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Identity and access management

Learn the concepts around identity and access management (IAM) for GitHub.com, including authentication, authorization, Enterprise Managed Users, and user management.

Identity and access management fundamentals

Administrators must decide how users will access the enterprise's resources on GitHub.

About Enterprise Managed Users

Learn how your enterprise can manage the lifecycle and authentication of users on GitHub from your identity provider (IdP).

Setup user

The setup user is used only to configure authentication and provisioning for Enterprise Managed Users.

About user offboarding on GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Manage access with confidence by understanding the recommended approach for offboarding users.