access a Zoom meeting that is restricted to Illinois Zoom accounts (Illinois email accounts).

If University of Illinois Zoom participants attempt to join a University of Illinois Zoom meeting or webinar and are presented with the warning: This meeting is for authorized attendees only, please follow the steps below to access the meeting:

Join from Zoom desktop application:

  1. Click Sign in to Join
    This image shows the warning message presented to Zoom users who are attempting to access a Zoom meeting restricted to authorized attendees only with the Zoom desktop application..  The sign in with join button is highlighted.
  2. Follow the instructions at Zoom, Logging in, to log into the desktop application.

Join from browser:

  1. Click "sign in with SSO
    This image shows the warning message presented to Zoom users who are attempting to access a Zoom meeting restricted to authorized attendees only via a web browser.  The sign in with SSO link is highlighted.
  2. Sign in with your University of Illinois netID and password
    University of Illinois Zoom login page

Join from Zoom mobile application

  1. Click Sign In
    This image shows the warning presented to users who attempt to access restricted Zoom meeting via the mobile Zoom client.  The sign in button is highlighted.
  2. Follow the instructions at Zoom, Logging in, to sign in to the Zoom mobile application.