Visual Studio Codespaces (preview) will retire on 17 February 2021

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Visual Studio Codespaces (preview) will retire on 17 February 2021

Deadline: Wednesday, 17 February 2021 Impacted Services:

• Visual Studio Codespaces

More information:

• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/updates/begin-migrating-your-codespaces-to-github-codespaces/
• https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-codespaces-is-consolidating-into-github-codespaces/

Notice

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

To simplify our user experience, Visual Studio Codespaces (preview) is transitioning to GitHub Codespaces. The current Azure service will become read only on 20 November 2020, and retire on 17 February 2021.

Impact

Here’s a short summary of our timeline:

• September 4, 2020 – Current users can begin transitioning to the GitHub private beta.
• November 20, 2020 – Creation of new plans and codespaces will be disabled, although existing codespaces may continue to be used. New users will only be able to sign up for Codespaces on GitHub.
• February 17, 2021 – The Visual Studio Codespaces portal will be retired. All plans and codespaces remaining in the service will be deleted.

Required Action

However, take into account that GitHub Codespaces is currently in limited public beta but you can already migrate to it.

Here's the official report from Microsoft:

We encourage you to sign up now for the GitHub Codespaces beta, where you can create managed development environments, and connect to them from your browser or from Visual Studio Code, just like you currently do with Visual Studio Codespaces.

Contact

None.

More information

Learn more in the official blog post or get started with GitHub Codespaces.

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