Custom organization images are kept in an online location managed by the Teams admin center.
Windows PCs depend on being able to access custom images stored %AppData%\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads. Limited Roll-Out FirstĬonfining browser support to the set of Microsoft-curated images isn’t surprising. Given that the feature works with Edge, I expect no problems with Chrome, Brave, or any other Chromium-based browser. Microsoft doesn’t specify if any restrictions exist for other browsers. I used the Edge browser (version 93.0.931.38) for testing. Or it could just be me looking for something to complain about. The desktop client produces cleaner edges and responds to movement of a person faster, maybe because the desktop client has better access to system resources. The only issue I noted using the browser client is that it is less precise at “feathering” the edges of the personal with the background image. As you can see in Figure 1, the gallery of images contains no evidence of either organization or custom images.įigure 1: Using background effects in a Teams meeting (Edge browser) 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.
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.