{"id":154585,"date":"2020-12-08T10:30:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T10:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=154585"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:16:09","slug":"how-to-get-a-background-on-microsoft-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-get-a-background-on-microsoft-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get a Background on Microsoft Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

With many businesses working remotely worldwide, you\u2019ve no doubt had several online meetings with colleagues and employers. Do you ever spend way too much time rearranging your workspace before accepting that <\/span>Microsoft Teams<\/span> video conference request? Well, you can <\/span>change your background image<\/b> so that the others don\u2019t see any offensive or messy items behind you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are a few tricks to improving the view for your audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

Changing your Microsoft Teams background<\/b><\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re <\/span>running the meeting app from your PC<\/b>, you can quickly set up the background before the session begins. The option \u2018Background Effects\u2019 appears next to the mic switch. The primary feature you\u2019ll want to try is Blur, which hazes out the area around and behind you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Of course, you may have already entered the meeting and realized you\u2019ve <\/span>forgotten to adjust the background<\/b>. You\u2019ll need to select \u2018More Options\u2019 and \u2018Show Background Effects\u2019 to access the same menu controls in this situation. The update will happen instantly, saving you any embarrassment for when you\u2019ve forgotten to make your bed or clean the windows.<\/span><\/p>\n

Can you tell we have experience with these moments?<\/span><\/p>\n

The most beneficial use of this feature is on mobile devices. You may be in a coffee shop or internet cafe with headphones. Fortunately, you can follow the same steps above for <\/span>changing your Microsoft Teams background on phones<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Adding your own custom background<\/b><\/h2>\n

Not happy with having a blurred background? We wouldn\u2019t be, either. We\u2019re sure you\u2019d like to <\/span>impress clients and colleagues<\/b> by making them believe you\u2019re in a real working environment or sipping cocktails on a yacht. Microsoft Teams introduced virtual backgrounds in April 2020, granting you the power of illusion.<\/span><\/p>\n

To take advantage of this setting, you can open the meeting settings and select \u2018Show Background Effects.\u2019 It will let you choose one of the generic templates already available on the app. If you want to <\/span>add your own custom background<\/b>, you can click on \u2018Add New\u2019 and pick an image from your PC or mobile device.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Look professional in any location<\/b><\/h2>\n

Microsoft Teams has more <\/span>advanced features<\/b> than other similar meeting platforms, such as <\/span>Slack<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Zoom<\/span><\/a>. With the festive season upon us, be sure to share the jingles and merry moments by lighting up your background. If you\u2019ve had some fun with these settings, please let us know, as we\u2019ll certainly enjoy a good laugh.<\/span><\/p>\n

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With many businesses working remotely worldwide, you\u2019ve no doubt had several online meetings with colleagues and employers. Do you ever spend way too much time rearranging your workspace before accepting that Microsoft Teams video conference request? Well, you can change your background image so that the others don\u2019t see any offensive or messy items behind … Continue reading “How to Get a Background on Microsoft Teams”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":181571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2348],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-154585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionmicrosoft-teams"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325158,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154585\/revisions\/325158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154585"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=154585"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=154585"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=154585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}