What's GitHub Copilot for Azure?

GitHub Copilot for Azure is the @azure extension. It’s designed to help streamline the process of developing for Azure. You can ask @azure questions about Azure services or get help with tasks related to Azure and developing for Azure, all from within Visual Studio Code.

What GitHub Copilot for Azure can do

Learn about Azure

@azure can help with your questions about a variety of Azure services and technologies, such as AI, compute, containers, databases, DevOps, network, security, and storage.

Resource management

@azure can help with getting information about your Azure resources, including summarizing resource usage and resource-specific questions.

Diagnostics

@azure can help diagnose problems with services, such as Azure API Management, Azure Cache for Redis, Azure Container Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Services, and the Web Apps feature of Azure App Service.

Cost management

@azure can help estimate historical Azure costs.

Azure Developer CLI (azd) support

@azure can help you search for application templates and will provide instructions for how to initialize, configure, and deploy.

How do I get started?

To use GitHub Copilot for Azure you’ll need:

An active GitHub Copilot license.
The GitHub Copilot Chat extension.
A Microsoft account.

New to Azure? Sign up for free and get a $200 credit to use on Azure services. Learn more about Azure

How do I chat with @azure?

Enter @azure in GitHub Copilot Chat to begin the conversation. You can also find a shortcut in the context menu for items in the Azure Resources view.

Try to include details in your prompts, especially about your Azure resources, such as the specific resource and subscription ID. Ask follow-up questions if you need more information.

Examples of prompts:

Learn about Azure

@azure What kinds of AI services does Azure offer?
@azure What’s the difference between Azure Container Apps and Azure Kubernetes Service?

Resource management

@azure What’s the URL for my webapp named [insert name]?
@azure How many storage accounts do I have in eastus?

Diagnostics and troubleshooting

@azure Summarize the recent logs in my Azure Container Apps/Azure Kubernetes Service application
@azure Help me diagnose a problem with Azure Kubernetes Service

Cost management

@azure Can you show me the cost breakdown by service for Aug 2024 for my current subscription?
@azure What was my most expensive resource last month?

Azure Developer CLI (azd) support

@azure Help me deploy my azd template to the cloud
@azure I'd like to build a Python web API with a MongoDB database and a React.js front end

Privacy and preview terms

By using GitHub Copilot Chat, you agree to GitHub Copilot Chat preview terms. Review the transparency note to understand about usage, limitations, and ways to improve Copilot Chat during the technical preview.

Your code is yours. We follow responsible practices in accordance with our Privacy Statement to ensure that your code snippets will not be used as suggested code for other users of GitHub Copilot.

To get up-to-date security fixes, use the latest version of the Copilot extension and Visual Studio Code.

Telemetry

Visual Studio Code collects usage data and sends it to Microsoft to help improve our products and services. Read the Microsoft Privacy Statement to learn more. If you don't want to send usage data to Microsoft, you can set the telemetry.enableTelemetry setting to false. Get more information in the FAQ section.

More information about GitHub Copilot for Azure and GitHub Copilot

Learn more about GitHub Copilot for Azure.

If you're using Copilot for your business, learn more about Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise.

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