Visual Studio and Azure DevOps are available both as individual products and services and as part of a subscription. Visual Studio Community is available only as an individual product, and only to ...
It does not replace Codex chat. It adds faster entry points on top of the official Codex extension so you can move context into Codex with fewer steps.
Microsoft's May 2026 VS Code update makes BYOK usable in restricted environments while adding agent, browser and issue-reporting updates.