# Using GitHub Copilot with an account on GHE.com
Update your development environment to access a Copilot plan for an account on GHE.com.
To use GitHub Copilot in an IDE or the command line, you must authenticate to an account on GitHub that has a Copilot license.
If you receive access to Copilot through a managed user account owned by an enterprise on GHE.com, you may need to adjust some settings in your IDE before you can authenticate to your account.
Use the **tabs at the top of this article** to see instructions for your environment.
## Authenticating from VS Code
1. To open your VS Code settings, press Command+, (Mac) or Ctrl+, (Windows).
2. In the search bar, search for `enterprise`.
3. For the `Github-enterprise: Uri` setting, enter the URL where you access GitHub. For example: `https://octocorp.ghe.com`.
4. In the VS Code settings, search for `copilot`.
5. Under "GitHub > Copilot: Advanced," click **Edit in settings.json**.
6. Inside the `github.copilot.advanced` property, add `"authProvider": "github-enterprise"`. For example:
```json copy
"github.copilot.advanced": {
"authProvider": "github-enterprise"
},
```
7. Save the `settings.json` file.
8. You will be shown a prompt asking you to sign in to use GitHub Copilot. Click **Sign in to GitHub**, then follow the prompts to authorize your account.
If you **don't see the prompt**, try restarting VS Code.
If you ever need to switch to an account on GitHub.com, remove the `authProvider` setting from `settings.json`.
## Authenticating from Xcode
1. Open the "GitHub Copilot for Xcode" application.
2. Click the **Advanced** tab.
3. In the "Auth provider URL" field, enter the URL where you access GitHub. For example: `https://octocorp.ghe.com`.
4. Authorize the extension by following the instructions in [Signing in to GitHub Copilot](/en/copilot/how-tos/set-up/install-copilot-extension?tool=xcode#signing-in-to-github-copilot).
## Authenticating from the command line
To use Copilot CLI, you must:
1. Download and install Copilot CLI. See [Installing GitHub Copilot CLI](/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-cli/set-up-copilot-cli/install-copilot-cli).
2. Authenticate to the account on GHE.com where you receive your Copilot license with `copilot login --host SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com`.
For general information on using Copilot CLI, see [GitHub Copilot CLI](/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-cli).
## Authenticating from Visual Studio
To authenticate from Visual Studio, follow the steps in [Add your GitHub accounts to your Visual Studio keychain](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/work-with-github-accounts?view=vs-2022\&ref_product=copilot\&ref_type=engagement\&ref_style=text\&ref_plan=enterprise#enabling-github-enterprise-accounts) on Microsoft Learn.
For the "GitHub Enterprise URL" field, enter the URL where you access GitHub. For example: `https://octocorp.ghe.com`.