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Clarify what scopes are needed for the personal access token
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docs/getting-started/authenticating-to-github.md

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- For more information on creating a GitHub account, see "[Signing up for a new GitHub account](https://help.github.com/articles/signing-up-for-a-new-github-account/)".
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- For a GitHub Enterprise account, contact your GitHub Enterprise site administrator.
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> **Note:** If your organization is on the [Business plan](https://help.github.com/articles/organization-billing-plans) and has not enabled SAML single sign-on or login with username and passowrd, you must create and authorize a personal access token to access protected content. In addition, SAML single sign-on is not available for GitHub enterprise versions less than 2.12.2.
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**Note:** If your organization is on the [Business plan](https://help.github.com/articles/organization-billing-plans) and has not enabled SAML single sign-on or login with username and passowrd, you must create and authorize a personal access token to access protected content. In addition, SAML single sign-on is not available for GitHub enterprise versions less than 2.12.2.
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> For more information on authenticating with SAML single sign-on, see "[About authentication with SAML single sign-on](https://help.github.com/articles/about-authentication-with-saml-single-sign-on)."
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**Important**: The required scopes for the personal access token are: `user`, `repo`, `gist`, and `write:public_key`.
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> For more information on creating personal access tokens, see "[Creating a personal access token for the command line](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line). The required scopes for the personal access token are: `user`, `repo`, `gist`, and `write:public_key`.
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For more information on creating personal access tokens, see "[Creating a personal access token for the command line](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line).
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For more information on authenticating with SAML single sign-on, see "[About authentication with SAML single sign-on](https://help.github.com/articles/about-authentication-with-saml-single-sign-on)."
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1. In Visual Studio, select **Team Explorer** from the **View** menu.
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![Team Explorer in the view menu](images/view_team_explorer.png)

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