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TonyRedmond
Apr 06, 2020MVP
Custom Background Images for Teams Meetings
Teams allows you to use a set of images selected by Microsoft as the background for meetings. It’s a nice feature, even if it lacks the ability to upload and use a custom image of your own. This capability was promised, but it looks as if Microsoft knows they need to some work on admin framework before they allow people to upload their own images.
https://office365itpros.com/2020/04/06/teams-meeting-background-image/
Yep. https://office365itpros.com/2020/04/06/teams-meeting-background-image/ was updated once the information started floating around the net to tell people about how to upload their custom images for PC and Mac. Note that this is unsupported by Microsoft (but the custom images work).
- 7596onlinehoustonisdCopper Contributor
why l dont have background can you tell me and how tombut the background because l dont have it
- 7596onlinehoustonisdCopper Contributor
mr l dont have the background can you tell me why TonyRedmond
- 7596onlinehoustonisdCopper Contributor
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- MP74639Copper ContributorOkay but where do u get the background when we do a video call on microsoft teams please
- ThereseSolimeno
Microsoft
Are you asking how to activate the background options? MP74639 The three dots at the top of the screen is where you'll find the "apply background effects" action. You can use one of the default images or upload your own.
- warlockptCopper Contributor
Hello,
I'm working on a Mac and I was able to find the Backgrounds folder without problems... my issue is that I've added custom backgrounds onto the Upload folder, but they don't show up for selection in Teams... I've even tried to change one of the existing images in the backgrounds folder, but also without success 😞
Has anyone faced this problem before?
PS: I'm using version 1.3.00.15561
- apa_fonso2013Copper Contributor
- ArchnaSharda88Copper Contributor
- PeterDigbyCopper Contributor
If anyone is having issues with not being able to see or access the \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads folders, you need to login to Teams at least once, and click on the Show Background effects, click on one of the images and select Preview before the folder is created.
The folder does not exist until you at least preview one of the backgrounds.
Once you have done this, you should have the folders and be able to upload.
- jabaugradCopper Contributor
I have 2 laptops. Both with the latest Teams Software version. One has the background option available and one only has the blur background option. On the one with the blur only, it doesn't even have a backgrounds folder created. It's got a i5-8365U which specs say have AVX2. I can't figure out how to get the option available. Any ideas?
- jenncarneiroCopper ContributorJust wondering, are you using the same account to login to Teams on both laptops?
- Mr_GuyCopper Contributor
I wrote this comment to you elsewhere. Still can't figure out how the background images are ordered.
-Bah
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Right. So here's an example of how this product is rather half baked. This is just one issue- but it is a good, simple stand-in for how the product is not finished.
What order are the pictures displayed in, when you go to Background Settings? Ordered by date? Size? Filename? I can't figure it out. I shouldn't have to. But along with the inability to pin an entire team, only a channel and other navigation oddities; the way in which there's only one Teams window; the way in which searching for content in teams isn't even a joke- it just doesn't work....
This "who knows what order they are in" is one simple example of many of this this product has just been released to the public and promoted and pushed and- it's half baked.
Bah.AFAIK the images are sorted alphabetically in two sections: the first are the set of default images from the Teams content delivery network, the second are your custom files. Please take a chill pill. When you use a default image, it is downloaded from the CDN and stored in the Backgrounds folder.
- Mr_GuyCopper Contributor
I appreciate you telling me to take a chill pill and not 'turn the keys' so much in my post. I just find that Msft tools are rather half-baked, and I'm the taste tester. The advertising showing all the happy users doesn't show one bit of functionality that actually shows how it's better than... What? Slack? AOL AIM? 😐
Thanks for figuring out the order of the images- I didn't think it would separate them into 'built in backgrounds' and 'ones in the folder'. I'll check it out.
- MochaFrappuccinoCopper Contributor
TonyRedmond I need some help. I don't have any of the files listed on this thread.
Im using a Windows 10..
MochaFrappuccino Sorry. I don't do support. You can contact Microsoft for help.