Update proxy authentication instructions for VS #39578
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Added options for authenticating to a proxy in Windows.
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Pull Request Overview
This PR updates the proxy authentication instructions for Visual Studio users of GitHub Copilot by adding information about the COPILOT_USE_DEFAULTPROXY environment variable. The change provides an additional authentication method alongside the existing credential-in-URL approach.
Key changes:
- Adds documentation for the COPILOT_USE_DEFAULTPROXY environment variable as an authentication option
- Restructures the authentication instructions into a numbered list format
- Maintains the existing credential-in-URL method as an alternative
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| {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} for {% data variables.product.prodname_vs %} does not retrieve authentication credentials from the Windows settings. If you need to authenticate to a proxy, you can include your credentials in the proxy URL (for example: `http://USERNAME:[email protected]:5187/`), then set this URL as one of the supported environment variables listed in [Proxy settings for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}](/copilot/concepts/network-settings-for-github-copilot#proxy-settings-for-copilot). | |||
| {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} for {% data variables.product.prodname_vs %} does not retrieve authentication credentials from the Windows settings. | |||
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Because in another place in the docs, this could potentially be confusing, maybe it's worth making a more explicit statement here like:
""While Copilot for Visual Studio reads the proxy settings from Windows, it does not retrieve authentication credentials from those Windows settings. If you..."
…network-settings.md Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
Instructions for COPILOT_USE_DEFAULTPROXY
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