
See troubleshooting if you are still hitting problems.

However, if you prefer to use a different sign-in than your Visual Studio personalization account, go to Tools > Options > Live Share > User account and select different credentials. In Visual Studio, Live Share automatically uses your personalization account. Complete the sign in process in your browser, then simply close the browser when done. In VS Code, your browser will launch while a notification will appear launch asking you to sign in. Simply click the "Live Share" status bar item (VS Code) or "Sign in" button (VS) to get started. Sign inĪfter installing the Live Share extension, restarting, and waiting for dependencies to finish installing (VS Code), you'll want to sign in to let other participants know who you are. See troubleshooting if you run into problems. Download and install the Visual Studio Live Share extension from the marketplace.īy downloading and using Visual Studio Live Share, you agree to the license terms and privacy statement. Install the latest version of Visual Studio 2017 (15.6+) on Windows (7, 8.1, or 10). Visual Studio Live Share is installed by default with these workloads.

Linux: If prompted to install libraries, click install, enter password, restart VS Code when done. Reload and wait for dependencies to download and install (see status bar).

Download and install the Visual Studio Live Share extension from the marketplace. Install Visual Studio Code for Windows (7, 8.1, or 10), macOS (High Sierra 10.13+), 64-bit Linux ( details) 2. Prerequisitesįollow these steps to install the extension. You can even use the same identity in both instances.įollow these steps to start sharing.

Did you know you can join your own collaboration session? This allows you to try Live Share on your own or to spin up an instance of Visual Studio or VS Code and connect to it remotely.
