About enterprise accounts on GitHub Enterprise Server
The enterprise account on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance allows you to manage the organizations on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance.
Organizations are shared accounts where enterprise members can collaborate across many projects at once. Organization owners can manage access to the organization's data and projects with sophisticated security and administrative features. For more information, see "About organizations."
Your enterprise account allows you to manage and enforce policies for all the organizations owned by the enterprise. 每个企业策略控制组织级别的策略可用选项。 可以选择不强制实施策略，这� �组织所有者便可为组织配置策略，也可从一组选项中进行选择，为企业拥有的所有组织强制实施策略。 For more information, see "About enterprise policies."
About administration of your enterprise account
From your enterprise account on a GitHub Enterprise Server instance, administrators can view enterprise membership and manage the following for the GitHub Enterprise Server instance.
- License usage
- Security (SSH certificate authorities, two-factor authentication)
- Enterprise policies for organizations owned by the enterprise account
About administration of your enterprise account on GitHub Enterprise Cloud
When you try or purchase GitHub Enterprise, you can also create an enterprise account for GitHub Enterprise Cloud on GitHub.com. Administrators for the enterprise account on GitHub.com can view enterprise membership and manage the following for the enterprise account on GitHub.com.
- Billing and usage (services on GitHub.com, GitHub Advanced Security, user licenses)
- Security (single sign-on, IP allow lists, SSH certificate authorities, two-factor authentication)
- Enterprise policies for organizations owned by the enterprise account
If you use both GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Enterprise Server, you can also manage the following for GitHub Enterprise Server from your enterprise account on GitHub.com.
- Billing and usage for GitHub Enterprise Server instances
- Requests and support bundle sharing with GitHub Enterprise 支持
You can also connect the enterprise account on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance to your enterprise account on GitHub.com to see license usage details for your GitHub Enterprise subscription from GitHub.com. For more information, see "Syncing license usage between GitHub Enterprise Server and GitHub Enterprise Cloud."
For more information about the differences between GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Enterprise Server, see "GitHub's products." 要升级至 GitHub Enterprise 或开始使用企业帐户，请联系 GitHub 销售团队。
About billing for your enterprise account
The bill for your enterprise account includes the monthly cost for each member of your enterprise. The bill includes usage for GitHub Advanced Security.
企业帐户目前可用于通过发票付款的 GitHub Enterprise Cloud 和 GitHub Enterprise Server 客户。 与企业帐户关联的所有组织和 GitHub Enterprise Server 实例的帐单将汇总为单个帐单。
For more information about billing for GitHub Enterprise Server, see "About billing for your enterprise."
Enterprise owners on GitHub.com can use an enterprise account to manage payment and licensing for GitHub Enterprise Server instances. For more information, see "GitHub's products" and "Managing your license for GitHub Enterprise."
Further reading
- "Enterprise accounts" in the GraphQL API documentation