Short link: go.techtrainertim.com/copilotcert
This is the official prep course for the GitHub Copilot Certification Exam (GH-300). Get hands-on, real-world Copilot skills for Node.js, Python, Bash, GitHub CLI, and more. Everything here is built for enterprise teams and practical business value.
- 5 Segments:
- Foundations & Getting Started
- Core Features & Effective Usage
- Testing, Security & Enterprise
- Privacy, Exclusions & Configuration
- Exam Preparation & Future Trends
- Each segment:
- Covers exam objectives
- Adds current-day Copilot features (prompt files,
.instructions.md, MCP, chat variables, toolsets) - Includes hands-on labs and business scenarios
| Domain | Weight | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Responsible AI | 7% | AI risks, ethical usage, bias mitigation, output validation |
| 2. Copilot Plans & Features | 31% | Individual/Business/Enterprise plans, IDE integration, Chat, CLI |
| 3. How Copilot Works & Handles Data | 15% | Data pipeline, context gathering, LLM processing, limitations |
| 4. Prompt Crafting & Engineering | 9% | Zero-shot/few-shot prompting, best practices, context optimization |
| 5. Developer Use Cases for AI | 14% | Productivity, refactoring, documentation, debugging, SDLC integration |
| 6. Testing with Copilot | 9% | Unit/integration test generation, edge cases, assertions |
| 7. Privacy & Exclusions | 15% | Content exclusions, security, duplication detection, troubleshooting |
- All Copilot SKUs (Individual, Business, Enterprise)
- Prompt engineering and prompt files
- Custom instructions (
.instructions.md) - MCP (Model Context Protocol) for context handling
- Copilot toolsets: VS Code, CLI, Chat, API
- Chat participants and chat variables
- Knowledge Bases and custom models
- Security, privacy, and exclusions
- Real-world business automation and reporting
- GitHub Copilot Certification - Microsoft Learn
- GH-300 Study Guide
- Copilot Fundamentals
- Copilot for Business
- Copilot Chat Docs
- AI Pair Programming Best Practices
- Agentic Coding Agent (Business/Enterprise)
- MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- .instructions.md support
- Rich Chat Attachments (images, files)
- Copilot Spark (natural language to app pipeline)
/demos/– Hands-on labs by lesson/new-resources/– Latest exam objectives and course materials/copilot/– Best practices and reference docs/exam-metadata/– Certification study materialsCOURSE-PLAN-AUG-2025.md– Detailed course structureCLAUDE.md– AI assistant config
- Tim Warner
MIT License. See LICENSE.
- Node.js: Weekly updates for root
package.json - Python: Weekly updates for
/demos/11/requirements.txt - Auto-labeled PRs (
dependencies,auto-merge) - Example reviewers:
jane-dev,sam-coder - See
.github/dependabot.ymlfor config