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Any update on the Custom video Background feature?
- Hi Kelemvor333,
No confirmed ETA as of yet. One of the most recent updates was by Loryan Strant and his demoing of it for 365 unplugged
https://www.loryanstrant.com/2019/09/18/365-unplugged-custom-backgrounds-in-microsoft-teams/
Nothing on the roadmap as you say. Hopefully we'll hear more at Enterprise Connect at the end of February or at the MVP summit in March. There is definitely a momentum growing for this - it's been previewed since Enterprise Connect on 2019. I recently wrote about is as something I wanted to see in 2020 in my blog here
https://microsoft365pro.co.uk/2020/01/01/12-features-i-would-like-to-see-land-in-microsoft-teams-in-2020/
So unfortunately still some time to go.
Hope that answers your question
Best, Chris
Faiza Qadri This is what's coming soon. The updates are being rolled out on each tenant, when ready.
Starup , @Faiza Qadri - When? Is there a schedule for this rollout? We've been hearing that it is coming for quite some time.
tassenza It should be rolling out pretty soon according to the Roadmap.
Of course in practice, we found that when Microsoft releases it, it takes some time to get to our tenant, etc. so we basically have to wait for them to say it's "completed" and then "complain" if we don't see it in our tenant(s).Especially with everyone working from home these days. It'd be great to hide the mess that is my actual "office" and put up a nice beach view.
I've used Zoom a bunch over the last week and saw that they already have this option with some pre-defined pictures and videos AND they allow you to upload your own picture or video as well. I hope Teams will support that too and not just have everyone using the same couple generic backgrounds.
Kelemvor333 As well as the ability to show more than 4 video feeds like Zoom can do. Teams for video conferencing is a tough sell for Zoom users.
