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On the right the background settings will appear with all pre-populated images and background blurģ.) Select a background image and then select Join NowĪDDING BACKGROUND EFFECTS IN A MEETING OR A CALLġ.) In the meeting or call we want to turn background effects on. Avoid inappropriate, offensive or sensitive materialĪDDING BACKGROUND EFFECTS WHEN JOINING A MEETINGġ.) On the join screen ensure the camera is swiped onĢ.) Swipe the background effects on. JPEG and PNG images are supported for custom background images: these should be suitably sized and royalty free. At the time of writing not available on Linux Recommended that the Teams desktop client is updated to the latest version. Users need Teams licences – usually via Office/Microsoft 365 licences You know, you could have had customisation a long time ago using Snap Camera or OBS… One things for sure: I’ll be interested to see how long users actually use custom background images once the novelty wears off and how long businesses actually tolerate them once admin controls come in. Criticism will move onto the ability to see everybody in the meeting until most come to the realisation how much meeting quality will suffer – like Zoom. Wants and needs will move onto animation in the background. Admin controls for background effects will come soon. I kind of feel for Microsoft at this point – it’s a kind of damned if they did and damned if they didn’t situation. Yet I have also seen others question why there have been no admin controls in place and fears of inappropriate images being used. I have personally found this in my own organisation. I have seen many reports saying that custom backgrounds and the workaround have increased engagement and affinity for Teams. So all good right? I guess you could say it all depends on your perspective.

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Many in the community were kicking off on social until a workaround was found to add custom images via a specific folder in the user profile on a Windows or Mac.

Now, when Microsoft released background effects – they did so with only pre-populated images. Naturally, Zoom was often dropped on Uservoice and the Tech Community by those who were – let’s say – anxious to see the feature rolled out. Whilst background blur had always been a warmly received feature, users wanted the ability to personalise the meeting experience – and like the wallpaper on their desktops and mobiles show off their interests and passions and identities. Microsoft demoed it as far back as March 2019 and a lot of unhappiness and criticism built up throught the year around the delay of it’s release. So the ability to add an image to your background in a video call – what is now known collectively with background blur as background effects – was a feature many in the tech community wanted for a long time. And as always I want to give you a bit more to make it worth your time

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After a year on this series I still feel as passionate about it as when I first started. Immediately after I had to submit several sessions to several conferences – all of which I am happy to say I was accepted for. When it dropped into general availability I was in the middle of writing 30 blogs in 30 days for the #fightcorona series. This could very well be the 100th blog that you have read on background effects in Microsoft Teams.

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