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Apr 06, 2020

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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 ...

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TonyRedmond
Apr 14, 2020
Sava_Jeremic

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).

Sava_Jeremic

Copper Contributor

Apr 14, 2020

You can upload your own pictures... TonyRedmond
It might not be so easy for any user -but just open appdata folder and upload picture(s) to

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Upload

TonyRedmond

MVP

Apr 14, 2020

Sava_Jeremic

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).

JCabral
Copper Contributor
Apr 17, 2020
TonyRedmond what are the best dimensions for custom background?
- TonyRedmond
  MVP
  Apr 17, 2020
  JCabral In https://office365itpros.com/2020/04/06/teams-meeting-background-image/ I recommend 1920 x 1080 pixels, which seem to work well in most cases. It's also the size used for the Microsoft default images.
  - Lanceter
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 29, 2020
    TonyRedmond that resolution plus PNG format. However JPG and higher res formats work as well. Place the images into the %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads folder