Organization Policies and Responsible Use at Scale

It’s Monday morning at a tech company with over 500 engineers across multiple teams. Over the last quarter, you’ve piloted GitHub Copilot in three departments: Frontend, DevOps, and Internal Tools. The results are undeniable:

• Developers report writing clean, tested code 30% faster.

• PR reviews are shorter and more focused.

• Boilerplate tasks that once took hours now only take minutes.

• And perhaps the most telling of all the preceding factors is this predominant belief that Stack Overflow is now rarely, if ever, in use (a running joke across team chats).

The CTO is impressed and eager to roll out Copilot organisation-wide, but not recklessly. As the engineering manager, you’re now responsible for one of your organization’s most influential AI rollouts. This isn’t just about turning Copilot on. It’s about rolling it out strategically, securely, and ethically, ensuring it drives productivity without compromising compliance, code quality, or developer trust. This is where technical administration meets leadership. And it all begins with policy.

Administering Copilot across the organization

GitHub Copilot is not a monolith. It’s a suite of intelligent capabilities that span IDEs, terminals, chat interfaces, GitHub.com, and more. As an admin, you can tailor which features your teams get access to by navigating to:

GitHub.com → Organization Settings → Copilot → Policies ...