July 24, 2023 - GitHub today announced the limited public beta release of GitHub Copilot Chat for all business users on Visual Studio and VS Code. Copilot Chat is a contextually-aware chatbot that is designed to help developers write code more efficiently and effectively.

Copilot Chat uses GitHub Copilot's GPT-4 language model to understand the code that developers are writing and to suggest relevant code snippets, best practices, and troubleshooting tips. It can also be used to answer questions about coding concepts and to provide general assistance with development projects.

"We're excited to bring Copilot Chat to business users," said Thomas Dohmke, VP of Developer Relations at GitHub. "Copilot Chat is a powerful tool that can help developers save time and improve their code quality. We believe that it will be a valuable addition to the Visual Studio and VS Code development environments."

Copilot Chat is currently available in a limited public beta. To participate, business users must have a GitHub Copilot subscription and must be running Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5.1 or higher.

To learn more about Copilot Chat, visit the GitHub Copilot website.

Key features of Copilot Chat:

• Context-specific support: Copilot Chat can understand the code that developers are writing and suggest relevant code snippets, best practices, and troubleshooting tips.
• Real-time guidance: Copilot Chat can provide real-time guidance by suggesting code snippets and best practices as developers are writing code.
• Personalized assistance: Copilot Chat can learn from developers' preferences and suggest code that is tailored to their individual needs.

Benefits of using Copilot Chat:

• Save time: Copilot Chat can help developers save time by suggesting code snippets and best practices.
• Improve code quality: Copilot Chat can help developers improve the quality of their code by suggesting code that is more efficient and effective.
• Get help when you need it: Copilot Chat can provide help when developers are stuck on a particular coding problem.

How to get started with Copilot Chat:

1. Have a GitHub Copilot subscription.
2. Be running Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5.1 or higher.
3. Enable Copilot Chat in the Visual Studio or VS Code settings.
4. Start writing code!