In this one-day course, students learn the basics of GitHub and gain a better understanding of its fundamental features with a hands-on exercise all within a GitHub repository. The course teaches best practices for building, hosting, and maintaining a secure repository on GitHub.
Please note: This course is due to be released by Microsoft on May 2, 2025.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Identify the fundamental features of GitHub
Learn about repository management
Summarise the organisational structures and permission levels that GitHub administrators can use to organise 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.
Define the difference between the different types of GitHub accounts: Personal, Organisation, and Enterprise.
Explain each GitHub plan: GitHub Free for personal accounts and organisations, GitHub Pro for personal accounts, GitHub Team, and GitHub Enterprise.
Identify the tools and GitHub features to establish a secure development strategy.
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.
Automate processes that prevent security breaches
Respond to security breaches
Understand how to manage user access to your GitHub organisation through Authorisation and Authentication tools
Set up authentication with Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) single sign-on and a connection between Enterprise Server and Enterprise Cloud with GitHub Connect.
Automate security and version updates for your project's dependencies, as well as administrative duties and user interactions with GitHub.
Evaluate what the appropriate runners are for your enterprise instance.
Set up a Continuous Integration (CI) workflow with GitHub Actions to publish to GitHub Packages.
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This course in intended for students who want to understand GitHub best practices. You will understand the fundamental features of GitHub, learn about repository management, gain an understanding of the GitHub flow, including branches, commits, and pull requests. Additionally, you will explore the collaborative features of GitHub by reviewing issues and discussions and be able to manage your GitHub notifications and subscriptions.
Familiarity with personal and organisational authentication technologies and processes would be helpful
The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.
