Overview

In this session, GitHub’s experts will guide your team to leverage the GitHub Copilot Coding Agent and GitHub Copilot Agent mode by providing a clear understanding of what an agent is, what MCP servers are and how to use them securely.

Topics

• AI Agents
• Agentic AI with GitHub Copilot
• GitHub Copilot Coding Agent
• GitHub Copilot Agent mode
• MCP Servers

Customer benefits

The offering will help customers:

• Understand the full capabilities and operational potential of GitHub Copilot Agents
• Understand what MCP servers are and how to use existing ones to enhance agentic workflows
• Enhance security and compliance within their operational processes

Learning objectives

After completing this training, learners will be able to:

• Understand the difference between GitHub Copilot Coding Agent vs Agent mode
• Configure and manage GitHub Copilot agent mode and MCP Server
• Configure and manage GitHub Copilot Coding Agent
• Use an existing MCP server
• Utilize best practices to maintain secure, compliant, and efficient operations

Audience

Required:

• Operations Engineers
• DevOps Engineers
• Technical Leads
• Developers
• Development Leaders

Optional:

• Project Managers

Delivery details

• Level: Intermediate [200]
• Offering type: Training
• Format: Remote

Customer prerequisites

Before this training, the customer needs to have in place:

• GitHub Enterprise Cloud account
• Access to GitHub Copilot agent mode and MCP server with a supported IDE
• Access to GitHub Copilot Coding Agent
• Basic knowledge of workflow automation and DevOps practices
• Required permissions for configuring integrations and automation setups
• Npm and NodeJS installed and configured