Joining Zoom meetings should be as easy as a walk in the park.

You just tap on the invite link or enter the meeting ID and youre in.

But things dont always work that way.

zoom this meeting is for authorized attendees only

Attendees may sometimes getvarious errorspreventing them from joining the meeting.

Or they cant join the meeting because the hosthas restricted access to it.

What does it mean when Zoom says the meeting is for authorized attendees only?

Sign in with SSO zoom

Zoom meeting organizers can choose to allow only certain accounts to join the meeting.

At that point, you usually have two options.

The first one is to hit theCancelbutton and give up joining the meeting.

If your Zoom account is managed by an organization, sign in with SSO if the option is available.

Select Sign in with SSO, slide in your company domain, and hitContinue.

Then key in your username and password to sign in to your account.

Conclusion

Zoom meeting organizers can authorize only specific email addresses to join the meeting.