One area where Microsoft Teams is excelling is in support for backgrounds. Of course, most video calling services allow users to change backgrounds, including Zoom and Microsoft’s own Skype. However, during 2020 Microsoft has made Teams arguably the most robust in this aspect. Microsoft has recently updated Teams to make it even easier to place a custom background on a video feed. Thanks to the new simplified method, new custom backgrounds can be added in seconds. Allowing users to easily manage backgrounds is a part of that success. Whether you want to professionalize your meetings with a company logo, hide your background, blur something out, or even choose a whacky image, below is how you do it:
New Method for Adding Custom Background
Here’s how you add a custom background following Microsoft’s recent Teams update: And that’s it, the image is now available for custom backgrounds in Microsoft Teams. If you are coming to this concept completely fresh, you may be wondering how to set a background in Teams, custom or not. Below is how to do just that: Tip of the day: Windows 10s Power Throttling can net up to 11% more battery savings per charge with little negative impact. In some scenarios you might consider turning Power Throttling off for single apps that you want run with maximum performance. Our tutorial shows you various methods to manage Power Throttling.
