A recent update set a default setting in Zoom that allows users with email addresses ending in uga.edu into a meeting automatically, bypassing the waiting room. Some hosts may want to remove this default setting from their Zoom account to prevent this from happening. Turning off this feature will leave all attendees in the waiting room until manually admitted.
To adjust this setting, follow these steps:
1.) Go to uga.zoom.us in a web browser and select Sign In to configure your account.
2.) In the menu on the left side of the screen, go to Settings.
3.) Look for the option that says "Waiting Room Options" and click on "Edit Options" below it.
4.) Remove *.uga.edu from the option that states "Users who are not in your account and not part of the allowed domains".
*Note: The "Continue" button may be grayed out when the uga.edu element is deleted, press Continue anyway and it will save your changes.
Once this setting is changed, @uga.edu email addresses will no longer be Whitelisted. This is an account-wide setting that will affect all future meetings with waiting rooms.