How to enable GitHub Copilot for your Organization


 

GitHub Copilot is a for fee add on to GitHub. GitHub Copilot comes in two flavors, GitHub Copilot Business and GitHub Copilot Enterprise. Each Organization must choose one or the other to assign to users. GitHub documentation describing the differences.

Part 1: Request access to GitHub Copilot

  1. If your GitHub Organization is not part of the University of Washington GitHub Enterprise, fill out the Request for Access form to get started.
  2. Fill out the GitHub Copilot Request Form
  3. Billing is done through Azure Subscriptions. As part of the setup process an Azure Subscription will be created for you.
  4. We will review your information and enable GitHub Copilot for your Organization.

Part 2: Assigning GitHub Copilot to users


Only the Organization Owner may distribute GitHub Copilot licenses

1. Login to your Organization dashboard.

2. Click Settings in the top navigation.


Settings in top navigation

3. Click Copilot and then Access in the left navigation.
Click Copilot and then Access in the left navigation

4. Click Start Adding Seats.


Start Adding Seats button

5. Choose whether you want to assign a Guthub Copilot seat for all users of your organization or only selected users.


Seat assignment type

6. If you choose Purchase for selected members, you are presented with this screen to choose the users you would like to assign GitHub Copilot seats to.


select users

7. Click Continue to Purchase to confirm your selections.

 

The GitHub Documentation site has more detailed information about assigning GitHub Copilot seats.

Your budget (work tag) will be billed through Azure each month for the seats you use.