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Why this page looks like this. Production's /integrations/visual-studio is a short template: the pill "ADVANCED INTEGRATION", "Codekeeper x Visual Studio", one security paragraph, setup steps with screenshots and a Secure Upload note, closing on "Let's build bulletproof software resilience together". This rebuild keeps every production specific (the method, the steps, the step screenshots, how access is granted) and adds what the template leaves out: why a current deposit matters when you need to recover, what the integration works with, and the next step.
  • The pair and the pill say what connects to what, and how, before anyone reads a word. The pill is production's label, word for word.
  • The mock shows Visual Studio as a deposit source in the app, with the Software Resilience Certificate and, on a Pro level, a change flagged since the last rebuild (monitoring between runs). Example values and fictional names.
  • Logos: the Visual Studio logo is production's file. Platform logos name the integration here; check Visual Studio's brand guidelines before launch.
  • Integration count: production says "50+" (hub FAQ, product pages), but only 24 integration pages exist and its hub grid shows 41 cards (40 platforms). The kit keeps "50+" flagged everywhere and states no other count; reconcile the figure sitewide before launch.
Visual Studio logo
ADVANCED INTEGRATION

Codekeeper + Visual Studio

Connect Visual Studio once and your deposit keeps pace with the code you ship. When you need to recover, you start from the version you run, not one from months ago.

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  • ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified
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The facts a technical buyer checks first. Method, deposit and steps are production's. "Daily" is production's sync claim (the deposit video guide says OAuth and Custom deposits get "daily update checks") and stays flagged ⚑ until product confirms it, including for Advanced integrations. "Works with": production offers integrations for every product family (Software, SaaS and Continuity Escrow and Software Backup); Resilience is new, so confirm deposits work the same way there. Advanced integrations: production's hub sells an "Advanced Integrations Add-On" ("Get these integrations with your Software Escrow when you set up the Advanced Integrations Add-On"), while its FAQ says integrations carry "no additional cost". The October list has no such add-on. This page makes no price claim; confirm whether Advanced integrations cost extra.

At a glance

Visual Studio and Codekeeper, in six facts.

Connection method
Advanced integration
What it deposits
The assets you select from your Visual Studio organisation
How often it syncs
Daily, automatically
Works with
Every protection: Escrow, Resilience, Continuity and Backup
Set up by
Whoever holds the code: usually the vendor's tech team, or yours for an in-house application
Manual alternative
Secure Upload, in the Codekeeper app
Production's steps, reworded, with production's screenshots. Step order and content are production's (5 steps); the wording is tightened and "the necessary" becomes "listed in the in-app instructions", which production says hold the same steps. The screenshots are production files from the Codekeeper 2024 image set: old UI, replace when the new UI ships. I couldn't open them from the build environment, so check each still matches its step. These five steps are production's shared template for all eleven Advanced integrations, with only the name changed. Check them against the in-app instructions for Visual Studio before launch. Production's hub describes Visual Studio as an IDE ("an integrated development environment"), which holds no repositories of its own; the steps ("Sign in to the Visual Studio organization") suggest Visual Studio Team Services, now Azure DevOps. Confirm what this integration connects to; if it is Azure DevOps, redirect this page there.

Set up

Connect Visual Studio in five steps.

You'll find the same steps in the Codekeeper app when you activate the integration.

What you'll need

  • Sign-in access to the Visual Studio organisation that hosts the code
  • Permission to authorise the integration there
  • An active protection in Codekeeper. For Escrow, deposits open once every party has signed the agreement.
Need a hand? Our technical specialists can walk you through setup and your first deposit. Email contact@codekeeper.co or contact support.
1

Activate the integration

In the Codekeeper app, select Activate on the Visual Studio integration.

Step 1: Activate the integration, in the previous design of the Codekeeper app
2

Connect the Visual Studio app

Start the connection to Visual Studio from Codekeeper.

Step 2: Connect the Visual Studio app, in the previous design of the Codekeeper app
3

Sign in to Visual Studio

Use the Visual Studio organisation that hosts the code you want to deposit.

Step 3: Sign in to Visual Studio, in the previous design of the Codekeeper app
4

Authorise Codekeeper

Follow the prompts to authorise the integration.

Step 4: Authorise Codekeeper, in the previous design of the Codekeeper app
5

Choose what to deposit

Back in Codekeeper, connect the assets you want in the deposit. Repeat for each one.

Step 5: Choose what to deposit, in the previous design of the Codekeeper app
Say how access is granted, in plain words. Production's security paragraph for this page: "We take advantage of your platform's built-in access management features and, combined with our own multi-layered security, ensure that the once-off integration activation process allows Codekeeper to seamlessly integrate…" The first card says the same thing plainly. The encryption card uses confirmed facts only (AES-256 at rest, TLS in transit), and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 is the only certification claimed: production's integrations hub also shows ISO 9001, 27017, 27018, SOC, PCI and CSA badges, which aren't confirmed. "Industry-standard technologies" and "multi-layered security" are dropped because they say nothing checkable. The mint strip is production's Secure Upload alternative ("Deposit your Visual Studio assets manually with our Secure Upload feature"), with the trade-off production leaves out: an integration keeps the deposit current on its own, an upload doesn't. "Just upload your assets and we'll do the rest!" is dropped as vague, and so is the old-UI screenshot (deposit-assets.png). The button goes to the tech team briefing, which covers the deposit methods.

Security

How the connection stays secure.

Visual Studio's own access controls

You sign in to Visual Studio and authorise Codekeeper there, once. Visual Studio's built-in access management decides what the integration can reach.

Encrypted in transit and at rest

Traffic between Visual Studio and Codekeeper is encrypted with TLS, and deposits are encrypted at rest with AES-256.

Certified security

Codekeeper is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, audited by BSI. Policies and audit summaries are in the Trust Center.

Prefer to upload by hand? Use Secure Upload.

Upload files straight to your deposit from the Codekeeper app, with nothing to connect. Visual Studio keeps the deposit current on its own; a manual upload stays as it is until you upload again, so you can use both.

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Step 4, the proof: connect the integration to recovery. Production says only "ensuring the most recent version is always ready for recovery". Readiness is shown, not implied: every protection includes an automated check and a Software Resilience Certificate; Escrow Pro, Resilience Pro and Continuity Pro add Agentic Verification (four rebuilds a year in the Codekeeper AI Verification Lab, a Recoverability Certificate) and monitoring between runs, which compares the deposit with the live repositories and flags what changed. All from MESSAGING §6. The daily sync stays flagged ⚑.

Why it matters

A current deposit is one you can recover from.

Recovery starts from what's in the deposit. Keeping it in step with Visual Studio means the version we hold is the version you run.

Kept in step

Changes in Visual Studio reach the deposit daily, without anyone remembering to upload them.

Checked and certified

Every protection includes an automated check of what's deposited, with a vault report and a Software Resilience Certificate.

Rebuilt to prove it

With Escrow Pro, Resilience Pro and Continuity Pro, Agentic Verification rebuilds the deposit in the Codekeeper AI Verification Lab, with four rebuilds a year that you start, and issues a Recoverability Certificate.

Changes flagged between runs

On those levels, we also compare the deposit with your live repositories and flag what changed, so you know when to rebuild.

How Agentic Verification works
Keep platform searchers moving. Integration pages are mostly reached from search ("Visual Studio escrow", "Visual Studio backup"), and production gives them nowhere to go but the demo button. Eight related integrations: Azure DevOps comes first because it's the closest alternative, then other code hosting integrations, then the most-used ones. Each card shows production's method label.

Related integrations

Codekeeper also connects with.

Azure DevOps logoAzure DevOpsOAuth integration GitHub logoGitHubOAuth integration GitLab logoGitLabOAuth integration Bitbucket logoBitbucketOAuth integration GitHub Enterprise logoGitHub EnterpriseCustom integration GitLab Self-Managed logoGitLab Self-ManagedCustom integration Bitbucket Server logoBitbucket ServerCustom integration Amazon CodeCommit logoAmazon CodeCommitCustom integration

More integrations, plus Secure Upload for anything else. See all integrations

The secondary conversion, on every page. Visitors who aren't ready to talk can still leave their email. The sample evidence pack is the same offer on every page, so the site has one lead magnet instead of a different e-book per page. It also carries the launch story: proof, not promises. The button goes to the sample evidence pack page.

Sample evidence pack

See what your auditor would receive.

An anonymised set of outputs from a real Agentic Verification run, so you can judge the evidence before you talk to us.

  • Recoverability Certificate
  • Run report
  • SBOM and Exit workbook excerpts
Get the sample evidence pack
The questions a tech lead asks before connecting. Answers come from production's integrations hub FAQ, the deposit video guide ("OAuth and Custom Deposits allows for daily update checks"; "choose the desired asset… repeat this process") and the kit FAQ ("Deposits open once the agreement is signed"; "no per-deposit fees", flagged in to-confirm). There's no cost question on purpose: production says integrations carry "no additional cost" while also selling an Advanced Integrations add-on. Confirm, then add the answer.

Questions

Before you connect Visual Studio.

How often does the deposit update?

The integration checks Visual Studio for changes daily and adds them to the deposit, with no per-deposit fees. You can also add files by hand at any time with Secure Upload.

What exactly gets deposited?

The assets you select from your Visual Studio organisation. You choose each one when you connect, and repeat for every one the deposit needs. The agreement lists what should be deposited, and the automated check confirms what's there.

What access does Codekeeper need?

Sign-in to the Visual Studio organisation that hosts the code, and your authorisation there. The in-app instructions list exactly what's needed.

When can we start depositing?

As soon as the protection is active. For Escrow, deposits open once every party has signed the agreement.

Does a connected integration prove we could recover?

It keeps the deposit current, which is where any recovery starts. The proof comes from the automated check and the Software Resilience Certificate, and with Escrow Pro, Resilience Pro or Continuity Pro, from Agentic Verification: a rebuild in the Codekeeper AI Verification Lab and a Recoverability Certificate.

The same close on every page. Integration pages close on the same two actions as every page. Visitors who arrive from a platform search see the whole story only if they're invited to take the next step. Every page ends on the same two actions in the same order: Book a demo, then the sample evidence pack.

Keep your Visual Studio deposit ready to recover.

Book a demo and we'll walk through the connection with you. Not ready to talk? See the evidence a rebuild produces.

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Chat widget goes here. Production runs HubSpot chat in this corner. Keep it on launch: it catches visitors with a quick question who won't book a demo yet. Route it to sales during office hours.