Subscribe your organization to GitHub Copilot
Set up a Copilot Business plan for your organization. See Subscribing to GitHub Copilot for your organization.
If your organization belongs to an enterprise with a Copilot Enterprise or Copilot Business plan, your enterprise owner can enable Copilot for your organization instead. Request access from your enterprise owner at https://github.com/settings/copilot, under "Get Copilot from an organization."
Set policies
Control which Copilot features are available in your organization. See Managing policies and features for GitHub Copilot in your organization.
Configure networking
If your organization members connect through an HTTP proxy server or firewall, add the required URLs to the allowlist. See Copilot allowlist reference.
If your environment uses custom SSL certificates, install them on your members' machines. See Configuring network settings for GitHub Copilot.
Grant access to members
Enable Copilot for some or all members of your organization. Consider starting with teams most likely to benefit, to discover potential blockers and demonstrate early success. See Granting access to GitHub Copilot for members of your organization.
Tip
If your organization belongs to an enterprise on GHE.com, users need additional setup to authenticate from their development environment. See Using GitHub Copilot with an account on GHE.com.
Next steps
- Explore self-service license management options. Many successful rollouts use a self-service model where developers can claim a license without approval. See Setting up a self-serve process for GitHub Copilot licenses.
- Learn how to plan and implement an effective enablement process to drive Copilot adoption. See Driving GitHub Copilot adoption in your company.
- Enhance the development experience by enabling and training developers on the latest features. For example, share context with Copilot Spaces, enable Copilot code review on pull requests, and allow developers to experiment with prompts using GitHub Models. For an example showing how these features fit together, see Integrating agentic AI into your enterprise's software development lifecycle.
- Add Copilot cloud agent as a team member for asynchronous issue work. See Piloting GitHub Copilot cloud agent in your organization.