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title: Configure the Background in Windows title: Configure the Desktop and Lock Screen Background in Windows
description: Learn how to configure the background in Windows for managed devices, using policy settings, including Intune, CSP and GPO. description: Learn how to configure the desktop and lock screen background in Windows using policy settings, including Intune, CSP and GPO.
ms.topic: how-to ms.topic: how-to
ms.date: 03/03/2025 ms.date: 03/03/2025
author: paolomatarazzo author: paolomatarazzo
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zone_pivot_groups: windows-versions-11-10 zone_pivot_groups: windows-versions-11-10
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# Configure the background in Windows # Configure the desktop and lock screen background
You can replace the Windows spotlight lock screen and background images with a custom image. When you do so, users can still see suggestions, fun facts, tips, or organizational messages on the lock screen, but the background image is replaced with the custom image. Configuring desktop and lock screen backgrounds in Windows offers a simple yet effective way to enhance productivity, enforce consistency, and strengthen organizational branding. Predefined backgrounds can display company logos, mission statements, or school emblems, reinforcing identity across devices. This is especially valuable for kiosks, where lock screens can provide clear instructions, or student devices, where consistent branding fosters a sense of belonging and professionalism.
To configure the lock screen and background images, use the [Personalization CSP][CSP-2].
|Policy name| CSP | GPO |
|-|-|-|
|[DesktopImageUrl](/windows/client-management/mdm/personalization-csp#desktopimageurl)|✅|✅|
|[LockScreenImageUrl](/windows/client-management/mdm/personalization-csp#lockscreenimageurl)|✅|✅|
>[!NOTE]
> A concern with custom images is how they'll appear on different screen sizes and resolutions. A custom image created in `16:9` aspect ratio (for example, `1600x900`) scales properly on devices using a `16:9` resolution, such as `1280x720` or `1920x1080`. On devices using other aspect ratios, such as `4:3` (`1024x768`) or `16:10` (`1280x800`), height scales correctly and width is cropped to a size equal to the aspect ratio. The image remains centered on the screen.
>
> Lock screen images created at other aspect ratios might scale and center unpredictably on your device when changing aspect ratios. The recommendation for custom images that include text (such as a legal statement), is to create the lock screen image in `16:9` resolution with text contained in the `4:3` region, allowing the text to remain visible at any aspect ratio.
> [!TIP]
> You also have the option to configure a custom lock screen image using [organizational messages in the Microsoft 365 admin center][M365-1].
## User experience
When Windows spotlight is enabled, devices apply a new image on the lock screen and in the background every day. The image is displayed in the background when the user signs in, and on the lock screen when the user locks the device. Users can still receive suggestions, fun facts, tips, or organizational messages. If you deploy a custom lock screen or background image, devices apply the custom image instead of the Windows spotlight image:
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This article describes how to configure the desktop and lock screen background in Windows using policy settings. The article also provides examples of how to configure the settings using Microsoft Intune, the Configuration Service Provider (CSP), and Group Policy Object (GPO).
## Image ratios and scaling
A concern with custom images is how they'll appear on different screen sizes and resolutions. A custom image created in `16:9` aspect ratio (for example, `1600x900`) scales properly on devices using a `16:9` resolution, such as `1280x720` or `1920x1080`. On devices using other aspect ratios, such as `4:3` (`1024x768`) or `16:10` (`1280x800`), height scales correctly and width is cropped to a size equal to the aspect ratio. The image remains centered on the screen.
Images created at other aspect ratios might scale and center unpredictably on your device when changing aspect ratios. The recommendation for custom images that include text (such as a legal statement), is to create the image in `16:9` resolution with text contained in the `4:3` region, allowing the text to remain visible at any aspect ratio.
## Configure the desktop background
You can use configuration service provider (CSP) or group policy (GPO) settings to configure access to the Microsoft Store app. The CSP configuration is available to Windows Enterprise and Education editions only.
[!INCLUDE [tab-intro](../../../includes/configure/tab-intro.md)]
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../images/icons/intune.svg" border="false"::: **Intune/CSP**](#tab/intune)
To configure the desktop background, you can use:
- Microsoft Intune/MDM
- Group policy
- Registry
[!INCLUDE [tab-intro](../../../includes/configure/tab-intro.md)]
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../images/icons/intune.svg" border="false"::: **Intune/CSP**](#tab/intune)
[!INCLUDE [intune-settings-catalog-1](../../../includes/configure/intune-settings-catalog-1.md)]
| Category | Setting name | Value |
|--|--|--|
| **Administrative Templates > System > Credentials Delegation** | Remote host allows delegation of nonexportable credentials | Enabled |
[!INCLUDE [intune-settings-catalog-2](../../../includes/configure/intune-settings-catalog-2.md)]
Alternatively, you can configure devices using a [custom policy][INT-3] with the [Policy CSP][CSP-1].
| Setting |
|--------|
| - **OMA-URI:** `./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/CredentialsDelegation/RemoteHostAllowsDelegationOfNonExportableCredentials`<br>- **Data type:** string<br>- **Value:** `<enabled/>`|
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../images/icons/group-policy.svg" border="false"::: **GPO**](#tab/gpo)
[!INCLUDE [gpo-settings-1](../../../includes/configure/gpo-settings-1.md)]
| Group policy path | Group policy setting | Value |
| - | - | - |
| **Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Credentials Delegation** | Remote host allows delegation of nonexportable credentials | Enabled |
[!INCLUDE [gpo-settings-2](../../../includes/configure/gpo-settings-2.md)]
---
## Configure the lock screen background
You can use configuration service provider (CSP) or group policy (GPO) settings to configure access to the Microsoft Store app. The CSP configuration is available to Windows Enterprise and Education editions only.
[!INCLUDE [tab-intro](../../../includes/configure/tab-intro.md)]
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../images/icons/intune.svg" border="false"::: **Intune/CSP**](#tab/intune)
To configure the desktop background, you can use:
- Microsoft Intune/MDM
- Group policy
- Registry
[!INCLUDE [tab-intro](../../../includes/configure/tab-intro.md)]
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../images/icons/intune.svg" border="false"::: **Intune/CSP**](#tab/intune)
[!INCLUDE [intune-settings-catalog-1](../../../includes/configure/intune-settings-catalog-1.md)]
| Category | Setting name | Value |
|--|--|--|
| **Administrative Templates > System > Credentials Delegation** | Remote host allows delegation of nonexportable credentials | Enabled |
[!INCLUDE [intune-settings-catalog-2](../../../includes/configure/intune-settings-catalog-2.md)]
Alternatively, you can configure devices using a [custom policy][INT-3] with the [Policy CSP][CSP-1].
| Setting |
|--------|
| - **OMA-URI:** `./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/CredentialsDelegation/RemoteHostAllowsDelegationOfNonExportableCredentials`<br>- **Data type:** string<br>- **Value:** `<enabled/>`|
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../images/icons/group-policy.svg" border="false"::: **GPO**](#tab/gpo)
[!INCLUDE [gpo-settings-1](../../../includes/configure/gpo-settings-1.md)]
| Group policy path | Group policy setting | Value |
| - | - | - |
| **Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Credentials Delegation** | Remote host allows delegation of nonexportable credentials | Enabled |
[!INCLUDE [gpo-settings-2](../../../includes/configure/gpo-settings-2.md)]
---
To configure the lock screen and background images, use the [Personalization CSP][CSP-2].
|Policy name| CSP | GPO |
|-|-|-|
|[DesktopImageUrl](/windows/client-management/mdm/personalization-csp#desktopimageurl)|✅|✅|
|[LockScreenImageUrl](/windows/client-management/mdm/personalization-csp#lockscreenimageurl)|✅|✅|
> [!TIP]
> You also have the option to configure a custom lock screen image using [organizational messages in the Microsoft 365 admin center][M365-1].
## User experience
When Windows spotlight is enabled, devices apply a new image on the lock screen and in the background every day. The image is displayed in the background when the user signs in, and on the lock screen when the user locks the device. Users can still receive suggestions, fun facts, tips, or organizational messages. If you deploy a custom lock screen or background image, devices apply the custom image instead of the Windows spotlight image:
<!--links--> <!--links-->
[CSP-2]: /windows/client-management/mdm/personalization-csp [CSP-2]: /windows/client-management/mdm/personalization-csp

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- name: Taskbar - name: Taskbar
href: taskbar/toc.yml href: taskbar/toc.yml
- name: Background - name: Desktop and lock screen background
href: background/index.md href: background/index.md
- name: Windows spotlight - name: Windows spotlight
href: windows-spotlight/index.md href: windows-spotlight/index.md