Certification

GitHub Administration (beta)

This exam is designed for system administrators, software developers, application administrators, and IT professionals with intermediate-level experience in GitHub Enterprise Administration.

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Overview

Certify your ability to optimize and manage a healthy GitHub environment with the GitHub Admin exam. Highlight your expertise in repository management, workflow optimization, and efficient collaboration to support successful projects on GitHub. Once achieved, the certification will be valid for two years.

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Important

The GitHub Administration exam is launching in beta on July 1st. Please return on or after that date to register. Please note: You will not be able to take your exam on Pearson VUE before July 1. When registering, be sure to select a testing date on or after July 1. If you plan to take your exam before June 30, please schedule through PSI using the current process here.

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You will have 100 minutes to complete this assessment.

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This exam will be proctored. You may have interactive components to complete as part of this exam. To learn more about exam duration and experience, visit: Exam duration and exam experience.

If you fail a certification exam, don’t worry. You can retake it 24 hours after the first attempt. For subsequent retakes, the amount of time varies. For full details, visit: Exam retake policy.

Assessed on this exam

  • Domain 1: Support GitHub Enterprise for users and key stakeholders 15%
  • Domain 2: Manage user identities and GitHub authentication 20%
  • Domain 3: Describe how GitHub is deployed, distributed, and licensed 5%
  • Domain 4: Manage access and permissions based on membership 20%
  • Domain 5: Enable secure software development and ensure compliance 15%
  • Domain 6: Manage GitHub Actions 20%
  • Domain 7: Manage GitHub Packages 5%

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