Remote Collaboration for Developers with Microsoft Live Share

Master remote collaboration using Visual Studio Live Share, a powerful collaboration tool integrated in the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code editor.

Introduction

• Collaborate with Microsoft Live Share
• What you should know
• How to access the sample code on GitHub

1. Set Up Live Share

• Add Live Share to Visual Studio
• Sign in to your Microsoft account
• Add Live Share to Visual Studio Code
• Sign in to your Microsoft account in Visual Studio Code

2. Real-World Example

• Explore the chapter scenario
• Connect to the session and start a call
• Looking at a coworker's code
• Follow along with coworker's browser
• Edit the coworker's code

3. Start a Live Share Session

• Understand the example setup
• Start a Live Share session from Visual Studio
• Start a Live Share session from Visual Studio Code
• Use the contact list to start a Live Share session
• Start a Live Share session from the browser
• Collaborate via the browser with Visual Studio Online

4. Co-Editing a Project

• Prepare the editors for the examples
• The example projects and files
• See the collaborators in the editor
• Understand the Preview tab feature
• Finding the guests' edit locations
• Use Focus Participants tool in Visual Studio
• Use Focus Participants tool in Visual Code
• Use the Follow feature
• Enjoy IntelliSense in guest session

5. Working with Others

• Use read-only mode to prevent editing code
• Set guest status
• Manage your Live Share session

6. Sharing Resources

• Set up an integrated terminal in Visual Studio
• Enable the terminal
• Share a terminal session
• Run an app in a shared terminal
• Share a web server

7. Co-Debugging a Project

• Set Live Share debug options
• Start a debug session
• Debug a web application
• Rejoin session on startup

What's Next?

• Next steps