How to Change Your Background in Microsoft TeamsZoom is not the only video-conferencing platform that allows you to customize your background. Microsoft Teams also lets you to change your messy or boring room into a fun or professional scene.

If you're stuckworking at homeand need to video conference overMicrosoft Teams, you can hide your messy house with a new virtual background.

First, make sure you have the latest version of Teams. From inside the app, click on your profile icon in the upper-right corner and select the "Check for updates" button. You can continue to work while the app checks for and downloads any available updates.

Change Background Image

Start your video call．如果你不想让别人看到你的background before you've had a chance to change it, click the camera icon to turn off your video. Select the "More actions" icon on the toolbar—it's the one that looks like an ellipsis. Then select "Show background effects" from the pop-up menu.

The Background settings page offers a selection of background images. Scroll down to browse through all the built-in images and select one you'd like to try. Click the Preview button and a thumbnail video of you appears with that background.

When you find one that works, click the "Apply and turn on video" button. Just like onZoom, the person on the receiving end of the call will see you with your new virtual background.

Upload Custom Image

Microsoft this weekfinally rolled outa way to upload custom images to your Teams background. Previously, you had to upload your own images into the proper folder on your computer, then choose the image you wanted during a video call.

Now, before you start a meeting, click theBackground effectsbutton to the right of the mic switch. A window will appear letting you replace your background with a custom image.

To change your background image during a call, click the three-dot ellipsis button on the menu, and selectShow background effects>Add newand pick a .JPG, .PNG, or .BMP file from your computer. You can preview the image before attendees will see it.

Try to keep in mind which images are most appropriate to use in a Teams video call. For colleagues you work with every day, it might be fun to get a bit more creative, but for executives and clients, you probably want something more professional. (If you need some ideas, wecompiled a fewgeeky options for Zoom, which could also work on Teams.)