About This Study Plan
This 7-day study plan breaks the GH-ADMIN (Administration) exam preparation into 7 focused study sessions with 28 actionable tasks. The plan covers all 5 exam domains — Manage GitHub Identities and Access, Administer GitHub Enterprise Environment, Implement Secure Software Development and Compliance, Manage GitHub Actions, Monitor and Optimize GitHub Usage — ensuring complete coverage. Intensive 7-day review for the GitHub Administration certification covering organization management, enterprise policies, security, and access control.
Prerequisites
- GitHub org admin experience
- 4–6 hours per day
Study Schedule
- Organization creation, settings, and billing
- Enterprise accounts, policies, and EMMU (Enterprise Managed Users)
- Team management, team sync, and nested teams
- Member roles: owner, member, billing manager, outside collaborator
- Repository visibility, permissions, and access levels
- Branch protection rules vs repository rulesets
- Repository policies: default branch, merge options, features
- Template repositories and repository archives
- SAML SSO configuration and enforcement
- SCIM provisioning for user lifecycle management
- SSH keys, PATs, and deploy keys management
- 2FA enforcement, recovery codes, and passkeys
- Audit log: events, streaming, and retention
- IP allow lists and network-level restrictions
- Secret scanning, push protection, and custom patterns
- Dependabot: alerts, security updates, and version updates
- Actions policies: which actions can run in the org
- Self-hosted runners: groups, labels, and scaling
- Runner security: network access, secrets, and isolation
- Required workflows and starter workflows for the org
- Take a full practice exam
- Review all incorrect answers
- Focus on SAML/SCIM and org policies
- Review audit log scenarios
- Org settings and policies checklist
- SAML vs SCIM comparison
- Role permissions matrix
- Rest before exam
Study Tips
Know SAML SSO vs SCIM — what each does and when each is needed.
Understand the hierarchy: enterprise → org → team → repo.
Audit log questions are common — know which events are logged.
Recommended GitHub Study Resources
Supplement this study plan with the GitHub Skills interactive courses at skills.github.com, which provide hands-on practice in real repositories. The official GitHub documentation (docs.github.com) is comprehensive and regularly updated. For Actions certification, study the workflow syntax reference and build at least three different CI/CD pipelines from scratch.
Ready to Practice?
Put your study plan into action with Administration practice questions.