Microsoft Teams - Create and Customize Avatars

Posted on: 05/05/2023

Microsoft Teams is rolling out mesh (3D) Avatars. You can customize your avatar. Avatars are not static. When testing, my avatar reacted to audio and moved from time to time to provide some visual interest.

In addition, avatar “reactions” are available during meetings to allow the avatar to express emotion or react to what’s going on in the call.

Five Options

Body
Face
Hair
Appearance
Wardrobe

Create Teams Avatar

Create an Avatar

To create an avatar in a Teams Meeting, click the three dots to the left of the Camera icon in the control menu bar. Click “Effects and avatars”. Now click “Avatars” from the right column and select “Open Avatars App” in the top “Your Avatar” section.

Create an Avatar in MS Teams

Avatar reactions

YouTube Video

Microsoft Support Pages

Tech Community Post https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/introducing-mesh-avatars-for-microsoft-teams-in-private-preview/ba-p/3646444
Microsoft 365 Preview https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/avatars-for-microsoft-teams

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Just some of the topics covered

Navigation Teams
Using private Chat
Using group Chat
Teams Meetings
1. Scheduling Meetings
2. Meeting controls
3. Roles in a meeting
4. Sharing resources
5. PowerPoint in a meeting
6. Scheduling Team meetings from Outlook
Working with Teams and Channels
1. Conversations
2. Files
3. Wiki and OneNote
Using Outlook and Teams
Using apps in Teams

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