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Reputation: 1223

GitHub copilot chat feature is not showing in Visual Studio 2022

I subscribed GitHub Copilot Features, however I can see chat features is available in VS Code Insider, but I would not find it in Visual Studio 2022. GitHub is charging for the subscription but did not provide chat features in Visual Studio 2022. Any idea how to get the chat features.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 18933

Answers (5)

Adam Kuzański
Adam Kuzański

Reputation: 674

Update: Since Visual Studio 17.10.0
You no longer need the GitHub Copilot Chat extension!

Works on Visual Studio 17.9

On my side I had to install Visual Studio AI Assistance Component using Visual Studio Installer.

Visual Studio Installer -> modify -> Individual Components -> GitHub Copilot

So tu summarize you need to:

  1. Install Extension GitHub Copilot Chat (inside Visual Studio)
  2. Install Component GitHub Copilot (using Visual Studio Installer)
  3. Have active license

Without it installed we observed two possible errors in our team:

  1. Copilot Chat Window not opening.
  2. Copilot Chat Window did open but you couldn't put text into it.

Update: [Visual Studio 17.10.0] You no longer need the GitHub Copilot Chat extension.

Upvotes: 4

guruguldmand
guruguldmand

Reputation: 349

I had an issue where I could find "Github CoPilot" extension In Visual Studio 2022 v.17.7.7 but at the same time I could not find the "Github Copilot Chat" extension.

The reason for this is that CoPilot Chat now requires Visual Studio 2022 v.17.8

So Try to follow:

  1. Update Visual studio 2022 to a version newer than 17.7.7,
  2. Go to Extensions > Manage Extensions
  3. Install Github Copilot Extension
  4. Login to Github account, to add Github to Visual Studio 2022
  5. Install Github Copilot Chat Extension
  6. No go to View > Github Copilot Chat and the chat should open

If you still are struggling checkout this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrCP8v2pg8w

Upvotes: 5

Jey J
Jey J

Reputation: 202

I spent a few hours restarting VS, enabling/disabling Copilot and nothing worked. But, Here's the thing:

-Ensure You got VS 2022 R17.8 or above installed -On top of installing Copilot, you NEED to install Copilot Chat Extension which is a separate extension. Do that and you're good go to!

Full documentation:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/visualstudio/ide/visual-studio-github-copilot-chat?view=vs-2022

Upvotes: -2

PhuTam54
PhuTam54

Reputation: 1

Just update your Visual Studio to the lastest version (> 17.6).

Upvotes: -2

Hesham Yemen
Hesham Yemen

Reputation: 854

To access Copilot chat, you must first join the waitlist. Once the team approves your request, you will receive an email with instructions on installing Copilot Chat in visual studio 2022.

If you have business subscription you have to install this extinction GitHub Copilot Chat

After installing the extension, navigate to Visual Studio, click on "View," and select "GitHub Copilot Chat.

Upvotes: 0

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