Customize an immersive event in Microsoft Teams

Applies To
Teams Microsoft Teams

Customize environments in immersive events to tailor the event space to your needs. Boost engagement by adding your own content and making the experience unique to your scenario.

Screenshot showing custom 3D elements in an immersive event environment.

Customize an environment

Make immersive events more impactful with ready-made templates and no-code tools that help you design 3D environments featuring your brand, images, videos, 3D models, and more.

Only organizers and co-organizers can customize the event when scheduling it in Teams. Any changes to the event space must be saved at least 10 minutes before the event starts.

Important

  • If you plan on adding custom content to your event, set up a SharePoint or OneDrive folder before the event with the content you plan to use. This will ensure easy access to URLs when adding objects to your event.
  • Direct upload of content files for customization isn't supported.
  • Customizing an event is unavailable after the event has already been started once.

1. Join the customization session

To start customizing an immersive event space, join the customization session by editing the event in your Teams calendar. In the customization session, you'll appear as an avatar in the environment you selected when scheduling the event. 

To join the customization session for an immersive event:

  1. Select Calendar teams-calendar-tab-icon in Teams.
  2. Double-click an immersive event.
  3. Select Manage event edit-pencil-icon-20x20-png .
  4. At the top of the event details, select More actions more-options-ellipsis Customize in immersive edit-pencil-icon-20x20-png .
  5. Select Join now to enter the customization session.

Important

The Customize in immersive edit-pencil-icon-20x20-png option will be unavailable 10 minutes before the event start time.

2. Edit the immersive event space

Once you're in the customization session, you can start making changes to the environment around you.

To change the event space:

  1. Select Editor in the menu bar.

    Screenshot highlighting the editor in an Immersive event space.

  2. In Editor, select Add an object to the environment plus-icon-teams .

  3. In Catalog, select an object to add it to the environment.

  4. Select the gizmo at the center of the object to reposition, resize, or move it.

    Screenshot showing the resizing and positioning tool for Immersive event objects.

  5. Configure other object details, like its Visibility, whether it's Enabled and active during the event, and more.

  6. To delete an object, select Delete Delete button trashcan icon  in the object's row in Editor.

3. Add custom content objects

From the Catalog, add custom images, 3D models, and more from OneDrive or SharePoint.

To add custom objects:

  1. In Editor, select the object type you want to add to your space (i.e.,