Resolving the Issue of Not Being Able To Add Someone as an Alternative Host in Zoom

We can only add licensed @stonybrook.edu Zoom account as alternative hosts.

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This Information is Intended for: Guests, Instructors, Staff, Students
Created: 08/30/2022 Last Updated: 10/28/2024

If you can't add someone with an @stonybrook.edu email address as an alternative host in Zoom 

  • S/he might need to sign out and back into Zoom to reclaim his/her license 
    OR 
  • S/he might be a Stony Brook affiliate with a basic Zoom Account

How to Resolve

  1. Ask the person to sign out and back into Zoom on stonybrook.zoom.us to reclaim his/her Zoom license
  2. Once s/he's signed out and back in, try adding him/her as an alternative host again
  3. If that doesn't resolve it, you can make that person a co-host or host during the Zoom session

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