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Yun_Liu
Microsoft
MicrosoftBackground 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...
The first half of April will soon be here. Is there any news on the subject?
Yun_LiuMicrosoft
MicrosoftWe have a fix in hand and are doing our due diligence to test it across all clients and host VM configurations. We've engaged Teams leadership on an accelerated release plan to get these features out the door asap. In addition to background blur, we'll be adding support for background replacement at the same time. We've also laid out a release plan for additional Teams on AVD features that will be delivered alongside background blur and background replacement. We'll share more about these plans towards the end of next week. Thank you for your patience.
Hi, Any update on this? We are now half way through May and no sign of this being released? Thanks
- Yun_Liu
Background effects (background blur & custom background images) are rolling out now. Please look for new release posts later this week.
- Hi there - any news of when background blur & custom backgrounds are coming to VMware or Citrix VDI users?
We now have the new meeting experience which is much better, good job there 🙂
gr33nman Same here, been telling all of my clients to keep waiting, and they keep asking why Zoom works perfectly and has these features on AVD, but not Teams. Many users leave AVD and use Teams on the local desktop, kind of defeats the whole purpose but what can I say?
- Any update? Its almost end of april and we have hundreds of users complaining about feature parity.
Yun_Liu Hi, is there any update on potential dates for roll out of these features? Thank you!
- Yun_LiuWe have cleared all blockers for rolling out background blur and been testing a fix this week. We will have more extensive testing next week to ensure everything is ready to ship early in May. Along with background blur and background image replacement, we will also ship multi-window, which provides users the option to pop out chats, meetings, calls, or documents into separate windows to help streamline their workflow.
- Thank you for the update and the quick responses! Any ETA on the give and take control for screensharing? That I believe is the next biggest hurdle, other than the overall audio and video stability.
