Microsoft Teams – How to Set Your Video Background

How to Set Your Video Background

Watch this video or use the instructions below to learn how you can change your video background to remove distractions in a Microsoft Teams meeting.

One Teams feature that’s both particularly interesting and useful is the change background feature. If you’re in a meeting, you can remove anything distracting happening in the background by blurring out everything in your video that’s not you, or completely changing your backdrop. Microsoft Teams’ built-in intelligence can detect what needs to be obscured without any help from you.

This can be extremely useful for users who don’t have their own offices—allowing them to participate in video calls without the distracting hustle and bustle of the office behind them—or users who work remotely and have a less-than-stellar home office set up. Whatever the situation, users can participate in video calls without worrying about what’s going on around them.

How to Set Your Background When Joining a Microsoft Teams Video Call:

1. First, join the meeting and turn on your camera from the preview screen.
2. Then, click on the Background Filters next to the camera toggle.
3. You will be prompted with different background options, or you can upload your own background image.
4. You can preview different backgrounds before clicking Join Now.

How to Set Your Background While in a Microsoft Teams Video Call:

1. Select the ellipsis to view more actions and select Apply Background Effects to choose from the different background options.
2. Click Preview to see your new background and select Apply and turn on video to set your new background.

Turn off your Background in a Microsoft Teams Video Call:

1. To turn off your background, choose the ellipsis to view more options and select Apply Background Effects.
2. From here, you have the option to turn off your background effects.