
If you log on as the host and don't see the record button in the lower menu bar, go to the setting below, click on the Local Recording button and restart the meeting. You must enable recording in your Zoom settings before starting the meeting. Instead, the host must enable recording for the meeting and then individually give permission to any attendee authorized to record. Even that option can pose a hurdle because Zoom, by default, doesn't give attendees the ability to record. Recording all breakout rooms would require designated people in each room to store the session locally on their computer. Local recording is an option, but that only works for the time the host is in the breakout room.

The host can use cloud recording for the main room of the meeting but not for any of the breakout rooms. Sadly, Zoom doesn't work that way in fact, breakout rooms can't be recorded to the cloud. Ideally, to record breakout rooms, the host would simply record the session to the cloud, and once that's done, each breakout room would have its own separate file. Recording to your computer is generally limited to what you can see on your screen, while recording to the cloud offers more views, options and features. Zoom offers the option of recording locally to your computer or recording to the cloud.
