--- title: How to Join an Online Meeting description: For most web conferencing users, a point of emphasis when selecting a webinar platform is ease of use. Whether you are trying to initiate interna --- [![onsm_logo-4](https://info.infiniteconferencing.com/hs-fs/hubfs/onsm_logo-4.png?width=250&name=onsm_logo-4.png "onsm_logo-4")](http://www.infiniteconferencing.com/) [![Inf_Chevron_Logo-2](https://info.infiniteconferencing.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Inf_Chevron_Logo-2.jpg?width=213&name=Inf_Chevron_Logo-2.jpg "Inf_Chevron_Logo-2")](http://www.infiniteconferencing.com/) [![infinite conferencing logo](https://info.infiniteconferencing.com/hs-fs/file-16092717-jpg/images/header_blog.jpg?width=846&height=111&name=header_blog.jpg "infinite conferencing logo")](http://www.infiniteconferencing.com/) # How to Join an Online Meeting Posted by [Adam Kipnis](https://info.infiniteconferencing.com/author/adam-kipnis) on Fri, Nov 13, 2015 @ 04:25 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) For most [web conferencing](http://www.onstreamwebinars.com) users, a point of emphasis when selecting a [webinar platform](http://www.onstreammedia.com) is ease of use. 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