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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 ...
- Apr 14, 2020
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
Apr 14, 2020Copper Contributor
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
Apr 14, 2020MVP
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).
- JCabralApr 17, 2020Copper Contributor
TonyRedmond what are the best dimensions for custom background?
- TonyRedmondApr 17, 2020MVP
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.
- LanceterApr 29, 2020Copper Contributor
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