How to use Zoom Meeting to share my desktop

Q: How to use Zoom to share my desktop?

Chicagotech.net: To share your computer as a host, Please follow these steps to join Zoom and install App.

  1. On the host computer, access to https://zomm.us website.
  2. If you already have a account, please login. Otherwise, sign up for a new user.

3. After login, click Schedule. You can modify the meeting settings.

4. Copy and send the meeting ID (https://zoom.us/j/########) under Profile or scheduled a meeting to people who need to see your desktop.

5. Now, the client opens his email and click the link to access the Zoom meeting room.

6. The client may need to install Zoom app and sign in.

7. The client should have these options: Start meeting, Join, schedule and Upcoming. The client should click Join.

8. If the host wants to share his desktop, click Host a meeting and then Screen share only.

9. On the top of host computer, you should see your ID and have an option to Stop Share.

10. If you would like one of clients to share his Desktop, close the Host sharing first. Otherwise, you may receive this message:

On the client, move the mouse to the top (You are viewing Bob Lin’s Screen in or example). Now, you should have an option to Share (your Desktop).

On the client, move the mouse to the top (You are viewing Bob Lin’s Screen in or example). Now, you should have an option to Share (your Desktop).

Note: Also you have an option to Mute in above screenshot.

How to use Microsoft Skyper/Team to share your desktop

Q: We are using Microsoft Office 365 services. How can we use Microsoft Skype/Team to share my computer with our clients so that they can see my desktop?

Chicagotech.net: Yes, here is how.

  1. Assuming you have Microsoft Skype/Team and Outlook installed, open Outlook Calendar and click New Skype Meeting.
  2. Enter the clients’ email address, subject, location, time information.

3. When the client receives the invitation, click on Join Skype Meeting link to access it.

4. Now, the client may see this popup, install or/and join the Meeting. You have two options to use Skype, Web app or Skype for Business. If you don’t want to install Skype for Business, click Install and join with Skype Meetings App (web).

5. If you don’t have Skype/Team account, you may receive this message. Click Join as guest.

6. After starting the meeting, the host can click Sharing icon.

7. You may share the desktop and more.

8. Now, on the client side, click Accept to join the meeting. good luck!

How can we modify Out of Office notification without knowing the user password?

Q: We are using Office 365. Once for a while, a user may want us to enable his/her Out of Office Notification because he/she can’t come to the office. How can we do it without knowing the user password?

chicagotech.net: Yes, you can do it by assigning your full permissions and then access the user Outlook. Here is how.

  1. Login Office 365 portal.
  2. Go to Admin Center>Exchange>Mailbox.
  3. Go to the user mail delegation and assign yourself  full permissions.
  4. Wait for a while and  open Another user mailbox from your Web Outlook.
  5. After accessing the user’s Outlook, click Settings.
  6. Click Automatic replies to modify the notification.
  7. Test it.

How to add Sharing in WordPress to link to other social media

Q: I am running WordPress as blog. I would like to integrate it to  Facebook or Twitter. How do I do it?

chicagotech.net: AddThis is popular WordPress plug-in. Here is the steps how to add it to WordPress.

  1. Login your WordPress website.
  2. Click plugins under Dashboard.
  3. Click Add New.

4. Search AddThis. Install and active it.

5. Now, you should have AddThis in th eleft panel. Click it and follow the instruction to select Profile.

6. After register (you may need to login addthis), select which Tool you would like to use, such as Share Tools, Follow Tools, Related Posts.

7. You may change the Sharing Services.

8. Now, you should have Sharing icons in your website looks like this: