Microsoft Teams: User uploaded custom background images for the new VDI solution for Microsoft Teams Beta
Data as of 1 hour ago (9 September 2026)
Status Launched
Release month April 2025
Release ring General Availability, Targeted Release
Products Microsoft Teams
Cloud instances DoDGCCGCC HighWorldwide
Platforms Desktop
Description
With this new feature, users on the new VDI solution for Teams can blur their background, choose a Teams virtual background, or replace their background entirely with any image they want by uploading it through the "Video effects and Settings" option.
Change history
Added to the roadmap 6 August 2024. Tracked here since 1 September 2026. Earliest target we recorded: April 2025 (since tracked — Microsoft may have moved it before we started watching).
Nothing has changed on this item since tracking began on 1 September 2026. Changes appear here as Microsoft updates the feed.