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Install Teams Toolkit

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Important

We've introduced the Teams Toolkit v5 extension within Visual Studio Code. This version comes to you with many new app development features. We recommend that you use Teams Toolkit v5 for building your Teams app.

Teams Toolkit v4 extension will soon be deprecated.

This section helps you to know about the prerequisites, install Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code, and install a different version of Teams Toolkit.

Prerequisites

Before installing Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code, you need to download and install Visual Studio Code.

Install Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

You can install Teams 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 Teams Toolkit in the search box.

    Screenshot show the Teams Toolkit listed in the search result.

    Teams Toolkit appears in the search result.

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

    Screenshot show the Teams Toolkit.

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

    Screenshot shows the Teams Toolkit icon in the activity bar.

Install a different release version

By default, Visual Studio Code automatically keeps Teams 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 Teams Toolkit in the search box.

    Screenshot shows the Teams Toolkit search and the result.

  3. Select Teams Toolkit.

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

  5. Select Install Another 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.

    Teams Toolkit installs the version you’ve selected.

Install a pre-release version

The Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code extension is available in a pre-release version. To install a Teams Toolkit pre-release version, follow these steps:

  1. Open Visual Studio Code.
  2. Select Extensions from the Visual Studio Code activity bar.
  3. Enter Teams Toolkit in the search box.
  4. On the Teams Toolkit page, select the dropdown arrow next to Install.
  5. Select Install Pre-Release Version.

Next step

Explore Teams Toolkit

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Prerequisites

Before installing Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code, you need to download and install Visual Studio Code.

Install Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

You can install Teams 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 how to install.

    The extensions marketplace pane appears.

  3. Enter Teams Toolkit in the search box.

    Screenshot show the Toolkit.

    Teams Toolkit appears in the search result list.

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

    Screenshot shows install toolkit 4.0.0.

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

    Screenshot shows after install view.

Install a different release version

By default, Visual Studio Code automatically keeps Teams 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 Teams Toolkit in the search box.

    Search for Teams Toolkit.

  3. Select Teams Toolkit.

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

  5. Select Install Another Version... from the dropdown.

    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.

    Teams Toolkit installs the version you’ve selected.

Install a pre-release version

The Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code extension is available in a pre-release version. To install a Teams Toolkit pre-release version, follow these steps:

  1. Open Visual Studio Code.
  2. Select Extensions from the Visual Studio Code activity bar.
  3. Enter Teams Toolkit in the search box.
  4. On the Teams Toolkit page, select the dropdown arrow next to Install.
  5. Select Install Pre-Release Version.

Next steps

Explore Teams Toolkit

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