With a dedicated enterprise account, you get enterprise-grade identity provider integrations for authentication and provisioning without paying for GitHub Enterprise licenses. See About enterprise accounts for Copilot Business.
Create an enterprise account
Important
If you purchased Copilot Business through GitHub's sales team, your enterprise account is already created. Skip to the next section.
Start a trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud to create your enterprise account.
Set up a trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud
Do not create any organizations during setup. Adding users to organizations assigns GitHub Enterprise licenses, while adding users directly to the enterprise keeps your setup limited to Copilot Business.
Add users to your enterprise
Once you have an enterprise account, add the people who will receive Copilot Business licenses. How you add users depends on your enterprise type.
Enterprise with personal accounts
Invite users directly to your enterprise. For detailed steps, see Inviting users to your enterprise directly.
Enterprise with managed users
If your enterprise uses Enterprise Managed Users, provision user accounts from your identity provider (IdP) through SCIM. For setup and provisioning guidance, see Getting started with Enterprise Managed Users.
Provisioned users appear automatically in your enterprise's People list. You can then assign Copilot Business licenses directly to these users or to enterprise teams synced with your IdP.
Create teams (optional)
Group users to scale license assignment by creating enterprise teams. See Creating enterprise teams.
Enable Copilot for the enterprise
Before you can assign licenses, an enterprise owner must enable Copilot for the enterprise.
- Navigate to your enterprise. For example, from the Enterprises page on GitHub.com.
- At the top of the page, click Billing and licensing.
- In the left sidebar, click Licensing.
- Next to "Copilot", click Enable.
Assign Copilot licenses
Give people access to Copilot by assigning Copilot Business licenses to users or enterprise teams.
For detailed steps, see Granting users access to GitHub Copilot in your enterprise.
Convert your trial to a paid enterprise account
To continue using Copilot Business after your trial, convert to a paid enterprise account. See Setting up a trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud.
Next steps
Help your developers start using Copilot and measure its impact. See Driving GitHub Copilot adoption in your company.