Forum Discussion
Garethb83
Apr 14, 2021Copper Contributor
Background effects in teams not working unless signed in
If I sign into Teams using my personal account, background effects work fine. However work policy doesn't allow me to sign into my work account from my home pc, so I access meetings as guest not sign...
ThereseSolimeno
Microsoft
Apr 15, 2021Hi Garethb83 I know that some features are limited for guests (which the engineering team is working on) but nowhere in our internal documentation can I find a reference to the background options not working. ChristianBergstrom , can you help here? Thank you.
Garethb83
Apr 21, 2021Copper Contributor
Thanks ThereseSolimeno
Other members in my team have the same issue so I don't think its isolated to me. I also uninstalled Teams, restarted and reinstalled and got the same. Background effects button is there and I can 'turn it on' but blur doesn't do anything and there are no backgrounds to choose from. As soon as I login though, all my backgrounds are there to select and blur works as expected.
I've attached an screenshot of teams as guest and then after I login.
- TheM365GuyApr 21, 2021Brass ContributorYes I can agree. This is from my point of view a issue. I think also a guest should blur the background without complicated login/logout hacks.