Merge pull request #13844 from anandmeg/launch-copilot-onboard

Updates for changes to the first launch exp for Copilot Free

Author: ghogen

docs/ide/copilot-free-plan.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: 'GitHub Copilot Free in Visual Studio'
 description: Use GitHub Copilot Completions, Chat, and Edits for free in Visual Studio.
-ms.date: 1/23/2025
+ms.date: 5/13/2025
 ms.topic: overview 
 author: anandmeg
 ms.author: meghaanand
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ To get started with Copilot Free in Visual Studio, you need:
 
 ## Get started with Copilot Free in Visual Studio
 
-Set up Copilot Free using Visual Studio as follows:
+With Visual Studio version 17.14, you can [activate Copilot Free at first launch](work-with-github-accounts.md#add-a-github-account-at-first-launch).
+You can set up Copilot Free using Visual Studio later as follows:
 
 1. Use **Ctrl+\\** to open the chat window in Visual Studio. You can also select the **GitHub Copilot** badge in the upper-right corner of the IDE, and then select **Open Chat Window** from the dropdown to open chat.
 1. Select **Sign up for Copilot Free**.
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ When you reach usage limits for Copilot Free, you can wait for them to reset at
 
 #### Who can access Copilot Free?
 
-Copilot Free is not available if you have an EMU account, access to a Copilot seat through an organization, an existing Copilot Pro subscription or trial, or free access to Copilot Pro as a student, teacher, or open-source maintainer.
+Copilot Free is not available if you have an EMU account, access to a Copilot license through an organization, an existing Copilot Pro subscription or trial, or free access to Copilot Pro as a student, teacher, or open-source maintainer.
 For the latest information, see [About GitHub Copilot Free](https://aka.ms/ghdocscopilotfreepage).
 
 #### Can I turn off completions to save them for later?

docs/ide/media/vs-2022/sign-up-for-copilot-free-during-launch.png

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Sign in or switch Visual Studio accounts 
 titleSuffix: ""
 description: Explore sign in concepts for working with Visual Studio, and find out how to sign in and how to add and switch user accounts.
-ms.date: 2/11/2025
+ms.date: 5/13/2025
 ms.topic: how-to
 author: anandmeg
 ms.author: meghaanand
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ You can sign in to your Microsoft or organizational account, or your GitHub acco
 
 1. Choose a Microsoft account or a GitHub account.  If you don't have one, you can [create a Microsoft account for free](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4026324/microsoft-account-how-to-create). The account you sign in with is set as your Personalization Account. GitHub accounts can't be used to roam settings across devices. [Add](#add-and-switch) your Microsoft account to enable roaming settings.
 
+1. If you sign in with a Microsoft account, you can choose to **Sign up for Copilot Free**, sign in with an existing GitHub account, or [add your GitHub account later from the IDE](work-with-github-accounts.md#add-a-github-account-from-the-profile-card) at the next step.
+
+   :::image type="content" source="../ide/media/vs-2022/sign-up-for-copilot-free-during-launch.png" alt-text="Screenshot of Sign up for Copilot Free screen during first launch.":::
+
 1. Choose your preferred color theme and other UI settings to personalize your Visual Studio experience. Visual Studio [remembers these settings and synchronizes](../ide/synchronized-settings-in-visual-studio.md) them across all Visual Studio environments depending on your account setup. You can change the settings later if you open the **Tools** > **Options** menu in Visual Studio.
 
 You can see that you've successfully signed in, in the upper-right corner of the Visual Studio environment. Unless you sign out, you automatically sign in to Visual Studio whenever you start it, and any changes to synchronized settings are automatically applied if you're signed in with your Microsoft account.

docs/ide/signing-in-to-visual-studio.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Add GitHub accounts to your keychain
-ms.date: 02/11/2025
+ms.date: 05/13/2025
 ms.topic: how-to
 description: Add your public GitHub or GitHub Enterprise account to your Visual Studio keychain so you can track code changes in GitHub repositories from Visual Studio.
 author: anandmeg
@@ -33,10 +33,14 @@ If you have [GitHub Copilot installed](visual-studio-github-copilot-install-and-
 
 ### Add a GitHub account at first launch
 
-With Visual Studio 17.13, you can now sign in with a GitHub account when you [launch Visual Studio for the first time](signing-in-to-visual-studio.md#sign-in).
+With Visual Studio 17.13 or later, you can now sign in with a GitHub account when you [launch Visual Studio for the first time](signing-in-to-visual-studio.md#sign-in).
 
 :::image type="content" source="../ide/media/vs-2022/visual-studio-sign-in-pop-up-first-launch.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing sign in at Visual Studio first launch.":::
 
+If you sign in with a GitHub account that doesn't have an active GitHub Copilot subscription, you can choose to **Activate Copilot Free** during first launch with Visual Studio 17.14 or later, or [sign up later](copilot-free-plan.md#get-started-with-copilot-free-in-visual-studio) from the GitHub Copilot badge in the IDE or the chat window.
+
+> If [Copilot is disabled by your administrator](visual-studio-github-copilot-admin.md#disabling-copilot-skus), the first launch experience respects the group policy.
+
 If you choose to not sign in with GitHub at first launch, you can add your GitHub account later using the **profile card** or the **Account Settings** dialog as follows.
 
 ### Add a GitHub account from the **profile card**