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title: About GitHub for enterprises
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intro: 'Learn about {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}''s enterprise products and deployment options for {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}.'
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versions:
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ghec: '*'
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ghes: '*'
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type: overview
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topics:
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- Enterprise
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- Fundamentals
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---
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## Why should my business choose {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}?
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* **Provide a platform developers already know.** Adopting {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} can help you reduce onboarding time, attract talent, and leverage a large open source community by using tools already familiar to more than 100 million developers.
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* **Consolidate tools in the cloud.** {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} is a complete developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Adopting {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} can help companies consolidate their DevOps tools or move away from on-premises solutions that can be difficult to maintain.
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* **Benefit from modern features.** {% data variables.product.company_short %} consistently releases new features and updates. Our platform includes well-known tools like {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} and {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}.
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## How enterprises use {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}
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Businesses use {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} products to support the entire software development lifecycle, increasing development velocity and improving code quality.
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With {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}, your business can plan work, increase productivity, automate processes, and keep code secure.
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### Collaboration
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Your developers can:
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* Track work and communicate in issues and discussions
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* Plan and review work cycles with projects
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* Review each other's work in pull requests
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### Productivity
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Your developers can:
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* Benefit from AI-powered code suggestions with {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %}, the most widely adopted AI developer tool
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* Get started with new projects quickly with {% data variables.product.prodname_github_codespaces %}, a cloud-hosted development environment
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* Integrate with {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} from their local development environment using {% data variables.product.prodname_cli %} and {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %}
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### Automation
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Your business can:
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* Automate your build, test, and deployment pipeline with {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}
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* Host software packages with {% data variables.product.prodname_registry %}
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* Build tooling with REST and GraphQL APIs, {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %}, and webhooks
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### Security
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Your business can:
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* Be alerted to leaked secrets or vulnerable code patterns using {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %} tools
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* Keep software dependencies up to date with {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot %}
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* Monitor the security landscape across your repositories with security overview
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## Benefits of the {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %} plan
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{% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %} is our most comprehensive plan. In addition to the features included with a {% data variables.product.prodname_free_team %} or {% data variables.product.prodname_team %} plan for organizations, the plan includes:
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* Additional features such as SAML authentication and internal repositories. For a detailed list, see {% data variables.product.pricing_link %}.
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* Extra allowances for usage-based products such as {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}.
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* An enterprise account, which provides a single place to manage billing and settings, enforce policies, and audit the people with access to your enterprise.
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* The option to add {% data variables.product.prodname_GH_advanced_security %}, {% data variables.contact.premium_support %}, and {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_enterprise %}.
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When businesses adopt {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}, their return on investment (ROI) is high. For example, their developers **save 45 minutes per day**, and onboarding and **training time is reduced by 40%**. See [The Total Economic Impact of {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}](https://resources.github.com/forrester/).
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## About deployment options
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{% data reusables.enterprise.ghe-includes-ghec-and-ghes %} You can choose to use **one or both** of these deployment options.
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**With {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}**:
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* Your repositories and other resources are hosted on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}.
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* To access your resources, members of your enterprise can use their personal account or, if you use {% data variables.product.prodname_emus %}, you can provision accounts for users using an external system.
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**With {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %}**:
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* You run your own {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} instance, either on-premises or on a public cloud service.
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* You create accounts for users, and authenticate users using either built-in authentication or an external system.
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* You can enable {% data variables.product.prodname_github_connect %} to benefit from features that rely on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}, such as {% data variables.product.prodname_dependabot_alerts %} and actions hosted on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}.
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## Next steps
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1. Learn more about {% data variables.product.prodname_enterprise %}.
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* "[AUTOTITLE](/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/overview/about-github-enterprise-cloud)"{% ifversion not ghec %} in the {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud%} documentation{% endif %}
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* "[AUTOTITLE]({% ifversion not ghes %}/enterprise-server@latest{% endif %}/admin/overview/about-github-enterprise-server){% ifversion not ghes %}" in the {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %} documentation.{% else %}."{% endif %}
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1. Set up a trial.
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* "[AUTOTITLE](/admin/overview/setting-up-a-trial-of-github-enterprise-cloud)"
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* "[AUTOTITLE](/admin/overview/setting-up-a-trial-of-github-enterprise-server)"
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## Further reading
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* "[AUTOTITLE](/admin/overview/about-enterprise-accounts)"
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* "[AUTOTITLE](/get-started/learning-about-github/about-github-advanced-security)"
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* "[AUTOTITLE](/support/learning-about-github-support/about-github-premium-support)"
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* "[AUTOTITLE](/enterprise-server@latest/admin/configuration/configuring-github-connect/about-github-connect)"
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* [Compare {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} to other DevOps solutions](https://resources.github.com/devops/tools/compare/) in {% data variables.product.company_short %} Resources
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