For enterprises with Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise plans, two separate policies control whether unconfigured generally available (GA) features and models default to enabled or disabled. If these policies are enabled, users benefit from the latest features and models without the need for administrator intervention.
The models policy is already active. The feature policy will become active soon.
Default availability of features
The Default policy for new features policy is available to configure but is not currently active. It will start applying to new and existing GA features from October 22, 2026. In your policy settings, you will see a banner showing how many eligible policies are currently unconfigured, so you can assess the impact of your global default and explicitly configure individual policies before October 22.
This policy is enabled by default. If you don't take action, unconfigured features will be enabled on October 22.
What does the policy do?
Your setting for this policy determines the enablement status of:
- New GA (general availability) features
- Features that move from preview to GA
- Existing GA features that are Unconfigured in your policy settings
The policy can be configured in an enterprise and its organizations. At the enterprise level, it applies to features labeled as Unconfigured. At the organization level, it applies to features that an enterprise owner has set to Let organizations decide, but that an organization owner has not explicitly configured.
The policy does not apply to features in preview.
What counts as a feature?
For the purposes of this policy, a "feature" refers to any policy configured on an enterprise's "Features & clients" page (github.com/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/ai-controls/copilot/features), plus:
- The Copilot code review policy on the "Agents" page
- The MCP servers in Copilot policy on the "MCP" page
The following policies are exceptions and are not affected:
- Restrictive model policies on GHE.com: Restrict Copilot to data residency models and Restrict Copilot to FedRAMP models
- Store local sessions in the Cloud for Copilot CLI and VS Code
Default availability of models
The Default availability for released models policy is active and affects new and unconfigured GA models.
Which models follow the policy?
기본 정책은 명시적으로 구성하지 않은 모델에 적용됩니다. 이러한 모델은 엔터프라이즈 또는 조직의 모델 설정에서 기본 정책에 위임 레이블로 표시됩니다. 새 모델이 릴리스되면 명시적으로 구성할 때까지 기본값을 상속합니다.
다음 모델은 범위에 없습니다 . "기본 가용성" 정책 설정에 관계없이 기본적으로 사용하지 않도록 설정됩니다.
- GA 이전 모델
- 중량 모델 열기(DeepSeek, Kimi K2.7 Code, Kimi K3)
- GitHub의 데이터 보존 계약이 적용되지 않는 모델(Claude Fable 5, Claude Fable 5.1)
- 모델 사용을 데이터 상주형 또는 FedRAMP 준수 모델로 제한한 기업의 경우 이러한 정책을 준수하지 않는 모든 모델
How do I prevent default enablement?
To disable default enablement entirely, disable the default policies in your enterprise or organization's settings. You can set a policy for the entire enterprise, or disable the policy only in organizations with stricter compliance requirements.
If you keep the default availability policies enabled, you can explicitly disable individual features and models so that they are not eligible for automatic enablement.
- For features, see 기업에서 GitHub Copilot에 대한 정책 및 기능 관리 and 조직의 GitHub Copilot 대한 정책 및 기능 관리.
- For models, see 엔터프라이즈에서 모델의 가용성 관리 and 조직에서 모델의 가용성 관리.
How do I prepare for new releases?
We recommend keeping up with new releases and GA announcements so you can choose your enablement settings. New features and models are announced on GitHub's changelog. For more information, see 새로운 기능 및 모델에 대한 학습.