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Signing in also allows you to sync VS extensions via the Roaming Extension manager [1] and it also allows you to sync settings [2].

[1] https://github.com/Microsoft/visualstudio-docs/blob/master/d... [2] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/synchroniz...

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I've always found that a negative feature, I use different extensions and settings (tabs and Egyptian braces) at home.

And if you've got a corporate MSDN license then the login will be different anyway.

That's true. I found it useful when I recently paved my machine and had to reinstall everything. It's also helpful when you move to a new version of VS.

And yeah, I use a different login between home and work too.

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