Decorate your background in Teams Meetings (Premium)

Teams Premium users will be able to use “Decorate your background,” leveraging gen-AI to augment your real-life surroundings. It creates a personalized atmosphere for your video calls.

Users can access this feature in 2 ways:

  • Before a meeting starts on the pre-join screen, select Effects and Avatars > Video effects and select “Decorate” button, which will allow you to start generating new backgrounds.
  • During a meeting, you can select an animated background by clicking More > Effects and Avatars > “Decorate” button from backgrounds section.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 126123

When this will happen:

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early December 2023 and expect to complete by mid-December 2023.

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2024 and expect to complete by mid-January 2024.

How this will affect your organization:

“Decorate your space” transforms meeting background into something special, seamlessly blending with user’s real-life surrounding, creating a personalized atmosphere for video calls.

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What you need to do to prepare:

You may consider updating your internal documentation to inform users that the feature is now available for Teams Premium users.

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