Customize Your Teams Rooms background

Transform your Microsoft Teams Rooms device with a personalized background that reflects your company style

Are you trying to customize your Microsoft Teams Rooms background? In this new wansec guide, we’ll walk you through the easy steps of changing the background color and image on your Windows 10 IoT device built for Microsoft Teams Rooms.

To begin, create a file named SkypeSettings.xml and place it in the folder C:\Users\Skype\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.SkypeRoomSystem_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState. This file will hold the settings for customizing your Teams Rooms device’s background.

Make sure your background image is 3840×1080 pixels, with two screens. The right one is the main screen, and the left one is your secondary screen if your system has two screens. In other words, think of it as two screens of 1920×1080 pixels.

To customize the background color, include the following code in your SkypeSettings.xml file:

<SkypeSettings>
    <Theming>
        <ThemeName>Custom</ThemeName>
        <CustomThemeImageUrl>teamsroomsbg.jpg</CustomThemeImageUrl>
        <CustomThemeColor>
            <RedComponent>0</RedComponent>
            <GreenComponent>0</GreenComponent>
            <BlueComponent>0</BlueComponent>
        </CustomThemeColor>
    </Theming>
</SkypeSettings>

Make sure to adjust the CustomThemeImageUrl to the correct path on your device. The CustomThemeColor is the color you want to use as a background, you can change the values of RedComponent, GreenComponent, and BlueComponent to match the desired color.

In case you’re unable to browse to the above path, try browsing to C:\Users\ and manually opening the Skype folder. You may have to approve access to the folder manually first.

In summary, customizing the background on your Microsoft Teams Rooms device is a straightforward process. By creating a SkypeSettings.xml file and placing it in the appropriate folder, you can easily change the background color and image on your Windows 10 IoT device built for Microsoft Teams Rooms. Keep in mind that your background image should be 3840×1080 pixels and the path to the background image should be correct. Plus, you can automate the process by using a script and place those files in an Azure Blob.

Hopefully you now understand the steps on how to customize your Microsoft Teams Rooms background. You can find more customization of your setup with the SkypeSettings.xml file here. Start customizing and make your Teams Rooms device truly yours!