Share this link with someone to invite them to your session.įrom the invitee point of view, to accept an invite, click your username in the bottom status bar and choose Join Collaboration Session. You’ll be notified that your invite link has been copied to the clipboard. Alternatively, you can open the Command Palette ( CMD+SHIFT+P on Mac, CTRL+SHIFT+P on Windows) and type Start Collaboration Session Start by clicking your username in the bottom status bar and choose Start Collaboration Session from the available options. As you’ll see, you will be granting users certain access that can be detrimental if used incorrectly. Be sure to only share live sessions with people you trust. Step 2 - Sharing and Joining a SessionĪfter you’re all signed in, you’re ready to create a session to share with others. To sign in, use the Sign In button in the bottom status bar with the person icon. As of now, you can choose to log in with a Microsoft or GitHub account. In VS Code, you can open up the extensions tab, search for Live Share, click install, and then reload when the install is finished.Īfter that, you’ll need to sign in. The first step to taking advantage of Live Share is to install it as an extension. This tutorial will focus on the Live Share extension. There is also a Live Share Extension Pack that combines Live Share and Live Share Audio extensions.

Note: Modern versions of Visual Studio Code now include Live Share by default.

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Prerequisitesīefore you begin this guide you’ll need the following: It gives users the ability to share a session with someone else, allowing them to edit code as well as share a server and debugging session.Īs you progress through this article you will see screenshots from two different computers to demonstrate a working example of how Live Share works.įor clarification purposes, this tutorial will refer to the person who sends the session invite as the inviter and the person who accepts the invite as the invitee. Live Share is an extension for Visual Studio Code that enables real-time collaboration between developers.

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