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MS Teams Select Background outside of conference call
Is there a way in MS Teams to change or 'try on' different backgrounds before or without starting a new meeting?
I have been able to upload backgrounds and test them during conference calls, but have not been able to view them outside of meetings.
- Hey!
If you go in Calendar, then in the top right corner you click 'Meet now's, if you go in 'Start meeting' you'll get the same preview as if you were joining a meeting with someone else.
Another example of how bad a lot of Microsoft features are implemented. Why just not add the background settings with the other Teams settings? Was this to easy for the users? Teams is just another perfect example how wrong UX and GUI design can get ...
jamiejunior You can go into settings > devices > and make a test call. Not the most elegant because you only have a short window to be in the test call, but there's no limit to how many test calls you can make.
- I can't believe it's been 3 years, and the the best response from this thread is still the best option... Is MS on this website at all? It's a commonly searched question according to Google.
What does that say about @microsoft listening to their costomers Jason_KW ?
Ralph_Mbeki What does it say about @Microsoft listening to their customers? It says they don't care as long as they can take your money. They figure they have such a huge market share it doesn't matter and they are untouchable. They need to remember that IBM was once in same position as them until Microsoft came along and took it away. Who's next?
It's no wonder nearly everyone has this program but nobody wants to use it.
It's the least intuitive, least user friendly, and most readily available platform on the market!- Haha well put
CinBoulder Microsoft in a nutshell
- It remains a mystery to me how easily people accept workarounds rather than to push a company to do the things properly.
- "Meet Now" should be "Start Meeting" instead. and backgrounds should definitely be added to the Devices settings. Better yet have Video( or Camera) and Audio settings instead of or in addition to Devices
I sent a teams meeting invite to myself > started the meeting > added changes > previewed the changes and saved it .. too easy 🙂
Yeah that works Hvchapade, I know and it's how I do it now. But sometimes things are not about the pragmatic solution, but about the principle of it. Let's hope someone at MS picks this up and they'll find a way of improving the integrating of video meetings with the actual main screen of Teams.
- Joetuna_Smokes idea is the best i've seen
"If you go in Calendar, then in the top right corner you click 'Meet now's, if you go in 'Start meeting' you'll get the same preview as if you were joining a meeting with someone else." less steps than inviting yourself etc
- It is very counter-intuitive (and I'm on a Mac to be clear) but:
Find any meeting in the calendar and JOIN, and you get the pre-joining screen. DON'T press "JOIN NOW" but the settings should now be in front of you. Click the background icon as shown below, and bob's your uncle. - Hey!
If you go in Calendar, then in the top right corner you click 'Meet now's, if you go in 'Start meeting' you'll get the same preview as if you were joining a meeting with someone else.Joetuna_Smokes Thanks for this. Teams is the worst software since Lotus Notes.
- Thanks for this! Congrats to Pernille-Eskebo for *** once again *** frustrating users who are simply trying to accomplish what should be a very simple task. 😞
- Sadly if you are running Ubuntu this will not work. In fact none of the ways work. Either blurred or one of the preset backgrounds they have.
Hi, you can setup a test meeting, and then when you go to join it, you will see the following options.
Click on the third option which is;
Then you'll see the available backgrounds appear in the right pane, and you can try them without joining.
PeterRising This is not true for the Ubuntu version. I cannot find anywhere where to do this, and my job requires it. I would not like to install a different operating system but looks like I will have to.
How can I upload a background with text and to see it properly and not as a mirror?
Tali_Polke probably long-answered, but if not, try this setting...
- This is annoying workaround. Instead better to have it in camera settings.
Teams is a complete and utter steaming pile of nonsense. It hardly works, its not intuitive, there's no consistency of behaviour and it's impossible to find settings easily to fix it yourself. What a complete failure it's been by MS. And every single peer and colleague I mention it to echo's my feelings. Do the people that work on these products ever even use them or heaven forbid test changes with focus group users before implementation? It feels like all actions taken by MS (and everyone else in Silicone Valley now) for development are for data harvesting first and foremost while user experience sits somewhere at the bottom of the list.
