Mastering GitHub Enterprise Management and Administration A Guide for Seamless Management and Collaboration

This book is a comprehensive guide to GitHub Enterprise Cloud and provides a detailed overview of how to set up, manage, administer, and configure GitHub for organizations. In addition to this, you will also learn identity management and the CI/CD pipeline.

The book starts with a thorough introduction to GitHub administration and its benefits. You will then learn how to set up and manage a GitHub Enterprise account and organization, guiding administrators through each step. Next, you will go through GitHub Repository Secure Management and Best Practices along with an understanding of how to manage access to GitHub using SAML SSO. GitHub enterprise support strategies and their usage and adoption are discussed next in detail. Moving ahead, you will learn about GitHub Action and Packages followed by GitHub Copilot management. How to automate repetitive tasks and workflows using GitHub Actions and enhancing productivity is discussed in detail with the help of case studies. Towards the end, you will demonstrate securing the software development lifecycle through advanced security and use GitHub Actions for automating business processes.

After reading this book, you will be able to leverage the full potential of GitHub Enterprise Cloud for your software development needs.

What Will You Learn

• How to set up and configure GitHub Enterprise for optimal collaboration, security, and scalability in an enterprise environment.
• Best practices for managing organizations, repositories, and user access permissions effectively to foster efficient teamwork and code collaboration.
• Strategies to implement robust CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, automating build, testing, and deployment processes for faster and more reliable software delivery.
• Proven techniques for ensuring top-notch security and compliance, including authentication methods, access controls, and vulnerability scanning, to protect code repositories and sensitive data.

Who Is This Book For

Software Development teams, DevOps engineers, and IT professionals who are looking to use GitHub Enterprise Cloud for code collaboration, management, and deployment.

Chapter 1: Introduction to GitHub Administration.- Chapter 2: GitHub Enterprise Account and Organization Setup and Administration.- Chapter 3: GitHub Repository Secure Management and Best Practices.- Chapter 4: GitHub Identity Access Management (SAML SSO and Enterprise Managed User) with User Onboarding and Offboarding.- Chapter 5: GitHub Enterprise Support and Adoption.- Chapter 6: GitHub Usage and Adoption.- Chapter 7: GitHub Action and GitHub Packages Management.- Chapter 8: GitHub Copilot Management.- Chapter 9: GitHub Monitoring and Reporting.- Chapter 10: Automate Development Tasks and Workflows with GitHub Actions.- Chapter 11: Secure Software Development Lifecycle through GitHub Advanced Security.- Chapter 12: Use GitHub Actions for Automating Business Processes.

Balu Ilag is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft 365 Certified Teams Administrator Associate, and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) for communication and productivity. He has written several blog posts on unified communication and collaboration technologies including subjects ranging from a how-to guide to best practices and troubleshooting.

He is currently working as an Office 365 and collaboration specialist at Juniper networks. Balu has over 13 years' experience in messaging, telecom and unified communications and collaboration and is focused on Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office 365 collaboration. His role is a combination of product administration, product development, and strategic guidance for enterprise customers.