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jamiejunior
Sep 10, 2020Copper Contributor
MS Teams Select Background outside of conference call
Is there a way in MS Teams to change or 'try on' different backgrounds before or without starting a new meeting? I have been able to upload backgrounds and test them during conference calls, but hav...
- Mar 29, 2021Hey!
If you go in Calendar, then in the top right corner you click 'Meet now's, if you go in 'Start meeting' you'll get the same preview as if you were joining a meeting with someone else.
Joetuna_Smokes
Mar 29, 2021Brass Contributor
Hey!
If you go in Calendar, then in the top right corner you click 'Meet now's, if you go in 'Start meeting' you'll get the same preview as if you were joining a meeting with someone else.
If you go in Calendar, then in the top right corner you click 'Meet now's, if you go in 'Start meeting' you'll get the same preview as if you were joining a meeting with someone else.
- DWilson_HorrMar 09, 2023Copper Contributor
Joetuna_Smokes Thanks for this. Teams is the worst software since Lotus Notes.
- ToddMullinsSep 02, 2022Copper ContributorThanks for this! Congrats to Pernille-Eskebo for *** once again *** frustrating users who are simply trying to accomplish what should be a very simple task. 😞
- bhawkins6177Mar 15, 2022Copper ContributorSadly if you are running Ubuntu this will not work. In fact none of the ways work. Either blurred or one of the preset backgrounds they have.
- MalluCAFeb 19, 2022Copper ContributorThanks. I wonder why MS never thought of including this in the App Settings. It is a straight forward use case.
- mroemenOct 27, 2021Copper ContributorThis is why Microsoft will never be Apple. Counterintuitive design, layered ad infinitum.
- Shaun_P_ColemanNov 03, 2021Copper Contributor
mroemen You are correct. It is poor design. If I use Zoom it is quite easy to change my virtual background outside of a call. Having to go to the Teams calendar and start a fake meeting is clunky and not intuitive at all.
- slkbjahbuMar 29, 2021Brass ContributorHow unusably counterintuitive! But I'm glad there exists SOME way to test video options outside of an actual meeting. Thanks for the tip, @Joeteuna_Smokes. Those options should exist somewhere outside of Calendar > Meet Now, for example, these should be available **within** every call (not just before), in device settings.
- amirConsultantSep 29, 2022Copper ContributorAbsolutely right. Like many other MS product. That's why people like Apple products. I don't understand why MS employees don't learn.
- joedeshonMay 06, 2021Brass ContributorAgree! This is a VERY awkward work around. Backgrounds should be selectable at any time while setting up your video device. That's the way the competition does it. Only one of many ways that ZOOM outshines Teams.
- Uani_TillmonFeb 25, 2022Copper ContributorZoom is superior in every way...