Managing Copilot: Governance and GitHub Copilot
June 19, 2025 // 1 min read
Make sure the right people have access to the right tools the right way.
Published via GitHub Executive Insights
After deciding to enable Copilot for your development team comes the next big task—activating the licenses and managing features. For larger organizations this can feel daunting, but it doesn't need to be. As usual, a focus on the fundamentals and using the tools available will lead you to success.
Luis Pujols, senior customer success architect, joins host Christopher to discuss various strategies for managing a Copilot rollout. There are various approaches to enabling and managing licenses, from activating Copilot for an entire organization to custom solutions using the available REST APIs. He discusses the pros and cons of each to help you determine which will work best for your scenarios.
The next question typically raised is around usage. How can we measure adoption of Copilot, and in turn what strategy should we adopt if certain developers aren't utilizing Copilot. There are numerous REST APIs available for measuring usage and generating reports, allowing you to see adoption, code acceptance rates, and get breakdowns by language and other dimensions. From there you can work with your developers to determine what barriers they're facing to utilizing the tool to drive adoption and productivity increases.
Introducing Copilot to the code creation process doesn't change the DevOps process, in particular when it comes to code review. Field CTO Andrew Weiss calls in to highlight the fact that developers are still in charge. They want to read, review, and ensure the code suggested by Copilot does exactly what it should do and how it should be done.
In the end, Copilot is like any other developer tool, and can be approached as such. Rolling it out can follow normal patterns, measurements can be gathered, and the developer is always in charge of the code creation process.
Docs
- Glossary: Measuring the impact of GitHub Copilot
- Embrace AI-powered software development
- Essential GitHub Copilot resources for enterprise teams
- Setting up GitHub Copilot for your enterprise
Tools
- REST API endpoints for Copilot metrics
- REST API endpoints for Copilot user management
- Enabling Copilot for organizations in your enterprise
- Managing policies and features for Copilot in your enterprise
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