Turn on Meet meetings and calls for your organization

Business / Enterprise

When the Google Meet service is on, users in your organization can:

• Create and join Meet meetings and calls in Google Meet 
• Use Meet in the integrated Gmail experience
• Continue to use other conferencing services 

Turn on Meet meetings and calls

1. In the Google Admin console, go to Menu  Apps Google Workspace Google Meet.

   Go to Google Meet

   Requires having the Service Settings administrator privilege.

2. To turn on Meet for everyone, click Service status On for everyone.
3. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:
   1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
   2. To change the Service status, select On or Off.
   3. Choose one:
      • If the Service status is set to Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
      • If the Service status is set to Overridden, either click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent, or click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
        Learn more about organizational structure.
4. (Optional) To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Customize service access using access groups.

Changes can take up to 24 hours but typically happen more quickly. Learn more

A Meet conference link is automatically added to all new Google Calendar events for users that can create Meet meetings. Admins can disable automatic Meet conference links for all new Calendar events, or users can adjust the conferencing preferences for their account.

Education

When the Google Meet service is on for a Google Workspace Education edition, users at your school can:

• Join Meet meetings and calls in Google Meet 
• Continue to use other conferencing services 

 With an Education edition, you can also control whether users can create Meet meetings and calls. When both settings are on, people can use Meet in the  integrated Gmail experience.

Let users join Meet meetings and calls (Education editions)

To allow users at your school to join Meet meetings, turn on the Google Meet service.

1. In the Google Admin console, go to Menu  Apps Google Workspace Google Meet.

   Go to Google Meet

   Requires having the Service Settings administrator privilege.

2. To turn on Meet for everyone, click Service status On for everyone.

   Note: If you use an Education edition, this setting turns on Meet for teachers and students.

3. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:
   1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
   2. To change the Service status, select On or Off.
   3. Choose one:
      • If the Service status is set to Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
      • If the Service status is set to Overridden, either click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent, or click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
        Learn more about organizational structure.
4. (Optional) To turn on a service for a set of users across or within organizational units, select an access group. For details, go to Customize service access using access groups.

Let users create meetings and calls (Education editions)

Before you begin: If needed, learn how to apply the setting to a department or group.

1. In the Google Admin console, go to Menu  Apps Google Workspace Google Meet.

   Go to Google Meet

   Requires having the Service Settings administrator privilege.

2. (Optional) To apply the setting only to some users, at the side, select an organizational unit (often used for departments) or configuration group (advanced).

   Group settings override organizational units. Learn more

   Recommended: Only select organizational units that contain faculty and staff. If you use Classroom and have verified teachers, you can select your Classroom Teachers group.

3. Click Meet video settings.

4. Click Call Creation and check the Users can create their own meetings or make calls box.
5. Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit.

   To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit (or Unset for a group).

You can also control meeting access, such as joining a meeting by phone. Learn more.

After turning on Meet for an education organization

Go to Set up Meet (for Education admins).