Support for Windows Containers #9977
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@blackliner short answer is that it's something we'd like to support, but haven't dedicated time to productionize it yet. Would you mind telling me a little more about the Windows development you're doing (e.g. do you need GUIs, would you like to use Visual Studio, etc.)? |
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Codespaces currently doesn’t cater to the needs of Windows developers, most workflows are based around using .NET alongside C++, MFC, ATL, UWP/WinUI in Visual Studio proper. While having Windows container support would be an improvement, if it is only for headless applications, or bound to the less capable Visual Studio Code tooling, then it might also not get most adoption among this demographic anyway. |
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It's worth noting that GitHub is now owned by Microsoft. It's interesting to observe that Codespaces currently does not offer Windows Containers. |
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There are no current plans for Windows Codespaces. C++ projects can certainly be built in Linux using If you do, Microsoft DevBox runs on Windows VMs and supports Visual Studio C/C++ |
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I second this request. Would be really helpful to be able to spin up a fresh Windows environment to debug and test code in clean isolated setups. Don't need a GUI, just an SSH into a Windows VM would be great. |
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Hey folks, I haven't worked at GitHub in over two years, so @ messaging me is unlikely to help out here. Sounds like @craiglpeters has pick up this torch, and has provided guidance in https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/9977#discussioncomment-8308865. |
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Are there any plans to support Windows containers in codespaces? We develop for multiple different platforms, and Windows is amongst them.
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Our devs usually have Ubuntu as their primary OS, and we are looking for a convenient way to give them access to a Windows platform to build and test their code.
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