Course Curriculum
Introduction to Google Cloud
Understanding the fundamentals of Google Cloud Platform, the Google Global Infrastructure, products for storage, compute, networking, machine learning and more, the various availability zones, different projects running on the GCP infrastructure including the Google projects.
Google Cloud services
Introduction to the Google Cloud Services, managing Google services using command line tools, app, console, installing and configuring the SDK, deploying Cloud Shell for GCP environment management, how to deploy Gsutil.
Google Computing services
Understanding the Google computing services, creating and managing of the Virtual Machines in Google Cloud, launching VMs on demand using Google Compute Engine, how to choose the right computing solutions based on the workload like memory or vCPU, the important actions with Compute Engine, balancing the load.
Google Storage services
The various storage services offered with Google Cloud, the process of storing and retrieving data, rich content management, hosting a website, how to choose the right storage options, integrating the on-premise with the cloud storage environment, Nearline and Coldline storage, Clout Datastore, managing cloud storage using Gsutil.
Google Cloud APIs
Deploying the Google Cloud for developing applications, and for debugging, monitoring purposes, how to choose right data storage for application data, automating infrastructure, managing the API, cloud source, functions and special APIs, implementing and configuring Cloud Launcher, Deployment Manager, application deployment using the Cloud Engine.
Google networking services
Introduction to the Google networking, setting up the Google network, connecting various Google Cloud Platform resources, isolation using firewalls and network policies, creating and managing of Virtual Private Network, working with cloud routers, interconnecting networks.
IAM & security services
The various security and identity & access management services, the various roles in IAM, creating and managing Google resources permissions, the IAM APIs, creation of custom roles, sharing resources and isolation, deploying penetration testing, auditing and security controls.
Migrating to the Google Cloud
introduction to migrating to the Google Cloud, various criteria to be considered, choosing the right options as per the specific needs, how to manage a hybrid cloud model, complete migration from the on-premise model to the cloud, choosing an automation framework for resource provisioning.
Exam & Certification
Professional Cloud Architect
A Professional Cloud Architect enables organizations to leverage Google Cloud technologies. With a thorough understanding of cloud architecture and Google Cloud Platform, this individual can design, develop, and manage robust, secure, scalable, highly available, and dynamic solutions to drive business objectives.
The Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect exam assesses your ability to:
- Design and plan a cloud solution architecture
- Manage and provision the cloud solution infrastructure
- Design for security and compliance
- Analyze and optimize technical and business processes
- Manage implementations of cloud architecture
- Ensure solution and operations reliability
About this certification exam
- Length: 2 hours
- Registration fee: $200 (plus tax where applicable)
- Languages: English, Japanese.
- Exam format: Multiple choice and multiple select, taken remotely or in person at a test center. Locate a test center near you.
- Prerequisites: None
- Recommended experience: 3+ years of industry experience including 1+ years designing and managing solutions using GCP.