Decorate your background in Teams meetings

Hello, Microsoft 365 Insiders! We’re very pleased to announce that Microsoft Teams Public Preview and Microsoft 365 Targeted Release users with a Teams Premium license can now use the Decorate feature to personalize your background. 

Decorate your background in Teams meetings  

As a Teams Premium user, you now have the option to leverage AI to augment your real-life surroundings and create a personalized atmosphere for your meetings when using camera. 

How it works 

• Before a meeting starts:  

1. 1. On the pre-join screen, select Effects and Avatars > Video effects,, and then select Decorate button. 
   2. In the Background settings pane, choose a theme, and then click the Generate backgrounds button.
   3. Pick one of the two options offered, or click the Generate more button if you want to see additional backgrounds.
   4. When you have selected the background you want to use, click the Apply and save background button.

• During a meeting: 

1. 1.  Select More > Effects and Avatars > Video effects, and then select the Decorate button.

      

       
   2.  In the Effects and avatars pane, choose a theme, and then click the Generate backgrounds button.
   3.  Pick one of the two options offered, or click the Generate more button if you want to see additional backgrounds.
   4. When you have selected the background you want to use, click the Apply and save background button.

 

Availability 

To use this feature, you need to be a member of the Teams Public Preview or Microsoft 365 Targeted Release, have a Teams Premium license, and use the new Teams client for Windows or macOS. Other meeting participants aren’t required to be members of the Teams Public Preview. 

To enable your Teams client for the Public Preview, IT administrators need to set an update policy that turns on Show preview features. Learn how at Public preview in Microsoft Teams. 

For Targeted Release, global admins can go to the Microsoft 365 admin center and choose to give a selected set of individuals access to Targeted Release, or they can enroll the entire organization in Targeted Release. Learn more about setting up the release option in the admin center here. 

Feedback 

We want to hear from you! Click Help > Give feedback to send us your thoughts about this feature. This feedback menu is located in the bottom-left corner of your Teams client.