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GitHub Copilot: Accelerate your productivity (GH-300)
Boost your productivity with GitHub Copilot
Description
This course introduces GitHub Copilot and its ecosystem through practical labs, demos, and real-world applications. Participants will learn how to integrate Copilot into their daily workflows efficiently.
The course starts with the foundations of GitHub Copilot, including installation, access management, security, and compliance (SOC2).
You'll explore the architecture behind Copilot, including OpenAI Codex and the context mechanisms that drive code completions.
You will work with all major Copilot features: inline suggestions, next edit proposals, and the Copilot Chat (Ask, Edit, and Agent modes). The CLI integration is also included.
Practical labs on your own projects reinforce each topic, enabling you to apply the features immediately to realistic use cases.
Customization is a core component. You'll learn how to tailor Copilot behavior using instruction files, prompt files, and advanced extension mechanisms, including the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a mechanism for integrating custom tools and context-aware extensions into Copilot.
The course includes best practices for prompt writing, context management, quality assurance, and responsible usage. Security risks, potential model biases, and limitations of generative AI are discussed explicitly.
You'll also deploy a local LLM using Open WebUI to explore privacy-conscious alternatives.
By the end of this course, you will confidently apply GitHub Copilot and its ecosystem to improve code quality, spend less time writing boilerplate, and integrate AI workflows into real-world development tasks.
Note: The Microsoft course GH-300 is a certification-focused course. This Info Support course goes deeper and emphasizes applied usage in realistic projects.
Learning Goals
 Apply code completions using inline suggestions and next edit proposals to accelerate development | Apply  |
| Use Copilot Chat in Ask, Edit, and Agent modes to interact with and modify codebases | Apply |
| Describe the strengths, limitations, and ethical considerations of using GitHub Copilot | Understand  |
| Customize Copilot using instruction/prompt files and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) | Apply |
| Explore smart actions like CLI tools and semantic search to improve productivity | Apply |
| Interact with a local large language model (LLM) for improved privacy and control | Understand |
Prior Knowledge
- Familiarity with AI and machine learning terminology
- Basic understanding of generative AI systems
- Experience writing prompts
Subjects
- Installing and configuring GitHub Copilot
- Using inline and next edit suggestions
- Copilot Chat: Ask, Edit, and Agent modes
- Copilot in the CLI: explain, suggest, and inline chat
- Customization via instruction and prompt files
- Copilot extensions and advanced tools with Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Smart actions: semantic search, generate commit messages and Pull Request summaries
- Writing effective prompts and using AI responsibly
- Running and integrating local LLMs using Open WebUI
Schedule
| Start date | Duration | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
June 24, 2025 | 1 day | Veenendaal / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
July 10, 2025 | 1 day | Veenendaal / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
July 30, 2025 | 1 day | Veenendaal / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
August 26, 2025 | 1 day | Veenendaal / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
September 9, 2025 | 1 day | Veenendaal / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
September 11, 2025 | 1 day | Utrecht / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
September 19, 2025 | 1 day | Mechelen / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
September 26, 2025 | 1 day | Veenendaal / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
October 13, 2025 | 1 day | Utrecht / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
October 24, 2025 | 1 day | Mechelen / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
November 21, 2025 | 1 day | Mechelen / Remote This is a hybrid training and can be followed remotely. More information | Sign up |
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"Very pleasant teacher, gave a very good interpretation of the course in their own way. It was nice to follow the course like that."Marieke
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