--- title: Zoom: Why Does It Work? | daily.dev description: Zoom is a global architecture that has scaled rapidly during the pandemic, providing a video-first platform for meetings and other services. It utilizes layers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/zoom-why-does-it-work--hzdsfyd5m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Zoom: Why Does It Work? | daily.dev og:description: Zoom is a global architecture that has scaled rapidly during the pandemic, providing a video-first platform for meetings and other services. It utilizes layers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/zoom-why-does-it-work--hzdsfyd5m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hZDsfyd5m.png og:image:alt: Zoom: Why Does It Work? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Zoom: Why Does It Work? **[InfoQ](https://daily.dev/sources/infoq)** · 16 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Zoom is a global architecture that has scaled rapidly during the pandemic, providing a video-first platform for meetings and other services. It utilizes layers such as the intelligent transport layer, reactive quality of service layer, adaptive codec and session layer, and distributed conference layer. The architecture is built on a mixture of technologies including AWS, Oracle, and colocation data centers. The client connection process involves multiple steps to establish a secure and optimized connection to the meeting. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#qcon](https://daily.dev/tags/qcon), [#zoom](https://daily.dev/tags/zoom) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/zoom-why-does-it-work--hzdsfyd5m) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Zoom: Why Does It Work?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zoom-why-does-it-work--hzdsfyd5m","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/zoom-why-does-it-work--hzdsfyd5m"},"datePublished":"2023-12-27T14:26:23.619Z","dateModified":"2024-01-27T02:15:20.411Z","description":"Zoom is a global architecture that has scaled rapidly during the pandemic, providing a video-first platform for meetings and other services. It utilizes layers...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f599916a5e04dc66f25cc611c98539b5?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f599916a5e04dc66f25cc611c98539b5?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoQ","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoQ","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/afc3bced3e1e4b188dd9127017a60e0c","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoq"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/zoom-why-does-it-work--hzdsfyd5m","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"architecture,cloud,qcon,zoom","timeRequired":"PT16M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoQ","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoq"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Zoom: Why Does It Work?"}]} ```