GitHub Foundations GH-900

• Understand Git and GitHub fundamentals.
• Work with GitHub repositories, branches, commits, and pull requests.
• Collaborate using GitHub issues, discussions, notifications, and other collaboration tools.
• Explore modern development practices including GitHub Actions, Copilot, and Codespaces.
• Manage projects using GitHub Projects.
• Understand GitHub privacy, security, and administration fundamentals.
• Explore GitHub's open-source and community features.

Part 1 of 2: GitHub Foundations

Module 1: Introduction to Git

• Understand source control.
• Learn the fundamentals of Git.
• Work with basic Git commands.
• Understand version control concepts.

Module 2: Introduction to GitHub

• Understand what GitHub is.
• Explore the components of GitHub Flow.
• Understand GitHub as a collaborative platform.
• Explore GitHub platform management.
• Work with issues, notifications, branches, commits, and pull requests.

Module 3: Introduction to GitHub's products

• Explore GitHub account types.
• Understand GitHub plans and associated features.
• Understand GitHub billing.
• Explore GitHub Desktop.
• Explore GitHub Mobile.

Module 4: Configure code scanning on GitHub

• Understand code scanning.
• Configure code scanning using CodeQL.
• Use third-party code-scanning tools.
• Configure code scanning with GitHub Actions.

Module 5: Introduction to GitHub Copilot

• Understand GitHub Copilot.
• Generate code using GitHub Copilot.
• Understand inline suggestions.
• Use conversational GitHub Copilot capabilities.
• Understand how GitHub Copilot can help generate, understand, refactor, and debug code.

Module 6: Code with GitHub Codespaces

• Understand GitHub Codespaces.
• Create cloud-hosted development environments.
• Configure development environments.
• Work with Codespaces from different devices.

Module 7: Manage your work with GitHub Projects

• Understand GitHub Projects.
• Create and manage issues.
• Break work into tasks.
• Track relationships.
• Add custom fields.
• Collaborate through project conversations.

Module 8: Communicate effectively on GitHub using Markdown

• Understand Markdown.
• Use Markdown to communicate effectively.
• Format GitHub content using Markdown.
• Improve communication in GitHub repositories and collaboration tools.

Part 2 of 2: GitHub Foundations

Module 9: Contribute to an open-source project on GitHub

• Find open-source projects.
• Identify opportunities to contribute.
• Contribute to an open-source repository.
• Create a pull request.
• Communicate with project maintainers.

Module 10: Manage an InnerSource program by using GitHub

• Understand InnerSource.
• Manage discoverable repositories.
• Create effective repository READMEs.
• Use issue and pull-request templates.
• Build transparency into repositories.
• Measure InnerSource success.

Module 11: Maintain a secure repository by using GitHub best practices

• Understand secure GitHub repositories.
• Apply repository security best practices.
• Use automated security.
• Secure the software supply chain.

Module 12: Introduction to GitHub administration

• Understand GitHub administration.
• Understand GitHub authentication.
• Understand GitHub organization and permissions.
• Manage enterprise access, permissions, and governance.

Module 13: Authenticate and authorize user identities on GitHub

• Understand identity and access management.
• Understand user authentication.
• Understand user authorization.
• Understand supported identity providers and technologies.
• Understand SAML SSO.
• Understand team synchronization.

Module 14: Manage repository changes by using pull requests on GitHub

• Understand pull requests.
• Review branches and their relationship to pull requests.
• Create pull requests.
• Understand pull request statuses.
• Merge pull requests into a base branch.

Module 15: Search and organize repository history by using GitHub

• Search GitHub repository history.
• Use filters.
• Use blame.
• Cross-link repository information.
• Organize and investigate repository history.

Module 16: Using GitHub Copilot with Python

• Understand GitHub Copilot as an AI pair programmer.
• Set up GitHub Copilot with Visual Studio Code.
• Use GitHub Copilot with Python.
• Update a Python web API using GitHub Copilot.

2 Days

Certification: Microsoft Certified: GitHub Foundations

Exam: GH-900: GitHub Foundations

Duration: 45 minutes

Format: Proctored Microsoft certification exam.

• Trying basic Git commands.
• Taking a guided tour of GitHub.
• Working with GitHub repositories, branches, commits, and pull requests.
• Contributing to an open-source repository.
• Creating a pull request.
• Managing an InnerSource project.
• Securing a repository and its software supply chain.
• Working with GitHub administration and authentication concepts.
• Reviewing and merging pull requests.
• Searching and organizing repository history.
• Setting up and using GitHub Copilot with Python.

• Students who want to understand GitHub fundamentals.
• Developers beginning to work with GitHub.
• DevOps professionals seeking GitHub fundamentals.
• Administrators working with GitHub.
• Solution Architects who need foundational GitHub knowledge.
• Non-developers and GitHub users seeking to improve their GitHub proficiency.

• A GitHub account.
• Basic familiarity with GitHub is helpful but not required for the beginner-level course.
• Ability to navigate and work with files in GitHub is useful for the practical exercises.