{"meta":{"title":"Feature availability when GitHub Copilot policies conflict in organizations","intro":"Delegating Copilot policy decisions to organizations affects users granted a license by organizations with different policies.","product":"GitHub Copilot","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot","title":"GitHub Copilot"},{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/reference","title":"Reference"},{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/reference/enterprise-administrators","title":"Enterprise administrators"},{"href":"/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/reference/enterprise-administrators/policy-conflicts","title":"Policy conflicts"}],"documentType":"article"},"body":"# Feature availability when GitHub Copilot policies conflict in organizations\n\nDelegating Copilot policy decisions to organizations affects users granted a license by organizations with different policies.\n\n## About delegating policy decisions to organizations\n\nPolicies can be defined for a whole enterprise, or set at the organization level. See [GitHub Copilot policies for enterprises and organizations](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/concepts/policies).\n\nWhen an enterprise owner delegates control of a policy to organization owners by setting \"No policy,\" some organizations may enable a feature while others disable it. Users may be granted a Copilot license by organizations with different policies for the same feature.\n\n## How availability is determined\n\nFeature, model, and privacy settings for users are set according to the **least restrictive** or the **most restrictive** policy defined by any of the organizations where they are granted a Copilot license.\n\n* **Least restrictive:** if any of the organizations has **enabled** a feature, this feature is enabled for the user everywhere. This applies to all but the more sensitive Copilot features.\n\n* **Most restrictive:** if any of the organizations has **disabled** a feature, this feature is disabled for the user in all their organizations. This applies only to the most sensitive Copilot features, for example: access to Copilot metrics using the API.\n\n## Availability for members with Copilot from multiple organizations\n\n\n\n| Policy | Availability matches | More information |\n| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Copilot Metrics API | Most restrictive organization | [REST API endpoints for Copilot usage metrics](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/rest/copilot/copilot-usage-metrics) |\n| Semantic indexing for non-GitHub repositories | Most restrictive organization (only available when all organizations explicitly set **Enabled**; **Unconfigured** behaves as disabled) | [Indexing repositories for GitHub Copilot](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/concepts/context/repository-indexing) |\n| Suggestions matching public code (privacy policy) | Most restrictive organization | [GitHub Copilot code suggestions in your IDE](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/concepts/completions/code-suggestions) |\n| Allow members without a Copilot license to use Copilot code review in GitHub.com | Most restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Agents](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/agents) |\n| Copilot can search the web | Least restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Chat](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/chat) |\n| Copilot Chat in GitHub Mobile | Least restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Chat](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/chat) |\n| Copilot Chat in the IDE | Least restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Chat](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/chat) |\n| Copilot Agent Mode in IDE Chat | Least restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Chat](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/chat) |\n| Copilot code review | Least restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Agents](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/agents) |\n| Copilot cloud agent | Least restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Agents](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/agents) |\n| Spark | Least restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Agents](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/agents) |\n| Copilot in GitHub.com | Least restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Chat](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/chat) |\n| Copilot in GitHub Desktop | Least restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Chat](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/chat) |\n| Copilot CLI | Least restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Agents](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/agents) |\n| GitHub Copilot app | Least restrictive organization | [About the GitHub Copilot app](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/concepts/agents/github-copilot-app) |\n| Editor preview features | Least restrictive organization | [GitHub Pre-release License Terms](/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-pre-release-license-terms) |\n| MCP servers in Copilot | Least restrictive organization | [Configure MCP servers for your repository](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/copilot-on-github/customize-copilot/configure-mcp-servers) |\n| Copilot-generated commit messages | Least restrictive organization | [Application card: GitHub Copilot Chat](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/responsible-use/chat) |\n\n## Availability for members with Copilot from multiple enterprises\n\nIf a user receives a license from multiple different enterprises, the **most restrictive** policy usually applies. The exceptions are:\n\n* AI credit paid usage (this applies to each enterprise, not the user)\n* GitHub Spark\n\n## Next steps\n\n* [Managing policies and features for GitHub Copilot in your organization](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/administer-copilot/manage-for-organization/manage-policies)\n* [Managing policies and features for GitHub Copilot in your enterprise](/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/copilot/how-tos/administer-copilot/manage-for-enterprise/manage-enterprise-policies)"}