Zoom: Account Single Sign-On (SSO)

Article Type: How To

Activate your Minnesota State Zoom account

If you are a new employee or student, activate your Minnesota State Zoom account:

• This simply means logging in to your Minnesota State Zoom account for the first time if you have never done so.
• This will allow you to quickly join meetings that have been set to require authentication for meeting participants.
• If you do not sign in with SSO, you will be named as Guest as your display name, and you may not be recognized by the meeting host or co-host.
• Instructors will be able to more quickly and accurately identify the specific students who are joined, participating and speaking in classes and meetings.

To activate your account, simply log in for the first time:

• Step 1) Go to: https://minnstate.zoom.us and select the Sign in button.
• Step 2) Use Single Sign-On (SSO) and enter your StarID username (e.g., ab1234cd) and password

Sign in with Single Sign On (SSO)

• Step 1) You can get access to the full Zoom features by installing the desktop client and mobile app or you can click on the meeting sent to you by the meeting organizer.
• Step 2) Select Sign In.

• Step 3) Select Sign in with SSO.

• Step 4) Enter company domain as minnstate and select Continue. Your default browser will open to the StarID sign in page.

• Step 5) Enter your StarID username (e.g., ab1234cd) and password and select Sign on.

Additional Information:

See our main article Zoom Web Conferencing to view:

• Fall 2020: What you need to know about Zoom this Fall
• Overview of Zoom, How To instructions, learning tools and other Zoom related services and resources