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Roles for Visual Studio subscriptions with GitHub Enterprise reference

Learn about the different roles required to set up Visual Studio subscriptions with GitHub Enterprise.

Who can use this feature?

Enterprise owners, organization owners, and billing managers

The new billing platform is now fully rolled out to all enterprises and their organizations. For more details, see the GitHub blog.

Visual Studio subscriptions with GitHub Enterprise is a combined offering and knowledge of roles in both systems is useful.

Visual Studio roles

RoleDescriptionMore information
Subscriptions adminPerson who assigns licenses for Visual Studio subscriptionOverview of admin responsibilities in Microsoft Docs
SubscriberPerson who uses a license for Visual Studio subscriptionVisual Studio Subscriptions documentation in Microsoft Docs

GitHub roles

RoleDescriptionMore information
Enterprise ownerPerson who has a personal account that's an administrator of an enterprise on GitHub.comRoles in an enterprise
Organization ownerPerson who has a personal account that's an owner of an organization in your team's enterprise on GitHub.comRoles in an organization
Enterprise memberPerson who has a personal account that's a member of an enterprise on GitHub.comRoles in an enterprise