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Yun_Liu
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Feb 23, 2022

Background blur in GA on Microsoft Teams on Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365

UPDATE on 6/29: If you do not see the UI for Background Effects in Teams on AVD, install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable on your client machine running the Remote Desktop app and tr...
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GGreeneTROUTE
Copper Contributor
May 31, 2022

@Yun_Liu Is support for Background Blur on WVD media optimized session hosts on the horizon or is this not even on the roadmap?

 

Thanks

  • gr33nman's avatar
    gr33nman
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 09, 2022

    Yun_Liu Is there any update on the timeline of this being available for Mac client machines? I cant find this listed anywhere on the 365 roadmap. Thank you!

  • Kompressor's avatar
    Kompressor
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 01, 2022
    Thanks, Yun_Liu - I believe the question is if the Background Blur feature will be supported on an AVD environment that has already been configured with Media Optimizations.

    We are trying to determine if we should now disable media optimizations for our clients to allow users to be able to use Background Blur. If you don't anticipate Background Blur supporting AVD session hosts with Media Optimization in the near future, we will start testing disabling media optimizations to see if end user experience suffers at all.

    Thank you
    • Jamesatighe's avatar
      Jamesatighe
      Brass Contributor
      Jun 01, 2022
      Hi,

      Not really sure what you mean?

      This feature is for AVD clients. What are you talking about disabling media optimisation to allow background blur?

      In order to properly use Teams on AVD you have to have media optimisation. This latest update enables multi-window support and also the background effects.

      I think you are really over complicating this.

      James
      • Kompressor's avatar
        Kompressor
        Copper Contributor
        Jun 01, 2022
        James,

        This is where the confusion originated.
        The article here (which was linked in a previous post) has not been updated: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-your-background-for-a-teams-meeting-f77a2381-443a-499d-825e-509a140f4780
        You can see on the bottom it states "Background effects won't be available to you if you're using Teams through optimized virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)."

        Also, an MSI link in the bulk deployment page has not been updated yet.

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