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Just the Facts

  • Proctored exam; you have 100 minutes to complete it
  • May include interactive components (exam sandbox available)
  • Offered in: English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Japanese
  • Credential validity: 2 years
Source: Microsoft Learn GH-300 page (duration, languages, proctoring, validity).

Exam Domains & Weights

  • Domain 1: Responsible AI — 7%
  • Domain 2: Copilot Plans & Features — 31%
  • Domain 3: How Copilot Works & Handles Data — 15%
  • Domain 4: Prompt Crafting & Engineering — 9%
  • Domain 5: Developer Use Cases for AI — 14%
  • Domain 6: Testing with Copilot — 9%
  • Domain 7: Privacy Fundamentals & Context Exclusions — 15%
Source: Microsoft Learn GH-300 “Assessed on this exam” domain breakdown.

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GH-300 GitHub Copilot Exam Objectives

Exam Basics

  • Audience: developers, admins, PMs proficient with GitHub; hands-on with Copilot to optimize dev workflows
  • Format: proctored; mix of knowledge & scenario items; 100 minutes
  • Includes prep resources: study guide, practice assessment, exam sandbox
Source: Microsoft Learn GH-300 overview & resources.

Domain 1: Responsible AI (7%)

  • Risks, limitations, bias, fairness, privacy, transparency
  • Validate AI output; mitigation strategies; ethical AI

Domain 2: Copilot Plans & Features (31%)

  • Plans: Individual, Business, Enterprise; org policies & audit logs
  • IDE features: inline/chat suggestions, multi-suggestion, exception help, CLI
  • Enterprise: PR summaries, Chat on GitHub.com, Knowledge Bases, custom models
  • Business: exclusions, subscription management via REST API

Domain 3: How Copilot Works & Handles Data (15%)

  • Suggestion lifecycle: context building → proxy filters → LLM → post-processing
  • Data flows for completions & Chat; context windows & limitations
  • Duplication/matching concepts

Domain 4: Prompt Crafting & Engineering (9%)

  • Prompt parts & context; zero-shot vs few-shot; chat history
  • Best practices & process flow for effective prompts

Domain 5: Developer Use Cases for AI (14%)

  • Docs, test/data generation, refactoring, debugging, modernization
  • Learning languages/frameworks; SDLC support; productivity API insights

Domain 6: Testing with Copilot (9%)

  • Generate/strengthen unit & integration tests; edge-case ideation
  • Editor config & org-level suggestion settings basics

Domain 7: Privacy & Context Exclusions (15%)

  • Content exclusions at repo/org; effects & limits; ownership of outputs
  • Safeguards: duplication detector, contractual protection, data collection settings
  • Troubleshooting: missing suggestions, exclusions not applied, triggering Copilot

How to Prepare

  • Read the official GH-300 study guide; align prep to the 7 domains
  • Use the official practice assessment and exam sandbox
  • Hands-on with Copilot in VS Code/JetBrains + CLI; practice Knowledge Bases (Enterprise)
  • Optionally take course GH-300T00 for structured coverage
Sources: Microsoft Learn GH-300 page & study guide; official GH-300 course.