It’s not Photoshop quality by any means but, it gets the job done, and it’ll help you out with your workflow. The background removal feature of PowerPoint is not perfect. This feature comes in handy when you’re trying to keep photos with branding colors, or you have a specific color that you want to use in a thumbnail or featured image.
I can come into the image where I’ve removed the background and change the image background color to anything that I want. This means that you have much more flexibility with your image color and overall design. Whereas, in the first one, the background is transparent. The second example is the original image so that you can see that the white background is part of the picture. You can use the same feature in PowerPoint to isolate and cut out image objects or entire areas of your photo. The first image is an example of an image in which I’ve removed the background.
It’s always the simplest things that require the most time to do.