{"slug": "enterprise-managed-plugins-in-vs-code-in-public-preview", "title": "Enterprise-managed plugins in VS Code in public preview", "summary": "GitHub has launched a public preview of enterprise-managed plugins for VS Code, allowing administrators to configure and distribute plugins to users across their enterprise. The feature, supported in VS Code release 1.122, enables automatic plugin installation and governance controls through a centralized settings.json file. This capability aims to streamline developer onboarding and enforce consistent security standards for Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise users.", "body_md": "# Enterprise-managed plugins in VS Code in public preview\n\nLast month we launched a [public preview with Copilot CLI](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-05-06-enterprise-managed-plugins-in-github-copilot-cli-are-now-in-public-preview/) that allows enterprise administrators the ability to configure and distribute plugins to GitHub Copilot CLI users across their enterprise. VS Code [release version 1.122](https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_122) adds support for this enterprise-managed capability. The baseline standards you set for your enterprise apply to every user’s Copilot CLI and VS Code clients.\n\nPlugins support many extensibility types and can be automatically installed, helping improve developer onboarding and reduce setup time by broadly sharing custom agents and skills. You can also strengthen your governance strategy by defining hooks and MCP configurations that are always enabled across your enterprise.\n\nDefine plugin marketplaces in a `settings.json`\n\nfile located at `.github-private/.github/copilot/settings.json`\n\n. Now both VS Code and Copilot CLI will automatically pull and apply these settings for users licensed through your enterprise account with Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise. You can also specify plugins to be automatically installed whenever users authenticate from VS Code or Copilot CLI.\n\nTo learn more, see [our documentation on Enterprise managed client settings docs](https://docs.github.com/copilot/how-tos/administer-copilot/manage-for-enterprise/manage-agents/configure-enterprise-plugin-standards).\n\nJoin the discussion within [GitHub Community](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/178247).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/enterprise-managed-plugins-in-vs-code-in-public-preview", "canonical_source": "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-05-enterprise-managed-plugins-in-vs-code-in-public-preview", "published_at": "2026-06-05 21:01:48+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-05 22:01:30.770114+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-products", "ai-agents", "generative-ai", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["GitHub", "VS Code", "GitHub Copilot", "Copilot CLI", "Microsoft"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/enterprise-managed-plugins-in-vs-code-in-public-preview", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/enterprise-managed-plugins-in-vs-code-in-public-preview.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/enterprise-managed-plugins-in-vs-code-in-public-preview.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/enterprise-managed-plugins-in-vs-code-in-public-preview.jsonld"}}