Applied Skills

Microsoft Applied Skills: Manage GitHub secret scanning by using GitHub Copilot

Validate your technical skills and open doors to new possibilities of advancement with Microsoft Applied Skills.

At a glance

Overview

To earn this Microsoft Applied Skills credential, learners demonstrate the ability to manage GitHub secret scanning by using GitHub Copilot.

Candidates for this credential should have experience with GitHub Secret Protection, GitHub push protection, GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, and Git. They should also have a solid understanding of using GitHub as a code repository and of application development.

Skills earned upon completion

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This assessment will use an interactive lab to evaluate your performance. It will take a few minutes to load the lab, and you may do other activities while it loads. After you launch the lab, you will need to wait 72 hours to launch it again. Your mouse movements and text entered during the lab will be recorded for quality purposes. Learn more

Evaluated in this assessment

  • Configure secret scanning and review security alerts
  • Remediate security alerts by using GitHub Copilot in VS Code
  • Close secret scanning alerts after pushing changes to GitHub

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Applied Skills Resources

Study guide for Applied Skills

This study guide provides a summary of the topics covered in the assessment lab, along with additional resources to help you prepare.

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