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Work with GitHub accounts in Visual Studio

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If you have a public GitHub or GitHub Enterprise account, you can add it to your Visual Studio keychain. After you add your account, you'll be able to take advantage of the platform integration by accessing and creating GitHub repositories, right from Visual Studio.

Adding public GitHub accounts

You can add your public GitHub account if you're already signed into Visual Studio with a Microsoft account, work account, or school account.

  1. Select the icon with your initials in the upper-right corner of the Visual Studio environment. Then, select Account settings... to manage your accounts. You can also open the Account Settings dialog by going to File > Account Settings....

    Screenshot of the Account Settings window.

  2. From the All Accounts submenu, select the plus sign to add an account, and select GitHub.

    Select add GitHub account

  3. You'll be redirected to the browser, where you can sign in with your GitHub credentials. After you sign in, you'll get a success window in the browser, and you can return to Visual Studio.

    Success window in browser

  4. You'll have both accounts present in your All Accounts submenu.

    Both accounts showing

If you're not already signed in to Visual Studio with a different account, select the Sign in link in the upper-right corner of the Visual Studio environment. You can also open the Account Settings dialog by going to File > Account Settings.... Then, follow the instructions above to add your GitHub account.

Not signed to VS 2022

Adding GitHub Enterprise Managed User (EMU) accounts

You can add your GitHub EMU account if you're already signed into Visual Studio with a Microsoft account, work account, or school account.

  1. Select the icon with your initials in the upper-right corner of the Visual Studio environment. Then, select Account settings... to manage your accounts. You can also open the Account Settings dialog by going to File > Account Settings....

    Screenshot of Enterprise Managed User.

  2. From the All Accounts submenu, select the + or the Add dropdown to add an account, and then select GitHub.

    Screenshot showing how to select and add a GitHub account

  3. You'll be redirected to the browser, where you can sign in with your GitHub EMU credentials.

Note

Ensure you enter your GitHub EMU account credentials (the username has an underscore followed by the company name) on this page.

Screenshot showing the GitHub sign in experience for the GitHub Enterprise Managed User account

After you sign in, you'll get a success window in the browser, and you can return to Visual Studio.

Screenshot showing the sign-in success window in the browser

Adding GitHub enterprise accounts

By default, Visual Studio only has public GitHub accounts enabled.

  1. To enable GitHub enterprise accounts, go to Tools > Options and search for the Accounts options.

    Screenshot of GitHub Account.

  2. Then, check the box to Include GitHub Enterprise Server accounts. The next time you go to your Account Settings and try to add a GitHub account, you'll see options for both GitHub and GitHub Enterprise.

    Sign in with GitHub Enterprise

  3. After you enter your GitHub Enterprise server address, select Sign in with your browser. There, you can sign in using your GitHub Enterprise credentials.

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