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GH-300: GitHub Copilot: Configuring Privacy, Content Exclusions, and Safeguards

Sensitive code can leak into AI suggestions without the right controls. This course will teach you to configure GitHub Copilot’s privacy, content exclusion, and safeguard features for GH-300.

Beginner
49m

Created by Manoj Nair

Last Updated Sep 11, 2026

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GH-300: GitHub Copilot: Configuring Privacy, Content Exclusions, and Safeguards

Sensitive code can leak into AI suggestions without the right controls. This course will teach you to configure GitHub Copilot’s privacy, content exclusion, and safeguard features for GH-300.

Beginner
49m

Created by Manoj Nair

Last Updated Sep 11, 2026

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Enabling GitHub Copilot across a team is easy, but doing it without exposing secrets, proprietary code, and regulated content takes deliberate configuration. In this course, GH-300: GitHub Copilot: Configuring Privacy, Content Exclusions, and Safeguards, you’ll gain the ability to configure Copilot’s privacy, exclusion, and safeguard controls for safe enterprise use. First, you’ll explore how to manage privacy and editor settings and configure content exclusions, so Copilot ignores sensitive files and repositories. Next, you’ll discover how ownership and the limitations of Copilot’s outputs work, along with the duplication detection and security vulnerability filters that safeguard your code. Finally, you’ll learn how to troubleshoot and resolve common issues with suggestions and content exclusions. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of GitHub Copilot privacy, content exclusions, and safeguards needed to deploy Copilot safely across your organization and pass the corresponding domain of the GH-300 certification exam.

GH-300: GitHub Copilot: Configuring Privacy, Content Exclusions, and Safeguards
Beginner
49m
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Manoj Nair - Pluralsight course - GH-300: GitHub Copilot: Configuring Privacy, Content Exclusions, and Safeguards
Manoj Nair
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With a Bachelor of Engineering (IT) from Mumbai University, Manoj is currently working with Microsoft Australia as a Cloud Solutions Architect. In his current role, he enables Cloud and Enterprise Customers to design, position, sell and deploy and troubleshoot Microsoft Azure Cloud Solutions. Prior to Microsoft, Manoj worked with AWS as an Ecosystem Solutions Architect, as an AWS Senior Technical Trainer, and as Technical Instructor with DDLS, Sydney specializing on Microsoft Infrastructure Solutions.

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