Benefits of Connecting Zoom to Windmill
Connecting Zoom to Windmill brings real meeting context into performance conversations — so coaching, feedback, and recognition are grounded in the actual work teams do together.- Captures participation in key meetings, discussions, and decision-making moments
- Helps managers see where collaboration, leadership, or support is happening in real time
- Reduces the need to manually recall or summarize what happened in meetings
- Ensures quieter contributors and behind-the-scenes problem solvers get recognized
- Makes performance reviews more fair, balanced, and based on real interactions
Connected Data
When connected, Windmill securely reads meeting metadata, not video by default:| Data Type | How Windmill Uses It |
|---|---|
| Meeting attendance & participant lists | Shows collaboration patterns and involvement across teams |
| Meeting frequency and context (titles, owners) | Highlights ongoing project, stakeholder, and leadership engagement |
| Speaker time & turn-taking patterns (optional) | Supports feedback on communication, presence, and facilitation |
| Chat and shared note metadata (optional) | Surfaces collaboration and follow-up behavior |
| AI meeting summaries (optional) | Provides context for coaching and performance conversations |
By default, Windmill does not store or analyze raw audio/video.
Transcripts and summaries will be shared if meetings are recorded in Zoom**.**
Permissions
Windmill requests read-only, scoped access via Zoom OAuth.| Permission | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Read meeting metadata | To reflect participation, involvement, and collaboration patterns |
| Read participant information | To map meeting activity to employee profiles in Windmill |
| Read transcripts or summaries (optional) | To provide deeper coaching context — only if approved |
| No write access | Windmill never sends messages, changes settings, or alters meetings |
| Scoped to your organization’s Zoom account | You control which users and data streams are included |
Windmill follows least-privilege access — only syncing the data required for performance context.
FAQs
Does Windmill record or store our Zoom meetings?No. Windmill does not store raw video or audio by default.
Transcript or AI summary access is optional and must be explicitly enabled. Can we choose which users’ meeting data is synced?
Yes. You select the user groups or departments during setup. Access can be changed or revoked anytime. Does Windmill write anything back to Zoom?
No. The integration is strictly read-only. How often does Windmill sync meeting data?
Continuously. Meeting activity appears in Windmill shortly after the meeting ends. Is the integration secure?
Yes. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Windmill is SOC 2 compliant and uses scoped, revocable OAuth tokens. What happens when an employee leaves?
Their past meetings remain available for context in historical reviews, but Windmill stops syncing once they are deactivated.
Installation
From Zoom:- Log into your Zoom account
- Navigate to Apps
- Search for Windmill
- Select “Get”
- Log into your Windmill account and select Integrations
- Select “Add Integration”
- Click on Zoom
- Select “connect”