VS Code Private Marketplace: Enterprise Control Meets Developer Speed
Visual Studio Code’s team introduces Private Marketplace general availability, showing developers and IT how to deploy, secure, and govern VS Code extensions in enterprise environments.
VS Code Private Marketplace: Enterprise Control Meets Developer Speed
Visual Studio Code has announced the general availability of Private Marketplace, a new feature enabling organizations to gain enterprise-grade control over their VS Code extension ecosystem.
What Is VS Code Private Marketplace?
- Curate custom catalogs of internal extensions.
- Upstream and approve public VS Code extensions for centralized management.
- Enforce security, compliance, and governance policies across development teams.
- Seamless experience for developers with automatic updates and installs.
Key Features Demonstrated
- Deploy on Azure or any container host: Flexible hosting options to fit enterprise infrastructure.
- Sign in with GitHub or Copilot Enterprise subscription: Support for widely used authentication providers.
- Install and upstream extensions: Manage both internal and approved public extensions.
- Group policy enforcement: Restrict extension publishing to trusted groups or publishers.
- Publish updates through CI/CD pipelines: Streamline releases and updates to extension catalogs.
Enterprise Benefits
- Security and Compliance: Enforce extension usage policies at scale without burdening developers.
- Governance Controls: Apply group policies and track publisher trustworthiness.
- Speed and Productivity: Enable developer agility—no change to workflows or VS Code user experience.
Getting Started
Visit documentation for setup guides and pilot programs.
Tags: Visual Studio Code, VS Code Private Marketplace, Enterprise Extensions, Azure Deployment, GitHub Integration, Copilot Enterprise, Security Policy, Compliance, Group Policy, CI/CD, Extension Governance, Developer Tools