Release notes for 2206 make it as clear as day that blurred backgrounds are coming for vmware.
We've seen a couple of times features appearing in the Horizon client and then Microsoft pushing the feature later. I'm checking every day for the July release of Teams....
Also of note is that the release notes for 2206 suggest support of HID on headsets, something that hasn't been there since the start (yet Skype had it). Also it seems to treat the default microphone from the underlying machine properly, which is a weird issue to only be fixing now (the VDI desktop occasionally picks up random audio devices....Skype never used to do that).
I've seen on community sites that Microsoft have suggested they are doing blurred backgrounds for VMWare and Citrix, but no confirmed dates. It does seem weird that this feature is suddenly dropping - unless there is a mistake - but it's possible since getting the hosted VDI working with blurred backgrounds there wasn't much else work to do.
There's nothing on the 365 roadmap for VDI at all anymore either. So:
Hopeful me says: Microsoft are now looking to make VDI feature parity with non-VDI so don't bother listing VDI features on the roadmap any more, it's up to the venders now and it's all happening imminently.
Cynical me says: Microsoft are only interested in their own VDI and they've done enough for now, Citrix and VMWare be damned.
