Question

Your company runs a GitHub Enterprise Cloud account with Enterprise Managed Users (EMU) enabled through Okta. A project lead asks you to add an external contractor's existing personal GitHub.com account as an outside collaborator on one private repository so the contractor can submit pull requests. What should you tell the project lead?

Accepted Answer

It is not possible; EMU accounts can only collaborate with other managed users provisioned by the identity provider, so the contractor must be provisioned through Okta.

Answer

Add the contractor's personal account as an outside collaborator, but require them to enable 2FA first.

Answer

Invite the contractor as an enterprise member through the enterprise settings, then downgrade them to outside collaborator.

Answer

Add the contractor's personal account as a repository-level guest collaborator by enabling the outside collaborator policy at the organization level.