{"id":60730,"date":"2025-07-02T12:33:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/?p=60730"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:37:43","slug":"github-copilot-for-azure-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/github-copilot-for-azure-available\/","title":{"rendered":"GitHub Copilot for Azure available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Effective May 21, 2025, Microsoft has officially released <strong>GitHub Copilot for Azure<\/strong>, a powerful new extension for Visual Studio Code that helps you develop, deploy, and manage applications on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/microsoft-azure-licensing-full-guide\/\">Microsoft Azure<\/a> more efficiently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-60735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-07-02-Update-GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure-available-800x233.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-07-02-Update-GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure-available-800x233.png 800w, https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-07-02-Update-GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure-available-500x146.png 500w, https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-07-02-Update-GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure-available-150x44.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-07-02-Update-GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure-available-768x224.png 768w, https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-07-02-Update-GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure-available.png 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What is GitHub Copilot for Azure?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GitHub Copilot for Azure<\/strong> is an <strong>extension<\/strong> for <strong>Visual Studio Code<\/strong> that <strong>combines the capabilities of GitHub Copilot with deep integration into Microsoft Azure<\/strong>. It supports <strong>two main modes<\/strong>: <strong>Agent Mode and Ask Mode<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-07-02-Update-GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure-code.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"737\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-07-02-Update-GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure-code.png 737w, https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-07-02-Update-GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure-code-500x279.png 500w, https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-07-02-Update-GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure-code-150x84.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Agent Mode<\/strong> helps you complete Azure-related tasks automatically. For example, it can generate deployment scripts, check your Azure environment, or suggest best practices for using Azure services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ask Mode<\/strong> allows you to chat with an AI assistant called @<strong>azure<\/strong>. You can ask questions about Azure services, troubleshoot issues, or get help with cost management and infrastructure design.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This tool is especially useful for IT professionals and developers who want to streamline their Azure workflows without needing to memorize every command or setting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Github is a Microsoft company.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Key Features<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Support<\/strong>: GitHub Copilot for Azure helps you create and manage infrastructure using Bicep and Terraform templates. This makes it easier to automate deployments and maintain consistency across environments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intelligent Diagnostics<\/strong>: The extension can analyze logs and performance data to help you identify and fix issues faster. It supports services like Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Azure App Service.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seamless Azure Integration<\/strong>: You can manage Azure resources, check subscription details, and even switch tenants\u2014all from within Visual Studio Code. This reduces context switching and boosts productivity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Use case example:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Resource management<\/strong>: @azure can help you with getting <strong>information<\/strong> about your <strong>Azure resources<\/strong>, including summarizing resource usage and resource-specific questions:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/07\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-07-02-Update-Github-Copilot-On-Azure-resource-management.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Who Can Use It?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To use GitHub Copilot for Azure, you need:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>An active <strong>GitHub Copilot license<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>GitHub Copilot Chat extension<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A <strong>Microsoft account<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It currently <strong>supports Windows (x64 and ARM64), macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), and Linux (x64).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Licensing Options<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GitHub Copilot is available in two main plans:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>GitHub Copilot Business<\/strong>: Unlimited agent mode, code completions, and access to models like GPT-4.1 and Claude 3.7 Sonnet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>GitHub Copilot Enterprise<\/strong>: Access to more advanced models (e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/microsoft-azure-ai-gpt-4-5-phi-4-stability-ai-o3-mini-gpt-4o-audio-and-realtime\/\">GPT-4.5<\/a>, Claude Opus 4), higher usage limits, and enterprise-grade features like SAML SSO and organizational knowledge base integration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Business plan is meant for small teams, while the Enterprise plan is designed for larger organizations with advanced security and compliance needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>More information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Announcement: <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates?id=492584\">https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/updates?id=492584<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=ms-azuretools.vscode-azure-github-copilot&amp;ssr\">https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=ms-azuretools.vscode-azure-github-copilot&amp;ssr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ready to use Github on Azure?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-26-Website-Films-EA-Services-Generic-Homepage-Wide-MASTER-LQ-HD-frame.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-26-Website-Films-EA-Services-Generic-Homepage-Wide-MASTER-LQ-HD-frame.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-26-Website-Films-EA-Services-Generic-Homepage-Wide-MASTER-LQ-HD-frame-500x281.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-26-Website-Films-EA-Services-Generic-Homepage-Wide-MASTER-LQ-HD-frame-800x450.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-26-Website-Films-EA-Services-Generic-Homepage-Wide-MASTER-LQ-HD-frame-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-26-Website-Films-EA-Services-Generic-Homepage-Wide-MASTER-LQ-HD-frame-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-26-Website-Films-EA-Services-Generic-Homepage-Wide-MASTER-LQ-HD-frame-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/contact\/\">Contact our licensing experts<\/a> for help with your <strong>Microsoft<\/strong> <strong>Azure and Github licensing<\/strong>. We can help you with the licensing and procurement of software solutions across these publishers with ease, and accelerate your cost-savings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective May 21, 2025, Microsoft has officially released GitHub Copilot for Azure, a powerful new extension for Visual Studio Code that helps you develop, deploy, and manage applications on Microsoft [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":33016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[795],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-github"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60730"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60747,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60730\/revisions\/60747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schneider.systems\/lu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}