The big gotcha with browser support of background images is that you can only choose one of the Microsoft-curated images. The images can come from Microsoft’s gallery of images chosen for Teams, galleries maintained by other companies, or even the images used for the Bing home page. Custom images uploaded by users (if allowed by the Teams meeting policy).For example, you might have background featuring a corporate logo or some recognizable location, such as corporate HQ. Organization-curated set (if you have Teams advanced communications licenses).These images are on a CDN and downloaded from there when selected by users. Microsoft-curated set (including background blur).Sourcing Background Imagesīackground images come from a variety of sources: The gaps were in the Teams Linux client and browser clients.
Custom background image support for Teams iOS and Android clients: April 2021.įrom the above, we can see that the Teams desktop and mobile clients support background effects.Administrative support for controlling background effects ( VideoFiltersMode setting in Teams meeting policy): May 2020.Custom background image support for Teams desktop (Windows and Mac): April 2020.Introduction of background blur for Teams meetings: September 2018.The timeline for developments in this area include the following important steps: Teams then makes the combined image available to other meeting participants. Background effects cover both video blurring and the use of a selected background image to disguise a user’s background (often a horribly cluttered office) by isolating the image of the person and imposing it on the background image. Update December 21: Microsoft has slipped the date again and now say that background effects will be available for Teams browser clients in early January 2022.įirst, some definitions. I normally use the Teams desktop clients for calls but have used the browser client with background effects successfully for several calls recently. This is Microsoft 365 roadmap item 85738.
Message center notification MC277112 published on August 10 promised that Teams browser clients would support background effects starting in early September.
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