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GitHub Copilot for JetBrains Adds Enterprise Managed Settings

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GitHub Copilot for JetBrains now offers enterprise-managed settings, enabling administrators to enforce consistent controls across their organization. This update allows centralized governance for plugin usage, MCP server access, OpenTelemetry configurations, and permission modes. It helps enterprises ensure compliance and maintain security policies for developers using Copilot within JetBrains IDEs.

  • →Enterprise-Managed Plugin Governance
  • →Centralized MCP Server Access Control
  • →Managed OpenTelemetry Configuration
  • →Control Copilot Agent Permission Modes
Features (4) ›
  • Enterprise-Managed Plugin Governance

    Administrators can now control Copilot plugins and their marketplaces within JetBrains IDEs, enabling them to enforce required plugins, approve additional plugin sources, and restrict installations to approved marketplaces.

  • Centralized MCP Server Access Control

    Administrators can use allowlists and denylists to centrally manage which MCP servers developers can connect to from GitHub Copilot for JetBrains, preventing connections to unauthorized servers.

  • Managed OpenTelemetry Configuration

    Centralized configuration for OpenTelemetry is now available, allowing administrators to define collector endpoints, protocols, service names, resource attributes, and content-capture policies, ensuring consistent telemetry routing.

  • Control Copilot Agent Permission Modes

    Administrators can set a new permission to prevent the Copilot agent in JetBrains from utilizing Bypass Approvals or Autopilot functionalities, enhancing organizational control over AI assistance.

Read the original announcement →

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-18-enterprise-managed-settings-in-github-copilot-for-jetbrains

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