After this course you know GitHub's products and plans well enough to make the right choice for your team, and you understand the security and control options available to you as an administrator in organisations and enterprise accounts. You set up repositories so that access, branch protection and security policies are right from the start. The course suits you if you introduce or look after GitHub in your organisation and want to start working towards the GitHub Administration certification.
What you’ll take away.
- Distinguish GitHub products, account types, plans and billing and choose the right fit
- Explain the security and control options available to administrators in organisations and enterprise accounts
- Set up and maintain repositories following security best practices
- Place the GitHub flow with issues, branches, commits and pull requests in an administrative context
Your training in detail
- Who is it for?
- Administrators, DevOps engineers and IT leads who introduce or look after GitHub for teams or a whole organisation.
- Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of version control is helpful. Familiarity with organisational sign-in and authentication processes makes it easier to get started.
- Format & planning
- Standard length: 1 training day. A different length can be arranged for companies.
Agenda: from understanding to application
Our independently developed agenda proposal. Focus areas, lab environment and scope are agreed before booking.
GitHub at a glance: issues, notifications, branches, commits and pull requests
The administrator role in organisations and enterprises
Products, account types, plans and billing, plus GitHub Desktop and GitHub Mobile
Security and control measures for administrators
Building, hosting and maintaining a secure repository
Overview of the GH-100 exam domains
You set up a repository for a team: assign access rights, add rules to protect the main branch, add a security policy and decide which settings belong at organisation level.
Exams, licences & credentials
The course lays the groundwork for exam GH-100 for the GitHub Administration certification. Microsoft describes the exam as aimed at people with intermediate experience administering GitHub Enterprise, and one training day does not replace that experience. The exam and its fee are only included if the offer explicitly confirms this. The certificate is issued by GitHub. This is not an official GitHub or Microsoft course unless the offer states otherwise.
Vendor references & review date
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Your learning content
These objectives describe the training topic. The specific syllabus, dates and trainer are agreed before booking; the written offer is binding.
Frequently asked questions
Is the course alone enough for exam GH-100?
Usually not. The exam also covers identities, GitHub Actions and monitoring at enterprise level and assumes hands-on experience. The course is your starting point.
How long is exam GH-100?
Microsoft states 100 minutes. The exam is offered in English.
Does GH-100T00 GitHub fundamentals: getting started with GitHub administration include a certificate?
The course lays the groundwork for exam GH-100 for the GitHub Administration certification. Microsoft describes the exam as aimed at people with intermediate experience administering GitHub Enterprise, and one training day does not replace that experience. The exam and its fee are only included if the offer explicitly confirms this. The certificate is issued by GitHub. This is not an official GitHub or Microsoft course unless the offer states otherwise.