14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft’s takeover of GitHub was one of the biggest tech stories last year, and at that point, it was pretty clear that one of the long-term plans was integrating more services developed by the software giant into the platform.
And this is exactly what’s happening these days, with Microsoft now announcing the GitHub integration with Microsoft Teams is now available in preview.
In other words, users can now install GitHub from the Microsoft Teams app store, albeit it’s worth emphasizing the application is still in preview at this point and certain features might not work exactly as expected.
“Developers use GitHub together with a number of other platforms, to communicate with each other on issues, pull requests, deployment statuses, and other updates. We want to integrate GitHub with other platforms to make it easier for developers and teams to collaborate around their projects from whatever context they work in. We’ve had a GitHub + Slack integration for years, and today we are excited to announce that we’re expanding our portfolio, with a new GitHub + Microsoft Teams integration, now available in public beta,” GitHub said.
No ETA on the final version
With GitHub integration in Microsoft Teams, devs can see all notifications right within the app, without the need to launch a browser and access their profile.
“Your team can see all the essentials details on a GitHub activity posted in a Microsoft Teams channel. The notification card you see for any pull request or issue always reflects the current state from GitHub along with other metadata like checks, descriptions, labels, assignees, and reviewers,” the company explained.
Needless to say, this is quite a big feature coming to devs, especially as many are still working from home due to the global health issue. No ETA has been provided as to when it could be out of the beta program though.