Next, choose or make your background image. That creates the necessary folder and sets up a single background. While Microsoft hasn’t officially allowed people to add their own backgrounds, they’ve made it fairly easy to do.įirstly, start a Team video call and choose the ‘Show background effects’ option mentioned above. The larger preview is a better example of the blurred image. Next to the ‘no background’ option at the top is the blur choice though there’s no label to explain that. There is a blur background option, but it might not be obvious. We said this was released hastily and an example of that rush is that users are currently, officially, limited to a selection of backgrounds provided by Microsoft.Ĭlick Preview to see a larger version of the background.Īpply will return you to the call with selected background. There should be a blur option even if there are no virtual backgrounds. In a Teams video chat, look for the three dots indicating a further menu, then choose ‘Show background effects’. Whether it’s available depends on which device you’re using, the version of Teams and possibly the position of sun & moon. Speaking of Zoom, Microsoft rushed out a half-baked virtual background and blur background option for Teams video. For example, many of the video settings aren’t selectable until you’re in a call! Little wonder people prefer to use Zoom or Skype over Teams.
Microsoft hastily added some virtual background options to Teams but the whole calling part of Teams is still woefully inadequate. It’s possible to add a virtual background of your choice to a Microsoft Teams video call or just blur the background for a little privacy.
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