Cohosts
Because the Cohost role provides privileges similar to the host role, Cohosts can help to improve meeting productivity. If the host is running late or can't attend, a cohost can start and manage the meeting. Cohosts can also assist the host with meeting management, which is useful for larger meetings.
During a meeting, hosts can assign the Cohost role to one or more meeting attendees. The option to assign the role is dimmed for attendees who join from unsupported clients. If the host assigns the Cohost role to invitees while scheduling the meeting, those invitees join the meeting with the Cohost role. During the meeting, the host can assign the cohost role to attendees—even to guest attendees.
Cohosts can perform the following meeting management tasks:
Start and host the meeting for you.
Mute or unmute some, or all participants.
Permit or prevent attendees unmuting themselves after the host or cohost mutes them.
Share multimedia.
Move attendees to and from the lobby.
Expel attendees.
Start recording the meeting.
Cohosts can't start recording the meeting if the host is in the meeting.
Invite and remind attendees.
Manage breakout sessions.
Join breakout sessions to help attendees.
End the meeting.
Lock or unlock the meeting.
Starting in WBS40.11, if a cohost is paired to a Cisco video device, the paired device is assigned the cohost role too. The following notification shows on the device and the device will have the same capabilities as the host such as lock or unlock the meeting, mute all participants, and start or stop recording the meeting:

Add Cohosts while Scheduling a Meeting on Your Webex Site
When you schedule a meeting from your Cisco Webex site, you can specify cohosts for your meeting. Only users with accounts in your Webex site or have host licenses can be made a cohost when you schedule a meeting.
If you would like to give attendees without a host license or an account on your Webex site a cohost, they can be promoted to the role once the meeting starts. |
1 | Sign in to your Webex site and go to . |
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2 | On the Schedule a Meeting page, specify the basic options for your meeting. |
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3 | In the Attendees field, add attendees separated by commas or semi colons, and then press Enter. |
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4 | To designate specific attendees as cohosts, select
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5 | To provide more flexibility on who can be a cohost for your meeting, go to Show advanced options > Scheduling options. |
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6 | Select one of the additional options:
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Add Cohosts for Your Personal Room Meetings
1 | Sign in to your Webex site and go to . |
2 | In the Cohosts section, check Allow cohosts for my Personal Room meetings. A number of options will appear. |
3 | Select one of the options:
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Add a Cohost to an Existing Meeting on Your Cisco Webex Site
1 | Sign in to your Webex site and go to Meetings. |
2 | If you don't see your meeting in the list, specify a date range and then select OK. |
3 | Select the meeting name. |
4 | In the Who is Invited? section, locate the invitee, mouse-over More, and then select Assign cohost. |
Add Cohosts in Microsoft Outlook for Mac
Before you begin
1 | Use your preferred method to schedule a meeting with Microsoft Outlook:
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2 | Add attendees for your meeting. |
3 | On the meeting invitation, select Add Webex Meeting > Add Webex. You can skip this step if you selected . |
4 | On the Webex toolbar in Microsoft Outlook, select Change Settings. |
5 | In the Cohost section, check the corresponding check boxes for the meeting attendees that you want to specify as cohosts. |
6 | Select OK. |
Add Cohosts in Microsoft Outlook for Windows
Before you begin
Ensure that Webex Productivity Tools are installed.
1 | Use your preferred method to schedule a meeting with Microsoft Outlook:
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2 | Add attendees for your meeting. |
3 | On the Webex toolbar for the meeting invitation, select Add Webex Meeting. ![]() You can skip this step if you selected . |
4 | If the Webex Settings dialog box is not open, select Change Settings on the Webex toolbar to open it. |
5 | In the Webex Settings dialog box, select the Resources tab. ![]() |
6 | In the Cohost section, check the corresponding check boxes for the meeting attendees that you want to specify as cohosts. |
7 | Select OK. |
Add a Cohost During Your Webex Meeting
During a meeting, hosts can assign the Cohost role to one or more meeting attendees—even to guest attendees.
1 | Open the Participants panel and locate the attendee that you want to make a Cohost. |
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2 | Right-click the attendee's name and then select .
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