Creating Zoom Meetings That Allow External (non-SBU) Participants

You can create Zoom meetings that permit external (non-SBU) participants by adjusting the authentication settings during scheduling.

This Information is Intended for:
Instructors, Staff, Students

By default, attendees of any Stony Brook University Zoom meeting will need to sign in using their SSO (NetID/Duo) in order to join the meeting. 

When creating new meetings as host, if you want external (non-SBU) guests to join, uncheck the Require authentication to join setting. 

Here's how:

  1. In a web browser, Launch the Stony Brook Zoom Portal, and sign in.
  2. Click Schedule to schedule a new meeting or click Meetings and then hover over an existing meeting, and click Edit.
    1. For recurring meetings, if prompted whether to edit one or all occurrences, click Edit All Occurrences
      Edit > Edit All Occurences
  3. In the Security section, uncheck Require authentication to join. (If you cannot uncheck it, you might be trying to edit one instance of a recurring event; Click on Meetings on the left again, and select to edit all occurrences of the meeting)
    require authentication to join unchecked
  4. At the bottom, click Save
  5. Learn what Guests (External to Stony Brook) can expect in a Zoom Meeting

 

For Zoom meetings Created On A Different Platform or Previously

After you create the meeting, launch our Zoom Portal and then click to edit the meeting and adjust or check the meeting's authentication setting as necessary.

This Content Last Updated:
04/14/2026

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