Microsoft Teams Virtual Backgrounds

So if you have used Zoom as your conferencing platform, you have been exposed to the virtual backgrounds that no longer need green screens. If you need a tutorial on how to use the Zoom backgrounds, that can be found here.

Microsoft is set to deploy the setting on Microsoft Teams very soon according to Tom Arbuthnot’s post found here and it is something that I am sure users will enjoy. Below I will try to give a brief overview of what this is, how it might be useful and also provide some backgrounds that I have used so that you can prepare yourself when its available.

WHAT IS A VIRTUAL BACKGROUND?

Well in short, this is a step beyond what the blur my background setting in Microsoft Teams is and allows you to put yourself into a virtual space. It allows you to be in a physical space that might not be ideal and portray to the far side that you are actually in an environment suitable for a video call. While its intended for professional use, I will put some backgrounds below for fun that you can put yourself into for those video calls that can be a little more casual. Think about how Forrest Gump was able to be in the room with JFK and others. This is the basic tech…