GitHub
Microsoft Entra ID
Github and Microsoft Entra Id Integration
Seamlessly connect GitHub with Microsoft Entra ID to enhance security and streamline access management for your development workflows.
Seamlessly connect GitHub with Microsoft Entra ID to enhance security and streamline access management for your development workflows.
The integration between GitHub and Microsoft Entra ID enables organizations to unify identity and access management across their development environments. By linking GitHub repositories and actions with Microsoft Entra ID, teams can enforce conditional access policies, enable single sign-on (SSO), and manage permissions centrally. This integration enhances security, simplifies user provisioning, and ensures compliance by leveraging Microsoft Entra ID’s robust identity governance capabilities within GitHub workflows.
Integrating GitHub with Microsoft Entra ID offers enhanced security through centralized identity management, enables single sign-on for streamlined access, enforces conditional access policies, and simplifies user provisioning and deprovisioning across your development environment.
To set up the integration, you need to register GitHub as an enterprise application in Microsoft Entra ID, configure single sign-on settings, and assign appropriate user and group permissions. Detailed setup guides are available in both GitHub and Microsoft Entra ID documentation to help you configure the integration step-by-step.
Yes, by integrating with Microsoft Entra ID, you can enforce MFA policies for GitHub access. Conditional Access policies in Microsoft Entra ID allow you to require MFA based on user risk, device compliance, or location, adding an extra layer of security to your GitHub environment.
Yes, the integration supports automated provisioning and deprovisioning of users and groups through Microsoft Entra ID’s SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) capabilities, ensuring that access to GitHub is always up-to-date with your organization’s identity lifecycle.
While individual developers can benefit from simplified sign-on, this integration is primarily designed for organizations and enterprises seeking centralized identity management, enhanced security, and compliance across multiple users and teams within GitHub.
