Starting July 10, 2026, the Zoom licensing structure changed slightly. Zoom accounts at Cornell now include Essentials (for faculty, staff, academic, temporary, exception, and affiliate employment classifications) and Student (for students and anyone not in the Essentials category).

Essentials Licenses

The Zoom Essentials license includes:

• a meeting capacity of 500 seats (up from 300)
• the option to host a Zoom webinar with a 500 seat capacity (previously only available on request)
• Zoom Translated captions (automatic text translation from one language to another)
• Zoom Scheduler

If you need to host larger meetings (up to 3,000 seats), or to request premium audio services, see the information on the Zoom Request page. 

Student Licenses

Those with student licenses should see no changes to their Zoom experience.

Check Your License

To see what your Cornell Zoom license allows, log in to your Cornell Zoom account, click Profile, then scroll down to Account to see whether you have a Meeting or Webinar license and how many participants you may include. (Those with webinar licenses can also create meetings.)