Visual Studio Codespaces Is Moving To Github May 2026

The Visual Studio Codespaces portal was fully retired, and all remaining data was deleted. Major Differences and Improvements

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 Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub

Because environments were not automatically transferred, developers had to manually move their work: The Visual Studio Codespaces portal was fully retired,

Current users were invited to join the GitHub Codespaces beta. Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub