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Install Agents Toolkit

This section helps you to know about the prerequisites, install Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit (previously known as Teams Toolkit) for Microsoft Visual Studio Code, and install a different version of Agents Toolkit.

Prerequisites

Install Agents Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

You can install Agents Toolkit using Extensions in Visual Studio Code, or install it from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace.

  1. Launch Visual Studio Code.

  2. Select View > Extensions or Ctrl+Shift+X. You can also open extensions by selecting the extensions icon from the Visual Studio Code activity bar.

    Screenshot shows the Extensions option under View.

    The EXTENSIONS: MARKETPLACE pane appears.

  3. Enter Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit in the search box.

    Screenshot show the Agents Toolkit listed in the search result.

    Agents Toolkit appears in the search result.

  4. Select Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit, and then from Agents Toolkit extension page that appears in the right pane, select Install.

    Screenshot show the Agents Toolkit.

    After successful installation, Agents Toolkit icon appears in the Visual Studio Code activity bar.

    Screenshot shows the Agents Toolkit icon in the activity bar.

Install a different release version

By default, Visual Studio Code automatically keeps Agents Toolkit up-to-date. If you want to install a different release version, follow these steps:

  1. Select Extensions from the Visual Studio Code activity bar.

  2. Enter Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit in the search box.

    Screenshot shows the Agents Toolkit search and the result.

  3. Select Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit.

  4. On the Agents Toolkit page, select the dropdown next to Uninstall.

  5. Select Install Specific Version... from the dropdown list.

    Screenshot shows the option to select other version of Visual Studio Code.

  6. Select the required version to install.

    Screenshot shows versions other than the latest version of Visual Studio Code.

    Agents Toolkit installs the selected version.

Install a prerelease version

Agents Toolkit for Visual Studio Code extension is available in a prerelease version. To install a Agents Toolkit prerelease version, follow these steps:

  1. Open Visual Studio Code.
  2. Select Extensions from the Visual Studio Code activity bar.
  3. Enter Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit in the search box.
  4. Click the dropdown arrow next to Uninstall.
    • If you're already on the pre-release track, choose Install Specific Version.... You will see a list of available pre-release versions.
    • If you're on the stable track, the Install Specific Version... option will only show stable versions.

Note

The Install Pre-Release Version option may not appear depending on the update track of your currently installed Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit extension. Use Install Specific Version... to manually select a version.

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