Zoom is a cloud-based video conferencing and web conferencing platform that assists organizations in the educational, financial, health care, and government sectors to conduct virtual meetings and communicate with meeting participants in any video call. Zoom provides video meetings, voice, webinars, and chat across all devices and spaces and allows teams to collaborate to get more done in a frictionless and secure video environment.
With Zoom, employees can connect multiple conference rooms, add remote attendees, share their screen, and interact during any online meeting. Many people especially in 2020 have used Zoom for social events as well. Users of the app are able to record meetings, collaborate on projects, and share each other’s screens for increased participation.
Zoom brings teams together to get more done in a frictionless and secure video environment. Its users can message each other through a build-in chat and share unlimited photos, files as well as make, receive, and manage phone calls.
Setting up a Zoom account and creating Zoom meetings is extremely easy and you are able to decide whether you want to start your meeting with a video or without. Once the meeting has been scheduled, you can invite your participants through Google, Outlook, or Yahoo calendars.
The free version limits meetings to 40 minutes and up to 100 participants.
The paid version allows for group conferences to run up to 24h, the option of recording meetings, and schedule repeat meetings.
