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Background images in Teams announcement no longer possible
Hi all,
Is it no longer possible to add background images in the headline in teams announcements?
Has this been generally switched off?
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New:
Hi SvenJHH,
here are some information regarding your issue:Some users have reported that the option to add background images to announcement posts is missing, particularly in new Teams experiences.
it is mentioned that Microsoft might be planning to add a feature called "Designer" to create more powerful banners.
You can use Designer in Microsoft Teams (free) on Windows 11 to create announcement banners for community announcements. This feature allows you to add and customize images for your announcements.
To create a community announcement banner with Designer:
- Go to the community where you want to use Designer.
- Select "Announcement," and then click the "Background image Create with Designer" button in Teams.
- You'll have the option to add an image, generate an image, or explore ideas from existing images.
- After selecting an image, you can customize the size, text, and layout.
- When you're ready, select "Done" to add the image to your community announcement.
- You can then post your announcement to the community.
This suggests that while traditional background images in announcements may be missing, the use of Designer within Microsoft Teams provides an alternative for creating visually appealing announcement banners.
Background Images within Announcement posts - Microsoft Community Hub
Create a community announcement banner with Designer in Microsoft Teams (free) - Microsoft SupportPlease click Mark as Best Response & Like if my post helped you to solve your issue.
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Kindest regards,
Leon Pavesic
(LinkedIn)
- Pernille-Eskebo PLEASE BRING THIS BACK!
- Same behaviour here.
I noticed the banner image option disappeared this morning. I figured it would be a good opportunity for me to upgrade to the New MS Teams but no luck there either. Very strange design decision to remove functionality that was working perfectly fine.
The AI designer suggestion is nowhere to be seen. But it seems that may only be available with Windows 11? My organization is still on Windows 10.
Please fix this Microsoft. SvenJHH - I am having the same issue and use background images daily within my teams channel. When will the option to upload background image be back available for Teams Announcements?
- We have the same issues here. It causes a lot of frustration on end user side as they got used to the background image feature and all of them are using Teams classic.
According to the Message Center the Designer option will come in the future and is not available today (Europe). I do not understand why a working feature was removed before the new capability is in place.
Please bring it back Microsoft. Hi SvenJHH,
here are some information regarding your issue:Some users have reported that the option to add background images to announcement posts is missing, particularly in new Teams experiences.
it is mentioned that Microsoft might be planning to add a feature called "Designer" to create more powerful banners.
You can use Designer in Microsoft Teams (free) on Windows 11 to create announcement banners for community announcements. This feature allows you to add and customize images for your announcements.
To create a community announcement banner with Designer:
- Go to the community where you want to use Designer.
- Select "Announcement," and then click the "Background image Create with Designer" button in Teams.
- You'll have the option to add an image, generate an image, or explore ideas from existing images.
- After selecting an image, you can customize the size, text, and layout.
- When you're ready, select "Done" to add the image to your community announcement.
- You can then post your announcement to the community.
This suggests that while traditional background images in announcements may be missing, the use of Designer within Microsoft Teams provides an alternative for creating visually appealing announcement banners.
Background Images within Announcement posts - Microsoft Community Hub
Create a community announcement banner with Designer in Microsoft Teams (free) - Microsoft SupportPlease click Mark as Best Response & Like if my post helped you to solve your issue.
This will help others to find the correct solution easily. It also closes the item.If the post was useful in other ways, please consider giving it Like.
Kindest regards,
Leon Pavesic
(LinkedIn)LeonPavesic, I appreciate your response. However, 1) this sounds very complicated and 2) I am not seeing any "Background image Create with Designer" button in the new Teams. You know the old saying, if it ain't broke... I wish new features didn't come at the expense of old ones simply disappearing... If you could point out where this Designer feature is supposed to be located, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
- It doesn't work, it's really incredible that this feature was removed
- The designer background doesn't work either. This change impacts the way we communicate and it's disappointing (to say the least) it was removed. Can we please bring it back??
- Looks like it's coming back. I see it in this announcement blog - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-microsoft-ignite-2023/ba-p/3976670
I'm not sure if my organization will give us access to a "co-pilot license". While it does look interesting, I'm hoping they didn't remove functionality that existed before to replace it with a shinier functionality that will require users to pay more money to access.
- I have this issue too. Very frustrating as I used this feature frequently. The only thing I could do was switch back to the 'old' Teams.
Interestingly, the new Teams was supposed to be the same, but faster...I wonder what other features they've removed without telling anyone!? My school has updated to the new Work and School Teams version, which I like for many reasons. However - losing this customizable Banner feature is a mistake. This was one of our best ways to get students excited about different events and to help us truly individualize events and assignments for students. Please bring this back!
I have searched for the Designer button for customizing and it is gone. All my teachers are asking when this will be back. This is as of Feb 1, 2024.
- this teams is awesome
SvenJHH Some information on the matter
https://get-itips.capazero.net/posts/images-announcements-new-teams
