Zoom web conferencing Personal Meeting ID/Vanity URL
Intended for:
Users of the Zoom video/web conferencing service.
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This article details how to set your Personal Meeting ID (PMI) and Personal Vanity URL (PVU) in Zoom.
Instructions:
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A Personal Meeting ID (PMI) or Personal Vanity URL (PVU) is a way for you to have an easy-to-remember unique meeting ID. Think of it as your own virtual office where you can tell people to meet you online.
What would I use it for?
Much like you use your office number to let people know how to get to your physical office, you can provide your PMI or PVU to others in your collaboration so they know how to get to your “virtual office.” If someone goes to your PVU (via web) or accesses your PMI (via the Zoom tool or phone), you will be emailed that someone is waiting in your virtual meeting room. Unlike standard Zoom meetings where the Meeting ID is a random number,your PMI is consistent. Someone using your PMI/PVU to access a meeting will always know that that meeting room is assigned to you.
What is a PMI and a PVU? - video tutorial
Schedule With Personal Meeting ID (PMI) - instructions
About PMI:
- A Personal Meeting ID (PMI) is assigned to you automatically as a permanent virtual room. You can start it at any time or schedule it for a future use.
- Your Personal Meeting ID becomes your Personal Meeting URL.
- Example: Your PMI is 6308403000. Your Personal Meeting URL is now https://zoom.us/j/6308403000.
Best practices for PMI:
- Set your PMI to your phone number if it is unique to you.
- Use your PMI for impromptu meetings.
- Use random meeting numbers for scheduled meetings.
- Recurring scheduled meetings in a series will use the same meeting ID.
For more information, please see the links below:
- FAQ (on the left) at http://zoompilot.fnal.gov/.
- PMI or Random ID Scheduling.
About PVU:
- A Personal Vanity URL (PVU) is your personal URL that is associated with your Personal Meeting ID.
- In other words, your Personal Vanity URL is an alias of your Personal Meeting ID.
- Example: https://zoom.us/my/TimsOffice. (TimsOffice- this part of the URL is yours to change).
How to set your PMI and PVU:
1. Log in into My Profile. (https://zoom.us/profile).
2. Select Edit under Personal Meeting ID or Personal Vanity URL.
3. Select Save Changes.
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