You are now able to record meetings and to live stream them to up to 100.000 participants (yes, a tenth of a million). You can designate co-hosts, you can disable quick access to moderate large crowds, you can get a report on who joined - and more, but only if you are the Meet's host (also known as the owner). It's time you know who the owner is and how ownership can change!

Why is this important?

Meets are democratic, so everybody can remove and mute everybody else (we are adults, right?). At least with guests from the same domain. The Meet does not start with "The host has not yet arrived, but we bill you by the minute anyway, thanks for your business" like in the bad old days - there is no host. But there is a Meet host, who has powers:

• Recording capability: The Meet organizer's configuration determines if a Meet can be recorded. If the Meet owner's territory has enabled recording, all pwc.com participants in his/her Meets can click the recording button. The reverse is also true: If your territory does not let you record, your Meet won't have that button.

• Recording files: The Meet organizer will own the recording on Drive. The owner's retention rules determine if/when that recording expires.

• Live Streaming: The Meet organizer's configuration determines if Meets can be made streamable. If it is streamable, pwc.com people can push the button, like recordings.

• Attendance: The Meet organizer can order a report on who joined the meeting.

• Activities: The Meet organizer can enable powerful activities for professional web conferences, such as breakout rooms, polling, Q&A etc. Some of these will send their results to the organizer.

• Quick access: The Meet organizer can disable quick access, which turns the oh-so-friendly and democratic Meet I was swooning about into a Webex call locks down who can join: "The host has not yet arrived" is back. Everyone not on the guest list (even within PwC) will have to ask to join. The host can take away audio, video, presentation, chatting permissions. This is for truly high-stakes calls! It makes sure that either a select few can join a Meet while the organization watches a live stream (even if the URL leaks), or that there is order in a 500 person call.

• Co-hosts: Finally, hosts can designate co-hosts to help with almost everything in this list.

All of this depends on the Meet owner. Here is the golden rule, which comes in two flavors: