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seanwindrem
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Apr 06, 2020

Custom Background In MS Teams

UPDATED It looks like this is in the process of being rolled out or at least actively tested. If you have the version with the option to select a background image, custom images can be added. Save ...
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CiiZii
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May 06, 2020

HIPRM  - Definitely restart teams if you haven't done that - or it could be due to enterprise group policy, or who know what.  Another forum was seeing your same situation where latest update showed that older version number, but had no solution.

 

Maybe you could get the MSI from here and see if installing that works (create a restore point first!) - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/msi-deployment

 

Also I saw a comment that someone had to use the path with "local" instead of "roaming" to see the custom background images - but of course N/A to you since option doesn't appear at all...

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HIPRM
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May 06, 2020

CiiZii I downloaded a fresh package from the Microsoft site, but I get the same version after I re-install!  My suspicion is that it reacts to the version of a Windows component.  Because I can't update my Windows install, I'm stuck.  I need to experiment with a non-work machine and see if I get the same results.

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