Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

This one-day instructor-led class provides an overview of Google Cloud Platform products and services. Through a combination of presentations, demos, and hands-on labs, participants learn the value of Google Cloud Platform and how to incorporate cloud-based solutions into business strategies.

Audience:

This class is intended for the following audience:

  • Individuals planning to deploy applications and create application environments on Google Cloud Platform.
  • Developers, systems operations professionals, and solution architects getting started with Google Cloud Platform.
  • Executives and business decision makers evaluating the potential of Google Cloud Platform to address their business needs.

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with application development, systems operations, Linux operating systems, and data analytics/machine learning is helpful in understanding the technologies covered. 

Course objectives:

This course teaches participants the following skills:

  • Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud Platform products and services
  • Interact with Google Cloud Platform services
  • Describe ways in which customers have used Google Cloud Platform
  • Choose among and use application deployment environments on Google Cloud Platform: Google App Engine, Google Container Engine, and Google Compute Engine
  • Choose among and use Google Cloud Platform storage options: Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Bigtable, and Google Cloud Datastore
  • Make basic use of BigQuery, Google’s managed data warehouse for analytics

Course outline:

  • Module 1: Introducing Google Cloud Platform
  • Module 2: Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform
  • Module 3: Google App Engine and Google Cloud Datastore
  • Module 4: Google Cloud Platform Storage Options
  • Module 5: Google Container Engine
  • Module 6: Google Compute Engine and Networking
  • Module 7: Big Data and Machine Learning

Certification:

This course is the first step towards the Cloud Platform Architect certification. 

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