Enterprise administrator documentation
Documentation and guides for enterprise administrators and security specialists who configure and manage GitHub Enterprise.
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View allIdentity and access management fundamentals
Administrators must decide how users will access the enterprise's resources on GitHub.
Choosing an enterprise type for GitHub Enterprise Cloud
Understand the types of enterprises available in GitHub Enterprise Cloud and decide whether Enterprise Managed Users is right for you by asking yourself some questions.
Abilities of roles in an enterprise
Find the right role to grant access to your enterprise's settings and data.
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Verifying or approving a domain for your enterprise
You can verify your ownership of domains with GitHub to confirm the identity of organizations owned by your enterprise account. You can also approve domains where organization members can receive email notifications.
Audit log for an enterprise
To support debugging and internal and external compliance, GitHub provides logs of audited user, organization, and repository events.
Managing global webhooks
You can configure global webhooks to notify external web servers when events occur within your enterprise.
Setting up Visual Studio subscriptions with GitHub Enterprise
Your team's subscription to Visual Studio can also provide access to GitHub Enterprise.
Enforcing policies for GitHub Actions in your enterprise
You can enforce policies to manage how GitHub Actions can be used within your enterprise.
Enforcing policies for code security and analysis for your enterprise
You can enforce policies to manage the use of code security and analysis features within your enterprise's organizations.
Enforcing repository management policies in your enterprise
You can enforce policies for repository management within your enterprise's organizations, or allow policies to be set in each organization.
Identity and access management
- Understanding IAM for enterprises • 4 articles
- IAM configuration reference • 2 articles
- Using SAML for enterprise IAM • 7 articles
- Configuring authentication for Enterprise Managed Users • 6 articles
- Provisioning accounts for Enterprise Managed Users • 7 articles
- Reconfiguring IAM for Enterprise Managed Users • 3 articles
- Managing recovery codes for your enterprise • 2 articles
- Responding to security incidents in your enterprise • 2 articles