The migration followed a phased decommissioning of the Azure-based service:
While both services share the same underlying technology—VS Code running on Linux—the move to GitHub introduced several shifts: Visual Studio Codespaces is moving to GitHub
The Visual Studio Codespaces portal was fully retired, and all remaining data was deleted. Major Differences and Improvements The migration followed a phased decommissioning of the
The service became read-only; users could no longer create new plans or codespaces. 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
