A Zoom Room can join Microsoft Teams and Google Meet meetings natively. Once your Zoom admin enables interop, forward the Teams or Meet invite to the room's calendar and a Join button appears on the controller at meeting time. You can also enter the meeting details directly on the Zoom Rooms controller. The room joins with core audio, video and content, but not every Teams or Meet feature is available.
How it works
| Meeting type | How to join from the Zoom Room | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Teams | One-touch join from the room calendar, or enter the Teams meeting ID/passcode on the controller | Needs a current Zoom Rooms version |
| Google Meet | One-touch join from the room calendar, or enter the Meet meeting code on the controller | Supported on Zoom Rooms for Windows, Mac and many appliances; check Zoom's support article for your device |
| Cisco Webex | Shortcut on the controller home screen, where enabled | Admin enables it |
The controller home screen can show shortcuts for Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Cisco meetings.
Admin setup
- Enable interop in the Zoom web portal for the rooms or locations you want. Settings sit under Zoom Rooms account, location or room settings. Look for the third-party meeting join options.
- Calendar: make sure the room's calendar integration processes external invites, so Teams and Meet links show up. See Zoom Rooms calendar integration.
- Microsoft side: the Teams tenant hosting the meeting must allow anonymous or third-party video system join. Some tenants block it.
- Google side: for Meet, Google and Zoom support letting a company's own Zoom Room skip the waiting room when it joins a meeting hosted by the same company, after admins configure it.
- Update the room to a current Zoom Rooms version. See Zoom Rooms updates.
Joining a meeting: step by step
- Forward the Teams or Meet invite to the Zoom Room's email/calendar (or book the room in the original invite).
- At meeting time, tap the meeting on the Zoom Rooms controller and tap Join.
- Without an invite, tap the Teams or Google Meet shortcut and enter the meeting ID or code.
- If the host has a lobby, wait to be admitted.
Limitations
- Core features only: audio, video, mute and content sharing. Not all native Teams or Meet features are supported, such as some chat, reactions, breakout rooms or layouts.
- Content sharing: typically shared from the room or by a participant joining from their laptop in the original app.
- Tenant policies: if the host organization blocks third-party devices, the room can't join.
- Experience varies by device. Appliance bars and PC-based Zoom Rooms may differ.
The reverse: joining Zoom from other rooms
- From Microsoft Teams Rooms: see join Zoom or Google Meet from a Teams Room.
- From Google Meet hardware: see join Teams or Zoom from Google Meet hardware.
- For older SIP/H.323 systems, Zoom offers the Conference Room Connector. See Zoom Conference Room Connector.
Hardware
Interop is a software feature, so any current certified Zoom Rooms device can use it. Examples: Logitech Rally Bar Mini + Tap IP, Neat Bar Generation 2 and AVer VB370A. If you need Teams and Zoom equally, read conference room setup for both Teams and Zoom and Teams Rooms vs Zoom Rooms.
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