Program Outline
GitHub Foundations
GitHub Foundations introduces you to the fundamental concepts, features, and products of GitHub. You'll discover the benefits of using GitHub as a collaborative platform and explore its core features, such as repository management, commits, branches, and merging. Through curated modules and hands-on exercises, you'll gain a solid understanding of GitHub's essential tools and be well-equipped to start contributing to projects and collaborating effectively within GitHub.
Delivery
Virtual, On-site, or Hybrid
Duration
2 days
Product
GitHub
Role
Administrator
Microsoft
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Github
Best Fit
Audience Profile
Who This Program Is For
This course in intended for students who want to understand and 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.
Overview
Program Summary
Candidates for this exam should have foundational knowledge of GitHub and its core features.
Program Outcomes
After this program, participants will be able to...
Understand Git and GitHub basics
Work with GitHub repositories
Collaborate using GitHub
Apply modern development practices
Delivery Formats
Enterprise Suitability
Course Outline
Complete Module Sequence
Review the full module sequence for this program, including the primary topic coverage in each module where available.
1Module 1
GitHub Foundations Part 1 of 2
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Module 1
GitHub Foundations Part 1 of 2
The GitHub Foundations Learning Path Part 1 of 2 is a concise and beginner-friendly journey designed to introduce you to the fundamental concepts and products of GitHub.
- Introduction to Git
- Introduction to GitHub
- Introduction to GitHub's products
- Configure code scanning on GitHub
- Introduction to GitHub Copilot
- Code with GitHub Codespaces
- Manage your work with GitHub Projects
- Communicate effectively on GitHub using Markdown
2Module 2
GitHub Foundations Part 2 of 2
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Module 2
GitHub Foundations Part 2 of 2
The GitHub Foundations Learning Path Part 2 of 2 is a concise and beginner-friendly journey designed to introduce you to the fundamental concepts and products of GitHub.
- Contribute to an open-source project on GitHub
- Manage an InnerSource program by using GitHub
- Maintain a secure repository by using GitHub best practices
- Introduction to GitHub administration
- Authenticate and authorize user identities on GitHub
- Manage repository changes by using pull requests on GitHub
- Search and organize repository history by using GitHub
- Using GitHub Copilot with Python
Coverage Areas
Topic Coverage
Coverage Item 1
Understand Git and GitHub basics
Coverage Item 2
Work with GitHub repositories
Coverage Item 3
Collaborate using GitHub
Coverage Item 4
Apply modern development practices
Coverage Item 5
Manage projects with GitHub
Coverage Item 6
Understand privacy, security, and administration
Coverage Item 7
Explore the GitHub community
Customization
Adapt This Program for Your Team
We can adapt this program around your team structure, platform priorities, delivery goals, and the scenarios your people need to work through in practice.
- •Align labs to your Microsoft tenant and workload scenarios
- •Add readiness checks and exam preparation reviews
- •Extend delivery with role-specific implementation workshops
