Overview
In addition to logging into Zoom at https://tamu.zoom.us/, you can also download a stand-alone Zoom client for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. A full list of available Zoom installers can be found at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/207373866-Zoom-Installers.
Zoom is ending support for its ChromeOS client on November 5, 2022. From that date onward, ChromeOS users will need to use Zoom's Progressive Web Application (PWA) to connect to Zoom meetings.
Instructions
- Open the Zoom app or click a Zoom link.
- If you click a Zoom link, select zoom.us in the Launch Application window.
- Select Remember my choice for zoommtg links.
- Click Open Link.
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- Click Sign In with SSO.
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- Enter tamu in the blank.
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- Click Continue.
- Enter your NetID@tamu.edu and NetID password in the Microsoft authentication screen. If you are already signed into another application that uses Microsoft SSO for your NetID, you will not be prompted to sign in again. Note: You MUST use your NetID@tamu.edu for the login name. You cannot use an emailAlias@tamu.edu.
- The Zoom app will display your Zoom Dashboard.
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Supported Versions of Zoom
As of August 17, Texas A&M Zoom accounts are required to use Zoom version 5.9.0 to connect. This is a separate requirement from Zoom's global Software Lifecycle Policy described below.
On November 5, 2022, Zoom will implement its new Software Lifecycle Policy. This policy will require a minimum version of the Zoom software to be used in order to join meetings. For the November 5, 2022 date, the minimum version of the Zoom client supported will be version 5.8.6. Attempting to join a Zoom meeting with a version of the Zoom client older than the minimum will prompt you to either upgrade your version of Zoom or to join the meeting from your web browser. The minimum version of Zoom that will be able to connect to meetings will increment quarterly (every three months) after November 5, 2022.
In preparation for this new Lifecycle Policy, and to address security issues, Zoom is ending support for all version of Zoom older than version 5.3.0 on August 6, 2022. Details of this change can be found on Zoom's website.
Full details, as well as frequently asked questions, can be found on Zoom's support page for their Software Quarterly Lifecycle Policy.