Learn to use key GitHub features, including issues, notifications, branches, commits, and pull requests.
In this module, you'll:
- Identify the fundamental features of GitHub.
- Learn about repository management.
- Gain an understanding of the GitHub flow, which includes branches, commits, and pull requests.
- Explore the collaborative features of GitHub by reviewing issues and discussions.
- Recognize how to manage your GitHub notifications and subscriptions.
Understand the security and control measures available to GitHub administrators within an organization or enterprise.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Summarize the organizational structures and permission levels that GitHub administrators can use to organize members in order to control access and security.
- Identify the various technologies that enable a secure authentication strategy allowing administrators to centrally manage repository access.
- Describe the technologies required to centrally manage teams and members using existing directory information services.
- Describe how you can use GitHub itself as an identity provider for authentication and authorization.
Overview of GitHub's products, plans, associated features, and billing.
After completing this module, you're able to:
- Define the difference between the different types of GitHub accounts: Personal, Organization, and Enterprise.
- Explain each GitHub plan: GitHub Free for personal accounts and organizations, GitHub Pro for personal accounts, GitHub Team, and GitHub Enterprise.
- Distinguish the features associated with accessing GitHub on GitHub Mobile and GitHub Desktop.
- Describe a brief overview of GitHub billing and payments.
Learn best practices for building, hosting, and maintaining a secure repository on GitHub.
In this module, you will:
- Identify the tools and GitHub features to establish a secure development strategy.
- Enable vulnerable dependency detection for private repositories.
- Detect and fix outdated dependencies with security vulnerabilities.
- Automate the detection of vulnerable dependencies with Dependabot.
- Add a security policy with a SECURITY.md file.
- Remove a commit exposing sensitive data in a pull request.
- Remove historical commits exposing sensitive data deep in your repository.

Syllabus

Introduction to GitHub
- Introduction
- What is GitHub?
- Components of the GitHub flow
- GitHub is a collaborative platform
- GitHub platform management
- Exercise - A guided tour of GitHub
- Module assessment
- Summary
Introduction to GitHub administration
- Introduction
- What is GitHub administration?
- How does GitHub authentication work?
- How does GitHub organization and permissions work?
- Managing enterprise access, permissions, and governance
- Module assessment
- Summary
Introduction to GitHub's products
- Introduction
- GitHub accounts and plans
- GitHub Mobile and GitHub Desktop
- GitHub billing
- License Usage Stats
- License Usage Stats in Machine and Peripheral Devices
- Metered Usage Reports
- Module assessment
- Summary
Maintain a secure repository by using GitHub best practices
- Introduction
- How to maintain a secure GitHub repository
- Automated security
- Exercise - Secure your repository's supply chain
- Module assessment
- Summary