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Teams Add Your Own Virtual Background Directly in Teams

Teams is known for the popular blurry background effect and soon added pre-installed backgrounds. Now Teams allow custom backgrounds to be added.

Chris Menard

24 Jun 2020 — 1 min read

Posted on: 06/25/2020

Microsoft has released a Teams meetings update that allows meeting participants to upload their own personal backgrounds. Teams is known for the popular blurry background effect and soon added pre-installed backgrounds. Now Teams allow custom backgrounds to be added.

Steps to add a custom background

1. Start or Join a Teams Meeting

2. Click More Actions

3. Click Show Background Effects

4. Select Add New

5. Find a background and click Open

6. Select the Background and click Apply

To preview the image and see how your background looks before other can see your background click Preview.

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