You can create an enterprise account specifically for managing Copilot Business licenses, without adopting GitHub Enterprise. With this account, you will have access to enterprise-grade integrations with identity providers for authentication and provisioning, without needing to pay for GitHub Enterprise licenses. See About enterprise accounts for Copilot Business.
1. Create an enterprise account
重要
If you're purchasing Copilot Business through GitHub's sales team, your enterprise account will be created for you. Skip to step 2.
You need to create an enterprise account, and the way to do that is to start a trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud.
Set up a trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud
Don’t create any organizations during setup. Adding users to organizations assigns them GitHub Enterprise licenses, while adding users directly to the enterprise keeps your setup limited to Copilot Business.
2. 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 直接邀请用户加入企业.
Enterprise with managed users
If your enterprise uses Enterprise Managed Users, you must provision user accounts from your identity provider (IdP) through SCIM. For setup and provisioning guidance, see Enterprise Managed Users 入门.
Provisioned users will appear automatically in your enterprise’s People list. Later, you'll assign Copilot Business licenses directly to these users or to enterprise teams synced with your IdP.
3. Create teams (optional)
You can group users to scale license assignment by creating and managing enterprise teams. If you plan to manage access in groups, create those groups now. See 创建企业团队.
4. Enable Copilot for the enterprise
在分配许可证之前，企业所有者必须为企业启用 Copilot，并为某些功能选择策略。
- 在 GitHub 的右上角，单击你的个人资料图片。
- 根据环境，单击“你的企业”，或单击“你的企业”，然后单击要查看的企业********。
- 在页面顶部，单击“ Policies”。 1. 在“Policies”部分中，单击“Copilot”****。
- 在“GitHub Copilot 策略”下，单击“允许”，然后单击“保存”。
- 查看与公共代码和 Copilot 对话助手 相匹配的建议策略，并更新下拉菜单以根据需要启用或禁用功能。
5. Assign Copilot licenses
Next, give people access to Copilot by assigning Copilot Business licenses to users or enterprise teams directly from the enterprise level.
For detailed steps, see 授予用户对企业中 GitHub Copilot 的访问权限.
6. Convert your trial to a paid enterprise account
To continue using Copilot Business after your trial, convert your trial to a paid enterprise account. See 设置 GitHub Enterprise Cloud 试用版.
Next steps
After setting up Copilot Business for your enterprise, you can help your developers start using Copilot and measure its impact across your organization. See 推动公司采用 GitHub Copilot.
If you ever want to access the full range of GitHub features in the future, you can create organizations and add users to them.