Welcome to Season 01, Episode 07 of Mark & Kirsty banging on about Microsoft 365! In this episode Kirsty sets up and uses an Avatar for the first time.

If Avatars are new to you, this page from late March 2023 is a good place to start: Avatars for Microsoft Teams.

Here’s what we cover in our seventh episode:

00:00 Intro
00:25 Why Mark likes the idea of Avatars in Teams
01:40 Launch Teams in preview mode (so we can see the Avatars app)
02:38 Search for and launch the Avatars app
03:55 Base Avatars
05:30 Why three Avatars?
05:50 Customise your Avatar – body shape
06:18 Face and eyes
07:35 Hair
08:45 Infinite eye options
09:30 Appearance – makeup, face lines and more
11:35 Wardrobe and eyewear
12:40 Back to hair
13:50 Save your Avatar
14:14 Use your Avatar in a meeting

Once you’ve the below video, check out the (failed) part 2: S01E08: Avatars for Teams Meetings – part 2 (FAIL) – Super Simple 365.


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