How do I change the background?

You can blur or change your background before or after joining a Teams meeting. As well as the standard Microsoft backgrounds, corporate backgrounds have also been created.

DURING A MEETING:

1. With a meeting in progress. Click the ‘More’ button in the toolbar.
2. Click ‘Apply background effects’.
3. In the ‘Background Settings’ window:
   1. Click one of the Microsoft backgrounds.
   2. Click to blur the background.
   3. Click to remove your background and show the room you are working in.
   4. Click ‘+Add new’, locate and click on the background you wish to use.
      (For security reasons we can’t publish the full file path for the corporate backgrounds here. Search for the ‘Teams Backgrounds’ folder).
4. Preview how this will look by clicking the ‘Preview’ button (others won't see this). Don’t worry if they background appears to have ‘flipped’ in your preview. It will display the correct way round to others when used.
5. Click Apply’ to use this background option.

BEFORE A MEETING:

1. Before clicking the ‘Join now’ button, click the background slider to display the ‘Background Filters’ window.
2. Follow steps 3-4 in the previous instructions to choose a background.