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Enterprise administrators
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Identity and access management
Identity and access management
You can configure how people access your GitHub Enterprise Server instance.
Understanding IAM for enterprises
About identity and access management
About SAML for enterprise IAM
Changing authentication methods
Allowing built-in authentication for users outside your provider
Troubleshooting identity and access management for your enterprise
IAM configuration reference
SAML configuration reference
Username considerations for external authentication
Using built-in authentication
Configuring built-in authentication
Inviting people to use your instance
Disabling unauthenticated sign-ups
Using CAS for enterprise IAM
Using CAS
Using LDAP for enterprise IAM
Using LDAP
Using SAML for enterprise IAM
Configuring SAML single sign-on for your enterprise
Enabling encrypted assertions
Updating a user's SAML NameID
Troubleshooting SAML authentication
Provisioning accounts with SCIM
Configuring user provisioning with SCIM on GitHub Enterprise Server
Configuring authentication and provisioning with Entra ID