Visual Studio — Codespaces Is Moving To Github

Visual Studio Codespaces officially retired on , consolidating its features into GitHub Codespaces . Microsoft made this move to simplify the developer experience by providing a native, "one-click" workflow directly within the GitHub platform where most code already resides. Key Transition Timeline

Because environments were not automatically transferred, developers had to manually move their work: Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub

Current users were invited to join the GitHub Codespaces beta. Visual Studio Codespaces officially retired on

The original Azure offering allowed for more granular manual control over instance sizes at creation, a feature that was later streamlined in the GitHub implementation . How to Migrate Code Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub

The migration followed a phased decommissioning of the Azure-based service: