Seeing as we're in isolation, we seem to be spending a whole lot more time in Microsoft Teams -- and of course, Microsoft seems to have picked up the pace of teams updates as well. One of the things that Zoom, (one of Teams' competitors) has that is enviable is a "sense of fun". Zoom has these great backgrounds and they have some fun filters too. In this post, I wanted to look at how to get these options in teams. Bear in mind that Teams is always changing and that some of these features are already being developed for the platform, so you probably won't have to use these workarounds for long. The Built-In Backgrounds Yesterday (15 April 2020), Teams started up with a new feature; Background effects. To get to these, simply click on the three dots while in a video conference and choose Show Background Effects . This opens up a selection of backgrounds in the right hand panel. The first bunch are suitable for corporate meetings and include "