- In Visual Studio, select **Team Explorer** from the **View** menu.

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- In the Team Explorer pane, click the **Manage Connectios** toolbar icon.

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- Click the **Connect** link in the GitHub section.

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- If you're connected to a TFS instance, click on the **Sign in** link instead

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- If you are already connected to a GitHub instance and want to connect to another, this link will not be visible; instead click **Manage Connections** and then **Connect to GitHub**.

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4. In the **Connect to GitHub dialog** choose **GitHub** or **GitHub Enterprise**, depending on which product you're using.