Adding Seek Now Teams Backgrounds

The following steps will add Seek Now Custom Backgrounds to your Teams application. 

If you have any issues regarding this, please feel free to reach out to the Service Desk for further support!

1. Open this link to view all the backgrounds provided by the Marketing team.
    
2. Above the first file, hover your mouse and over and select the check the circle here to select all the images. Once selected, you can select to Download.
   
3. Once downloaded, hover your mouse over the completed download and select the folder icon to open this in File Explorer.
4. Right-click the file, and select "Extract All..."
   
    
   • On the window that opens next, select "Extract" with what is selected by default.
   • Once you see the new folder, the folder that ends in .zip can be deleted
     
      
5. Now in Teams, select the Calendar on the left-hand side. Then select "Meet now" in the top-right.
   
   • Select "Start meeting" to create a meeting with only yourself in it.
   • Select "Join Now" to fully join this meeting. 
   • When prompted to invite others, select the "x" in the top right to move forward.
      
6. Select the drop-down arrow by your camera and select "More video effects and settings"
   
7. On the page that follows, select "Add New"
   
8. In the File Explorer window that opens, select your Downloads folder on the left-hand side, and double-click the folder that we downloaded and extracted earlier. 
   
9. From here, select the first image file and then "Open"
   
    
10. Repeat steps 7-9 for all files. There is no way to add multiple at once. Scroll down and at the bottom of your backgrounds, you will find the Seek Now branded backgrounds.
    
     
11. Once you select the background and apply it, it will be listed at the top of your background options in the future as the most recently used.
    • NOTE: If the background images read backwards, select "Settings" in the top-right, and un-check the box for "Mirror my video"
    • Alternatively, if you want to leave this setting on, multiple of the backgrounds provided are already mirrored.
      
       

12. Enjoy your new backgrounds!