GH-900 exam prep: GitHub Foundations

<div>This course covers the requirements of the GH-900: GitHub Foundations exam.</div><div><br></div><div>Note: Microsoft took over the provision of the "GitHub Foundations" exam as of 1 July 2025. The requirements for each domain completely changed on that date.</div><div><br></div><div>Please note: This course is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft or GitHub.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This course is the foundation for the GitHub Certificate GH-900 "GitHub Foundations", using an Microsoft exam, and focuses on GitHub repositories, and collaboration, contributing and working with GitHub and Git.</div><div><br></div><div>We'll start off by working with GitHub. We'll create a GitHub account, explore the user interface, create a repository, and look at settings and permissions.</div><div><br></div><div>We'll then work with files in a repository. We'll add, edit and delete files, use GitHub Desktop, and fork and create and manage Pull Requests.</div><div><br></div><div>We'll then use GitHub for project management. We'll create and manage issues, labels and milestones, implement DevOps practices, use GitHub for code review, and create and manage GitHub Projects.</div><div><br></div><div>We'll then look at other features in GitHub. We'll look at repository security, administer GitHub organizations, teams and discussions, and see how we can engage with the GitHub community.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, we'll look at Git commands. On your computer, we'll initialize a Git repository, add and commit changes, push and pull changes, understand branching and merging, and clone a repository.</div><div><br></div><div>No prior knowledge is required - we will download all programs and sign up for GitHub for free.</div><div><br></div><div>Once you have completed this course, you will have a good introductory knowledge of Git and GitHub and how to collaborate using GitHub. And with some practice, you could even go for the official GitHub certification GH-900 - wouldn't that look good on your CV or resume?</div><div><br></div><div>So, without any further ado, let's have a look at how you can use the Udemy interface, and then we'll have a look at the objectives for the exam and therefore the syllabus for this course.</div>

What you'll learn:

• Working with GitHub Repositories
• Collaboration Features
• Modern Development and Project Management
• Privacy, Security and Administrator, and working with the GitHub Community