1. Get access to Copilot
There are a few ways that you can get access to Copilot:
Use Copilot Free. Get a limited experience of Copilot with up to 2,000 code completions and 50 chats or premium requests per month-no paid plan required. See About individual Copilot plans and benefits.
Sign up for a paid plan. You can subscribe to either:
- Copilot Pro, which includes a one-time 30-day free trial and 300 monthly premium requests.
- Copilot Pro+, which includes 1,500 monthly premium requests and full access to all available models. Subscribe to Copilot Pro+.
Use Copilot through your organization or enterprise. If you're part of an organization or enterprise with a Copilot plan, you can request access at https://.com/settings/copilot under "Get Copilot from an organization."
Verified students, teachers, or open source maintainers. You may be eligible to use Copilot for free. See Getting free access to Copilot Pro as a student, teacher, or maintainer.
2. Install the Copilot extension for your IDE
If you want to use Copilot in your IDE, install the Copilot extension for your IDE. See Installing the Copilot extension in your environment.
3. Install the Copilot extension for the command line
If you want to use Copilot in the command line, install the Copilot extension for the CLI. See Installing Copilot in the CLI.
4. Use Copilot in Windows Terminal
If you want to chat with Copilot in Windows Terminal, connect Copilot with Terminal Chat in Windows Terminal Canary. See Quickstart for Copilot.
5. Set up networking (if necessary)
If you connect through an HTTP proxy server or firewall, ensure that key URLs are added to the allowlist for the proxy server or firewall. See Configuring your proxy server or firewall for Copilot.
You may also need to install a custom SSL certificate on your machine. See Configuring network settings for Copilot.
6. Configure settings (optional)
All users can configure Copilot settings in their IDE or in the CLI. See Configuring Copilot in your environment and Configuring Copilot in the CLI.
If you have your own Copilot plan (instead of using your organization or enterprise's plan), you can:
- Install Copilot Extensions to integrate other tools with Copilot Chat. See Extending the capabilities of Copilot in your personal account.
- Manage policies. See Managing Copilot policies as an individual subscriber.
7. Start using Copilot
Start using Copilot to help you write code faster and more efficiently. For all the ways you can use Copilot, see Using Copilot. Copilot code suggestions, Copilot Chat in , and Copilot Chat in your IDE are a great place to start.
To learn how to best use Copilot, see Best practices for using Copilot and Prompt engineering for Copilot Chat.