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# Zoom Tip #4: Creating a New User Role
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/creating-new-user-role/
- Published: 2020-07-21T13:51:28.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-20T01:57:48.000Z
- Description: What to do when Zoom's default roles just don't cut it.
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Collaboration, Communication, Productivity, Video, WFH, Zoom, Zoom For Dummies, Zoom Tips

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​Users on premium Zoom plans can take advantage of user roles. In a nutshell, roles allow companies to segment responsibilities. Case in point: An organizational owner or admin can do things that regular users cannot. Imagine if every employee could upgrade or downgrade services or change account-wide settings.

But what if Zoom's three native roles don't cut it?

In this quick video, I demonstrate how to add a new user role: reporting analyst.

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