So, you believe you've done everything necessary for your GitHub Copilot launch:

- Secured management approval (after only 37 PowerPoint slides)... check!
- Obtained the budget (and made some serious concessions with Finance)... check!
- Addressed an extensive array of security inquiries... check!
- Purchased the licenses (farewell, coffee fund)... check!
- Prepared to allocate licenses to your team (best of luck to them)... check!

We appear ready for liftoff... or are we? Hold on a moment! Before you venture into the Copilot universe, let's ensure no critical pre-launch procedures have been overlooked. Even NASA meticulously double-checks before liftoff.

Prepare for your final countdown with these five essential preflight checks. They will help guide you not only in leaving the launchpad but in achieving a successful GitHub Copilot deployment. After all, the only thing more challenging than a failed launch is justifying to management why your code isn't auto-generating yet.

So, fasten your seatbelt, review our checklist, and get ready to elevate your engineering practice to new heights!

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The expansion of our "pay-as-you-go" model to include [GitHub Enterprise](https://github.com/enterprise) and [GitHub Advanced Security](https://github.com/enterprise/advanced-security) unifies our GitHub product portfolio as metered services, aligning with our ongoing mission to cater to our customers' unique business needs across the channels that suit you best with the flexibility you seek. New customers can [start a GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Advanced Security metered plan today via a 30-day free trial](https://github.com/account/enterprises/new). 

## Scalable pricing, seamless experience

In today's dynamic business landscape, enterprises face ever-evolving challenges, rapid growth, and the need to adapt swiftly. That's where metered offerings for GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Advanced Security step in---providing you a frictionless provisioning and transaction process to scale flexibly for accelerated value realization.

So what does this mean for you?

### Consistency

Experience a frictionless procurement and billing across the entire GitHub product portfolio.

-   __Consistent experience:__ Experience a unified procurement and billing process with the entire GitHub portfolio available as usage-based, metered billing model.

-   __Enhanced billing management:__ Gain insights on usage, map costs to cost centers, and optimize spending across your organization with new dashboards and reports from the Billing & Licensing page.

-   __Pay with your preferred payment method:__ Credit card, PayPal, invoice¹, or now, with the addition of a new option, your Microsoft Azure Subscription ID on metered billing.

### Flexibility

Adjust seats/licenses on demand as your organization evolves, without needing to contact Support, and paying only for what you use.

-   __Flexible management:__ Add or remove seats/licenses on demand, without the need to go through Support, so you can adapt to your unique business needs and demands seamlessly.

-   __Pay-as-you-go:__ Optimize your usage and scale flexibly with metered billing for all of your GitHub products and services---with no upfront payment required, so you pay only for what you use.

-   __Move at your speed:__ Self-provision your enterprise account---now including [Enterprise Managed Users](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/managing-iam/understanding-iam-for-enterprises/about-enterprise-managed-users), for GitHub Enterprise Cloud and/or Server², reducing friction and accelerating time-to-value. Plus, enable GitHub Advanced Security immediately within the GitHub Enterprise, even during your free trial.

### Versatility

Acquire GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Advanced Security and the complete GitHub product portfolio seamlessly---whether through GitHub's familiar channels or Microsoft's trusted routes.

-   __Unified Azure experience:__ Access GitHub Enterprise through the Azure Portal along with all your other Azure services.

-   __MACC and ACD eligible:__ Leverage your Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) and utilize your Azure Commitment Discount (ACD) as GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Advanced Security, and the entire GitHub product portfolio is now eligible for these Microsoft programs and benefits.

-   __More Microsoft pathways:__ Explore additional pathways to purchase GitHub through more Microsoft channels and contract types, including Microsoft Cloud Solution Partners (CSP), EA/EAS/SCA, modern commerce contracts (MCA-E), and Web Direct.

## How it works: From signup through billing

Now, how does this look in action? We'll show you how this experience works---everything from free trial signup through billing and management. Check out this short video below which walks through the process.

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## GitHub and Azure: Better together

Earlier, we mentioned how you'll now have more access to purchase GitHub products through Microsoft's trusted channels. Building on this, we're thrilled to share that the GitHub product portfolio is available on Azure. The world's leading organizations build and deploy on Azure with GitHub, accelerating developer velocity with a full developer stack. Azure empowers developers to invent with purpose, realize cost savings, and makes organizations more efficient with Microsoft Azure's open and flexible cloud computing platform. GitHub is the world's leading AI-powered developer platform, empowering organizations to build, secure, and ship software faster to unlock innovation at scale. Together, customers can now seamlessly integrate GitHub's products together with the breadth of Azure services for a powerful code-to-cloud development experience.

## Get started today

GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Advanced Security on metered billing are available to all new customers. New customers can start by [activating a free GitHub Enterprise 30-day trial](https://github.com/account/enterprises/new), which they can also enable a GitHub Advanced Security trial. Customers can convert to a paid enterprise account at any time during or at the end of their trial.

For existing customers with plans managed with a GitHub or Microsoft sales account team, transition to a metered plan can start at time of renewal. Please contact your GitHub or Microsoft account team for further details.

For existing self-serve customers, transition to a metered plan is not yet available, but we will provide further details on our plans to enable this on our roadmap.

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*¹ Customers interested in PO invoicing on metered billing will need to engage with their GitHub or Microsoft sales account representative for initial setup.*

*² If you have (or plan to have) a metered billing, multi-deployment plan across both GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Enterprise Server, please note that you will first need to assign all users to an organization on GitHub Enterprise Cloud.*

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