Note
Starting September 3, 2024, GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers who use a single organization will be automatically upgraded to an enterprise account at no additional cost. For details, see the the GitHub Blog.
When should I create an enterprise account?
GitHub Enterprise Cloud allows you to create an enterprise account, which enables collaboration between multiple organizations and gives administrators a single point of visibility and management. See "About enterprise accounts."
In most cases, you can create an enterprise account yourself.
- When you start a free trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud, you'll create an enterprise account as part of the process. See "Setting up a trial of GitHub Enterprise Cloud."
- If you currently use GitHub Enterprise Cloud with a single organization, you can upgrade to an enterprise account by following the steps later in this article.
You'll need help creating an enterprise account for:
- Enterprise Managed Users
- GitHub Enterprise Server
- Invoicing
In these cases, contact GitHub's Sales team.
What will happen after I upgrade my organization?
- Your existing organization will automatically be owned by the enterprise account. To learn how the organization will change, see "Adding organizations to your enterprise."
- The organization's billing details will become the billing details for the enterprise.
- All of the organization's owners will become owners of the enterprise.
- All of the organization's billing managers will become billing managers for the enterprise.
- Going forward, GitHub will bill the enterprise account for usage within all organizations owned by the enterprise.
Upgrading an organization to an enterprise account
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In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Settings.
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In the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Organizations.
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Next to the organization, click Settings.
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If you are an organization owner, in the "Access" section of the sidebar, click Billing and plans.
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Click Upgrade to enterprise account.
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Under "Enterprise name", type a name for your enterprise account.
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Under "Enterprise URL slug", type a slug to be used in the URL for your enterprise.
For example, if you choose
octo-enterprise
, the URL will behttps://github.com/enterprises/octo-enterprise
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Click Confirm and upgrade.
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Read the warnings, then click Create enterprise account.
Next steps
Follow the "Get started with your enterprise account" learning path.