GitHub Copilot App Adds Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) Support
The GitHub Copilot app now supports BYOK, allowing users to connect their own model providers like Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, and self-hosted options. This feature enhances flexibility by enabling users to choose models based on session needs while keeping traffic within their own cloud tenants. BYOK is available for Copilot Business and Enterprise users who have the Copilot CLI enabled.
- →Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) support for custom model providers
- →Connect existing model providers and mix model types
- →Route inference traffic through your own cloud tenant
- →Prerequisites for Copilot Business and Enterprise users
Features (1) ›
- Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) support for custom model providers
GitHub Copilot app now supports BYOK, enabling connections to user-managed model providers such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, Anthropic, LM Studio, Ollama, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Providers can be added via Settings with endpoint and API key, allowing users to select their models in the picker alongside Copilot-hosted options.
Enhancements (2) ›
- Connect existing model providers and mix model types
BYOK allows integration with providers like Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, and self-hosted options, preserving existing billing and data-handling terms. Users can pair frontier models for complexity with local or self-hosted models for execution, offering a flexible approach to model usage.
- Route inference traffic through your own cloud tenant
The BYOK feature allows inference traffic to be routed through the user's own cloud account, tenant, or internal gateway. This is particularly beneficial for enterprise and regulated environments with strict data boundary requirements.
Notes (1) ›
- Prerequisites for Copilot Business and Enterprise users
To access the GitHub Copilot app features, including BYOK, on a Copilot Business or Enterprise plan, organization or enterprise administrators must enable the Copilot CLI in policy settings.
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-23-github-copilot-app-support-for-byok