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Microsoft Teams Announces New Features

Microsoft has been announcing some exciting new features for Microsoft Teams at Microsoft Ignite this week. One feature that's both particularly interesting and useful is the new blur background feature. If you're in a meeting, you can now remove anything distracting happening in the background by blurring out everything in your video that's not you.

This can be extremely useful for users who don't have their own offices—allowing them to participate in video calls without the distracting hustle and bustle of the office behind them—or users who work remotely and have a less-than-stellar home office set up.

It takes less than three clicks to blur your background for less distracting video calls in Microsoft Teams. Pro Tip: when you join a. Hi Krish, If you're using the desktop app and don't have the Background Effects feature, it's likely that your computer is not compatible with this feature. Background effects require a processor. Keeping food at your desk can also be distracting. Some health sites suggest putting food away to prevent munching. Not only will you be distracted, it can cause mindless eating. Try keeping a small baggie of healthy snacks inside your desk. DeskCover is a simple Mac application that allows you to hide the mess on your desktop with a single mouse-click or by pressing a global hotkey. It also allows you to focus on your current task by highlighting the window of the currently active application and automatically dimming those of inactive ones. B&W Artisan Pro X is the latest evolution of the B&W Artisan Pro software panels and is a panel for Photoshop for pure and unrestricted B&W editing. It is software designed by a B&W fine-art photographer, educator and highly praised expert on B&W photography, for other B&W fine-art photographers who need powerful but easy to use tools to.

Whatever the situation, more users will be able to participate in video calls without worrying about what's going on around them. What's even better is it takes less than three clicks! Microsoft Teams' built-in intelligence can detect what needs to be obscured without any help from you.

One thing to note is that as of this posting, you cannot blur out your background on mobile—though the Teams app does offer robust participation capabilities for mobile users with most of their other features (even screen sharing).

How to Blur Your Background on a Video Call in Microsoft Teams:

First, start your video from a meeting.

Then, click on the Ellipsis icon from the meeting options and choose Blur My Background.

Un-Blurring Your Background

To un-blur your video, choose the Ellipsis icon again and select Don't Blur Background.

Pro Tip: when you join a meeting or call with your video on, you can choose to have your background blurred from the moment your video is shown to other people. Toggle the Video Blur icon to remove distractions from the start.

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Have Questions or Want to Get Started?

I dont have the option of 'Blur the Background' in my teams account . How to get that option

Hi Prasad, there are many reasons you may not have this feature. First, note that this feature has changed to say 'Show Background Effects,' and you'll need to click that to choose the 'blur' option. Second, you won't have this feature unless you're using the desktop app. It's not supported on the web application. Third, this feature requires your PC to have a processor with Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) support–most reasonably new devices have this.

Can I customize my Own picture as a background?

Hi Naresh, yes you can. Navigate to %APPDATA%MicrosoftTeamsBackgrounds on your computer. Then upload your custom background to the Uploads folder.

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Smartday 3 2 – integrated organizer with automatic scheduling. but I do have the desktop app and I still don't have background effect

Hi Krish, If you're using the desktop app and don't have the Background Effects feature, it's likely that your computer is not compatible with this feature. Background effects require a processor with Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) support, which is pretty standard for newer PCs. However, if your computer is more than 5 or so years old, you may not have this.

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Hi Francisco, you need to be using the desktop app on a computer that has a processor with AVX2 instruction set.

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VIDEO:

How to Blur Your Video Background

Watch this video or use the instructions below to learn how you can blur your video background to remove distractions in a Microsoft Teams meeting.

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