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I guess it's time to move to Gitlab.
MS has had an 180 degree turn in policy since Balmer left. Lately they released amazing open-source projects with VSCode being the most prominent one.
Company which actively pushes lock-in and patent aggression is not a good steward for FOSS projects.
Tbh, I like this move. I hope they will merge Atom with VS Code and shutdown VSTS in favor for GitHub.
Step 1: Embrace.
let 'em know.
If they had developed a good powerful code search (custom semantic engine for most used languages, complex queries, exact/fuzzy matches for syntax, use of history, etc) they could have become the primary way you interact with code you don't know yet.
As it stands now it's simply more efficient to clone and use plain old grep, it's really sad.
At some point Microsoft told me I had to change my password for Skype. The "Reset your password" process failed 6 times in a row. I eventually had to create a new, Microsoft ID, to use Skype. I lost all of my old contacts and had to slowly recreate my address book. This is really one of the worst transitions I can recall.
Meanwhile, I act as adviser to a number of entrepreneurs, and the biggest trend of the last year has been "I want to do _______ for professionals, since LinkedIn isn't doing it." The lost opportunities for LinkedIn are very sad.
Wonder how hiring/firing is going to be now at Git. They are pro-remote, while most MSFT positions are going no longer remote.