Recent GitHub Updates Focus on AI, Governance, Security

• GitHub is receiving significant investments from parent Microsoft to provide developers with tools and services for building software.
• AI investments are particularly high, and they could help development teams implement solutions more quickly with better quality and fewer vulnerabilities.
• Other areas of focus include governance and continuous integration and deployment.
• Several features are in preview without announced general availability dates and are subject to change. 

Investments across GitHub continue to expand as it has become the centerpiece of Microsoft’s development platform.

GitHub Background

The GitHub developer service, acquired by Microsoft in 2018, has grown from a source code hosting service, primarily for open-source projects, to a full-featured application life-cycle environment with developer productivity tools that target all solution types, including large, private enterprise projects. 

Many GitHub capabilities are free, enabling it to reach a large number of developers. It has become the focal point of Microsoft’s development tool investments and overshadows the company’s traditional offerings, such as Azure DevOps.