The GH-200 in-company training teaches your developers and DevOps engineers how to automate workflows with GitHub Actions: the CI/CD and automation solution built into GitHub. You learn to create workflows, build CI/CD pipelines, automate tasks and implement secure workflows. GH-200 lasts 1 day and prepares for the Microsoft Certified: GitHub Actions certification.

Who is this training for?

Suitable for developers, DevOps engineers and IT professionals who use GitHub and want to automate workflows with GitHub Actions. Required prior knowledge: GH-900 or equivalent GitHub experience, basic knowledge of YAML and CI/CD concepts. Minimum 4 and maximum 12 participants per group.

What will your employees be able to do after this training?

• Create and configure GitHub Actions workflows with YAML
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for automated building, testing and deploying
• Use and manage GitHub-hosted runners and self-hosted runners
• Build reusable workflows and composite actions
• Use the GitHub Actions marketplace and publish actions
• Implement secure workflows: secrets, environments and security policies
• Optimise workflow performance with caching and artefacts
• Monitor GitHub Actions execution and troubleshoot issues

Course content

Day 1: GitHub Actions
Understanding GitHub Actions architecture: workflows, jobs, steps, actions and runners. Writing workflow files in YAML: triggers, events and conditions. Building CI pipelines for automated building and testing. Implementing CD pipelines for automated deployment to staging and production environments. Configuring runners: hosted runners and self-hosted runners for on-premises or cloud. Managing secrets and environment variables. Creating reusable workflows. Publishing actions in the GitHub marketplace. Implementing workflow security: OIDC, securing third-party actions and security policies. Using caching and artefacts for performance optimisation.

Practical information

• Duration: 1 day (2 sessions of 3 hours)
• Location: at your location, in Almere, Zwolle, Groningen, Utrecht, Enschede, Den Bosch, Breda, Meppel or Eindhoven (surcharge applies for locations outside Almere)
• Group size: minimum 4, maximum 12 participants per group
• Course materials: available as an option
• Exam: online via Pearson VUE

What is included?

• Microsoft Gold certified trainer at your location
• Certificate of participation for each participant upon completion
• Free intake in advance
• Training evaluation upon completion

Course materials and exam vouchers are available as an additional option.

SLIM subsidy

As a Dutch SME, you may be eligible for the SLIM subsidy for ICT training. The Dutch government reimburses 60% of your training costs, up to a maximum of €24,999. Period 2 opens 10 August 2026.

Related training courses

• GH-900: GitHub Foundations - recommended preparation
• GH-100: GitHub Administration
• AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions - deepening

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