If you're unimpressed with your current normal video calls, then Microsoft Teams background offers a simple solution. With a variety of built-in virtual backgrounds, you can instantly transform any space into a professional setting.
Our guide will walk you through the process of changing your Microsoft Teams background on both laptop, as well as mobile devices. You'll also learn how to upload your own images and use custom images for your backgrounds for a truly personalized touch. We'll turn you into a teams professional, aware of the app's capabilities and limitations.
Change Your Background Before A Meeting Starts
Apply a professional backdrop before joining a meeting to ensure your focus remains on the conversation. Follow these simple steps to transform your meeting experience with video calls:
- Start a meeting: Launch Microsoft Teams, select 'Chat', and click 'New Meeting'.
- Access background settings: Turn on video and audio, then click the 'Background effects' icon in the preview window.
- Choose your background: Select your desired background from the options provided and click 'Join now' to start your meeting with the new background.
How To Change The Meeting Background During A Call
Change your Teams background mid-meeting
Want to update your background during a Teams meeting? Here's how:
1. Join your meeting: Start or join a Teams meeting as usual.
2. Access background settings: Click the 'More actions' or 'Camera' icon at the top right, of the meeting window
3. Select 'More video effects and settings'.
4. Select new background: Choose your preferred background from the available options.
5. Click 'Apply' to confirm.
Changing Backgrounds During Mobile Meetings
Add a custom background to your Teams meetings on your mobile device
Want to use your image as a background images a virtual background? Teams let you do just that. Here's how:
- Access background settings: Open Teams, turn on video and audio, and open the Background settings pane.
- Upload your image: Click 'Add new' in the settings and select the image you want from your computer.
- Apply your background: Join or start a meeting to use your custom background.
How To Upload A Custom Background To Microsoft Teams
Enhance your video meetings on the go with Teams' mobile background feature. While you can adjust your background image before starting a meeting, you can easily change it once you're in the middle of a call as well. Here's how:
- Start a meeting: Open Teams, tap 'Chat', then the 'Instant meeting' icon. Tap 'Start meeting'.
- Access background options: Once in the meeting, tap the 'More actions' icon at the bottom of the screen and select 'Background effects'.
- Choose Your Background: Select a pre-set background or tap the '+' to upload your own image. Confirm your choice by tapping 'Done'.
Use AI to decorate your background in a meeting
Transform your changing background or picture into an extraordinary scene with a variety of customizable options on Microsoft Teams.
- Clean Up: Instantly declutter your space for a minimalist aesthetic.
- Fancy: Add a touch of luxury with elegant decorative elements like wallpaper, candles, and chandeliers.
- Greenhouse: Immerse yourself in nature with lush greenery and vibrant plants.
- Celebration: Create a festive atmosphere with balloons, streamers, and sparkling lights.
- Surprise Me: Unleash your creativity with unexpected and visually stunning AI-generated transformations.
From professional to playful, Decorate offers endless possibilities to personalize your video calls and custom backgrounds to leave a lasting impression just by using your background settings control.
Conclusion
Microsoft Teams has become a well-known tool for remote and hybrid work environments, facilitating seamless communication and collaboration. Capturing and preserving valuable information shared during team meetings can be quite a challenge when presenting your screen and your virtual background. This is where Bluedot excels. By offering meeting recording solutions, including transcription, auto-generated emails, and customizable meeting templates, Bluedot empowers users to effectively manage and leverage meeting content.
By securely saving details from your Microsoft Teams meetings for later use, Bluedot empowers you to efficiently access and review critical information, enhancing productivity and collaboration within your team.
FAQs
Why are my background effects not showing?
You may need to update your Microsoft Teams. Microsoft is constantly rolling out new features and updates, so it's possible that the background effects option is not available in your current version of Teams.
There could also be a problem with your webcam. Try removing it from the device manager and reinstalling it.
Can I make a video background in Teams?
While Microsoft Teams doesn't currently allow video backgrounds directly, there are workarounds involving third-party apps. It's important to note that these are unofficial solutions and may not be the most stable.
Why can't I see the "Show background effects" option in Teams?
Temporary glitch: Sometimes, software glitches can hide features. Try restarting your computer and relaunching Teams.
Hardware limitations: Effects require a specific hardware setup. While Microsoft is working to expand the blur compatibility, it might not be available on all devices yet.
Outdated Teams: Make sure you're using the latest version of Microsoft Teams. New features, like the custom backgrounds, background images, and video effects above, are often rolled out with updates.
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