GitHub Enterprise - Account Linking

Overview

Your GitHub Account is Personal

If you have not yet created a personal GitHub account, you must first create one using the following link: https://github.com/signup. We recommend using a personal (third-party) email address to sign up for your personal GitHub account.

What happens to my GitHub account when I leave UH?

Your GitHub account is portable! If you signed up using a @hawaii.edu email address, change the primary email address on your account to a personal address before you graduate or leave the University of Hawaiʻi system. Your personal repositories and work will remain in your account, but you will lose access to private UH repositories.

Copilot Availability

Students are eligible for Github Copilot Pro and the Github Student Development Pack. For access, you must apply through your Github account at https://github.com/settings/education/benefits.

Faculty are also eligible for Github Copilot Pro. For access, you must apply by submitting proof of academic employment, such as a faculty ID or employment verification letter, using your UH Github account through the GitHub Education for Teachers portal.

Staff members may purchase a Github Copilot Pro license (coming soon).

Account Linking Instructions

You have received email inviting you to become a member of an organization in the UH GitHub Enterprise. Your personal GitHub account is used for accessing the organizations for which you have access. However, access requires authentication using your UH credentials and for that you will need to link your personal GitHub account to your UH credentials.

• You have a personal GitHub account and have shared its name with an owner of a UH GitHub Enterprise organization.
• You have received an invitation to a UH GitHub Enterprise organization and plan to become a member.

1. Accept the org invitation (check the email account tied to your personal GitHub account).
2. Sign in to https://github.com using your GitHub account.
3. Open the organization home page or one of its repositories
   • GitHub will prompt you to authenticate with the organization’s SSO provider.
4. Perform Account Linking⁽¹⁾
   • Choose Authorize or Continue with single sign-on
5. Authenticate with Entra using your UH Username and password.
   1. UH Login how includes Entra authentication. However, we have only been syncing passwords to Entra since mid-January 2026, so you may have to change your UH password and wait a few minutes before authentication works. You can update your UH password by visiting https://hawaii.edu/username/ and clicking on "One-step Password Change".
   2. After a successful Entra authentication, GitHub will redirect you back to the org.

• Confirm that you accepted the invite with the correct GitHub account, in the event that you have more than one.
• If you are unable to log in, you may need to do a password reset to that Entra has your password hash and can authenticate you. Wait a few minutes after the password reset before trying again. If you still encounter issues, you may have to refresh your browser cache.
• If you are not UH student, faculty, or staff, the organization owner may have to invite you as a collaborator.

• Authentication, who are you: SSO with your GitHub account is required for authentication, proving that you are a member of the UH community and have been provided access to the UH GitHub Enterprise resources.
• Authorization, what can you do: Your GitHub account is required for authorizations, controlling which organizations you can access and with what permissions.