Zoom: Outlook


Here are some guides that walk you through using Outlook with Zoom:

Connect your Zoom Account with your Office 365 Account

Zoom is a video conferencing platform that integrates with Canvas and Outlook, allowing users to host video meetings for up to 300 participants. Users can also connect to their Office 365 account to Zoom so that contacts and meetings will be shared between the two.  


  1. Go to auburn.zoom.us and sign in with your AU username and password.

  1. Click "Connect to Calendar and Contact Service" under "Calendar and Contact Integration."

  1. Select Office 365. Ensure that “Allow Zoom to get calendar event” and “Allow Zoom to sync contacts” are both checked, and click "Next."

  1. Select "Authorize with EWS." Enter your AU email and password. Leave the EWS URL as the default. Click "Authorize."

Install and Enable the Outlook Add-in (Desktop)

Zoom is a video conferencing platform that integrates with Canvas and Outlook, allowing users to host video meetings for up to 300 participants and schedule meetings right in the Outlook calendar. To be able to schedule Zoom meetings in Outlook, users must first install the Zoom for Outlook add-in.


  1. Open Outlook. On the Ribbon, click Get Add-ins.

    Note: In Office 2016, "Get Add-ins" is called "Store."
  1. Search for Zoom.

  1. Click Add.

  1. Click Continue. Zoom for Outlook will now install.

Sign in to Zoom for Outlook

Zoom is a video conferencing platform that integrates with Canvas and Outlook, allowing users to host video meetings for up to 300 participants and schedule meetings right in the calendar.


  1. Go to Calendar in Outlook and create a New Meeting.

  1. n the Ribbon, in the Zoom section, click Settings.

  1. In the sidebar that opens, select Sign in with SSO.

  1. In the domain field, type auburn and click Continue.

  1. Sign in with your AU credentials.
Schedule a Meeting in Outlook

Zoom is a video conferencing platform that integrates with Canvas and Outlook, allowing users to host video meetings for up to 300 participants and schedule meetings right in their Outlook calendars.


  1. Go to Calendar in Outlook and create a New Meeting.

  1. In the ribbon, select Add a Zoom Meeting. Zoom will then create a message with a link to the zoom meeting in the body of the meeting and add a link to the location field.

  1. Add recipients and edit the subject. Click Send to schedule the meeting.
Connect to a Meeting through Outlook

Zoom is a video conferencing platform that integrates with Canvas and Outlook, allowing users to host video meetings for up to 300 participants and schedule meetings right in the calendar.


  1. In either the calendar in Outlook or in the meeting notification box, double-click to open the details for the Zoom meeting. Click the link for the Zoom meeting.

  1. Zoom will open in a browser and either prompts to install the program or to open the meeting in Zoom. If installation is required, Zoom will start the meeting after the install is complete.

    If Zoom must be installed, you will see the following webpage:


    If Zoom is already installed, you may see the following dialogue box:

 

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