Overview

Prepare your GitHub Enterprise Cloud Administrators to maintain a healthy GitHub environment that supports the needs of your development team. GitHub Admin Training provides your admins with an in-depth understanding of the various options and customizations available on the GitHub platform. Once the basics are mastered, the training will explore opportunities to extend the platform to accommodate the most demanding workflows.

Target Audience

GitHub Application Admins

Key Features and Benefits

• Properly configure your GitHub Enterprise Cloud account to meet your organization’s needs
• Improve the developer experience by selecting appropriate organization settings
• Identify the recommended options and configurations to reach your desired outcomes
• Enable protected branches, issues, GitHub Pages and more
• Demonstrate daily and advanced user behavior on GitHub
• Locate metrics from your GitHub Enterprise organization
• Audit critical activities performed on your GitHub Enterprise Cloud account

Delivery Methods

Remote

• Unit of Delivery: Class
• Participants: Maximum 16

Syllabus

Participants can expect a combination of classroom learning and hands-on activities that build experience and confidence using the GitHub Enterprise Cloud platform.

• Working on GitHub
  • Repository permissions and settings
  • GitHub Pages
  • Create branches and Pull Requests
  • Configure protected branches
  • Configure required status checks
• Security in the cloud
  • Security alerts
  • User privacy
  • Licenses
  • GitHub Marketplace
  • Integrations
• GitHub Enterprise site administration
  • Audit account activities
  • Select repository and organization settings
  • Administer users
  • Manage dormant users
  • Organizations and teams
• The GitHub API
  • Introduction to the GitHub API
  • Compare REST API and GraphQL
  • Integrate tests and results using the Status API
  • Deploy with GitHub
  • Use webhooks
  • Scripts and automation
• Advanced user behavior and administration
  • Unhealthy repositories
  • Changing history with Git

Learning & Business outcomes

After completing this training, admins will be able to:

• Administer GitHub Enterprise Cloud
• Configure permissions for users and teams
• Leverage GitHub features to improve workflows
• Audit critical activities
• Identify and correct unhealthy user behavior

Prerequisites

• Provision the GitHub Enterprise Cloud organization you will be using
• All users with computers, accounts, and access for GitHub.com
• Ensure all attendees will have administrator access
• Designate one administrator to share their screen during activities