• Before you get started make sure you have VScode downloaded **and that you have reserved a sandbox and that the reservation in active *

• Make sure you are connected to VPN to use sandbox (it will not work if you are not connected)

Logging in for the fist time

1. Open the VScode application
2. In new window, click connect to

3. If this is your first time using Vscode you will need to click both Tunnel and SSH (it will automatically install these extensions for you )

4. Once your extensions are installed, Click Add New SSH Host and add in your SSH command as follows:

ssh [email protected]@HOSTNAME

• your b-account is the account your badge
• To find your host name, navigate to the email from T&R grand central resources for your sandbox reservation and copy everything after the “FQDN”

Ex. (if my account is v-akthoutam):

ssh [email protected]@GCRAZGDL3054.westus3.cloudapp.azure.com

5. After running this command, click the .ssh config (this should auto generate for you)