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MVP

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).

CliveHornsby

Copper Contributor

May 04, 2020

I have created and attached a quick PDF Guide for both Windows and Mac that includes all the feedback from this thread.

How to set a Teams Background Image.pdf199 KB

duncan3

Copper Contributor

May 06, 2020

CliveHornsbymany thanks for this, have found no problem with a small number of additional backgrounds but it gets grumpy if you try too many! One small issue is that the images uploaded are as advised 1920 x 1080 but display larger than the window so the image edges are hidden off the screen, are you aware of any way of controlling the image to window size? It makes a corporate background a little tricky to engineer when there is no edge to work to.

A small but useful feature is having a video call with yourself to check output that your contacts will see - Calendar>Meet Now allows this

TIA

Duncan