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Abilities and restrictions of managed user accounts
Restrictions for managed users
Learn what users can and cannot do if you manage accounts from an identity provider (IdP).
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/admin/identity-and-access-management/understanding-iam-for-enterprises/abilities-and-restrictions-of-managed-user-accounts

With {% data variables.product.prodname_emus %}, you can control the user accounts of your enterprise members through your identity provider (IdP). See "AUTOTITLE."

{% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users_caps %} can contribute only to private and internal repositories within their enterprise and their own private repositories. They have read-only access to the wider {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} community. These visibility and access restrictions apply to all requests, including API requests.

Authentication

  • {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users_caps %} authenticate using only your identity provider, and have no password or two-factor authentication methods stored on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}. As a result, they do not see the sudo prompt when taking sensitive actions.

{% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}

  • {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users_caps %} cannot create starter workflows for {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}.
  • Entitlement minutes for {% data variables.product.company_short %}-hosted runners are not available for {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users %}.
  • {% data variables.product.prodname_emus %} can trigger workflows in organizations where they are not members by forking the organization repository, then creating a pull request targeting the organization repository.

{% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %}

{% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users_caps %}:

  • Cannot install {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %} on their user accounts.

  • Can install {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %} on a repository if the app doesn't request organization permissions and if the {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_user %} has admin access to the repository.

  • Can install {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %} on an organization if the {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_user %} is an organization owner.

  • Can create {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %} and {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_apps %}.

    {% data reusables.emus.oauth-app-note %}

{% data variables.product.prodname_github_codespaces %}

  • {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users_caps %} can only create codespaces that are owned by the enterprise. This means that {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users %}:
    • Can create codespaces for repositories owned by their organization, or forks of these repositories, provided that the organization can pay for {% data variables.product.prodname_github_codespaces %}. See "AUTOTITLE."
    • Cannot create codespaces for their personal repositories, any repositories outside their organizations, or {% data variables.product.company_short %}'s public templates for {% data variables.product.prodname_github_codespaces %}.
    • Cannot publish a codespace created from a template to a new repository.

{% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %}

  • {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users_caps %} cannot sign up for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_for_individuals %}. To allow a managed user to use {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}, you must grant the user access to a {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_business_short %} or {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_enterprise_short %} subscription. See "AUTOTITLE."

{% data variables.product.prodname_pages %}

  • {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users_caps %} are limited in their use of {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %}. See "AUTOTITLE."

Interactions

  • {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users_caps %} can view all public repositories on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}, but cannot interact with repositories outside of the enterprise in any of the following ways:
    • Push code to the repository
    • Create issues or pull requests within the repository
    • Create or comment on discussions within the repository
    • Comment on issues or pull requests, or add reactions to comments
    • Star, watch, or fork the repository
  • {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users_caps %} cannot follow users outside of the enterprise.

Repository management

  • You can choose whether {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users %} are able to create repositories owned by their user accounts. See "AUTOTITLE."
  • If you allow {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users %} to create repositories owned by their user accounts, they can only own private repositories and can only invite other enterprise members to collaborate on their user-owned repositories.
  • {% data reusables.enterprise-accounts.emu-forks %}
  • Only private and internal repositories can be created in organizations owned by an {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_emu_enterprise %}, depending on organization and enterprise repository visibility settings.

Visibility and invitations

{% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users_caps %}:

  • Cannot be invited to organizations or repositories outside of the enterprise, or to other enterprises.
  • Are only visible, along with the content they create, to other members of the enterprise.
  • Cannot be seen, mentioned, or invited to collaborate by other {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} users.
  • Can be added to organization-owned repositories as repository collaborators, giving them access to repositories in organizations where they are not members
  • Can be assigned the guest collaborator role, preventing them from accessing internal repositories in the enterprise except in organizations where they are added as members

Other restrictions

{% data variables.enterprise.prodname_managed_users_caps %}:

  • Cannot create gists or comment on gists.
  • Cannot create personalized profiles.
  • Do not have access to the {% data variables.product.prodname_certifications %} program.