GitHub Copilot Enterprise, a Copilot plan available for enterprises that use GitHub Enterprise Cloud, is now generally available. It offers AI capabilities to improve the user's experience on GitHub.com, including the option to communicate with Copilot directly in the browser and to access Copilot's context from different project repositories.
GitHub Enterprise Copilot provides developers with an AI tool that directly offers features like autocomplete-style suggestions within their integrated development environment (IDE). In addition, a chat interface allows them to ask and receive coding-related answers within supported IDEs. The tool also generates summaries of changes made in pull requests, including information on impacted files and review focus points.
The Enterprise Copilot plan is a $39/month version of its code completion tool and developer-centric chatbot for large businesses. The Enterprise plan is an extension of the Business plan, offering essential features for larger teams, including IP indemnity and the ability to reference internal code and knowledge bases. It integrates with Microsoft's Bing search engine (in beta) and will soon allow users to refine Copilot's models using their team's existing codebase.
Bing Integration with GitHub Copilot Chat (Source: GitHub blog post)
Thomas Dohmke, Chief Executive Officer of GitHub, writes:
GitHub Copilot is becoming an integral part of the developer experience. Its capabilities, such as quickly understanding existing codebases, analyzing code, and accessing knowledge bases, enable developers to concentrate more on what truly counts: delivering impactful results.
In addition, on an earlier Reddit thread about the announcement of the Copilot Enterprise Plan, a respondent stated:
This would be awesome for my company. We went through layoffs and restructuring, and now our ancient codebase is near-unrecognizable to anyone left. If we had Copilot to help us manage it, we could actually maintain and update the software with much less pain and fumbling around.
The GA release of Copilot Enterprise comes a year later since GitHub crossed a hundred million users. A partner of GitHub Accenture evaluated the impact of GitHub Copilot on accelerating innovation within a real-world enterprise environment. They concluded that GitHub Copilot was instrumental in helping developers at Accenture maintain their focus and minimize disruptions, with 94% of developers reporting that it assisted them in staying in the flow and reducing the effort spent on repetitive tasks. Furthermore, 90% of developers found that they spent less time searching for information. Lastly, GitHub Copilot facilitated better code writing and skill development, with 90% of developers reporting improved code quality and approximately 95% of developers learning from Copilot's suggestions.
