Google Professional Cloud Architect 2024 E-Learning

The Google Professional Cloud Architect Training course is designed to equip IT professionals with the skills needed to effectively manage and optimize Google Cloud architecture. This course dives deep into areas essential for cloud architects, including infrastructure design, data security, and cost management.

• Comprehensive Cloud Solution Design
  Learn to design robust and scalable cloud solutions on Google Cloud, including network architecture, identity and security measures, and cost-optimized resource management. Gain hands-on experience to confidently architect cloud environments that meet business needs.

• Deployment and Operations Management
  Master deploying and managing applications on Google Cloud, with a focus on automating deployments, managing resources efficiently, and integrating with DevOps workflows. You'll work on real-world use cases that provide practical knowledge applicable to live environments.

• Security and Compliance
  The course includes best practices for implementing data security and compliance on Google Cloud, covering IAM, VPC design, data encryption, and regulatory requirements.

• Preparation for Certification
  Through a mix of video modules, hands-on labs, and mock exams, the course prepares learners for the Google Professional Cloud Architect certification exam. This certification validates your expertise in cloud architecture and opens up advanced career opportunities in cloud computing.

• Learning Resources
  This award-winning e-learning course also includes access to an online mentor, practice exams, and study guides, ensuring that learners are well-prepared for both practical applications and exam scenarios.

Course content

Acquire the skill set to design, develop, and manage Google cloud technologies as you prepare for the Cloud Architect certification.

This e-learning collection contains 18 courses (23 hours +).

1. Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture

In this track, the focus will be on designing a solution infrastructure that meets business requirements, designing a solution infrastructure that meets technical requirements, designing network, storage, and compute resources, creating a migration plan, and envisioning future solution improvements.
Courses:

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Cloud Architecture & System Design

Course: 50 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Cloud Architect Role
• Preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect Exam
• Cloud Architect Role vs. Other Cloud Roles
• Reviewing Cloud Architect Exam Sample Questions
• Google Cloud Architecture Framework
• System Design
• Google Cloud Geographic Zones and Regions
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud Fundamentals

Course: 1 Hour, 18 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Google Cloud Products
• Cloud Resource Management
• Compute Selection and Management
• Network Infrastructure Design Principles
• Storage on Google Cloud
• Databases on Google Cloud
• Data Analysis on Google Cloud
• Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Google Cloud
• Sustainability on Google Cloud
• Design Decision Trade-offs
• Google Cloud Console
• Getting Started with Google Cloud
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Business Use Cases & Product Strategy

Course: 1 Hour, 16 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Business Requirements Assessment
• Business Requirements and Google Cloud Architecture
• Cost Optimization
• Performance Optimization
• Implement Cost and Performance Optimization
• Design Cost-effective Applications
• Integration with External Systems
• Implementing Security
• Working with External Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
• Google Case Studies and Business Requirements
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Data Movement & Metrics

Course: 53 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Data Movement
• Data Life Cycle
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Metrics
• Measuring Return on Investment (ROI)
• Data Security
• Data Privacy and Integrity
• Observability
• Accessing Champion Innovators
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud Technical Requirements

Course: 1 Hour, 21 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Containers in Google Cloud
• Deployment to Google Compute Engine (GCE)
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Use Cases
• GKE and Network Design
• Configuring the Networking Mode for GKE Clusters
• Container Deployment with Google Cloud Run
• Google Cloud Run Use Cases
• Exploring the Role of Google Cloud Build
• Building Container Images on Google Cloud
• Deploying Containers Using GCE
• Using GKE to Deploy Containers
• Deploying Containers Using Google Cloud Run
• Container Application Design Best Practices
• Google Case Studies for Container Orchestration
• Course Summary

2. Managing and provisioning a solution infrastructure

In this track, the focus will be on configuring network topologies, configuring individual storage systems, and configuring compute systems.
Courses:

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud Network Design

Course: 1 Hour, 26 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Cloud-native Networking
• Google Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
• Network Load Balancing
• Shared VPCs and VPC Network Peering
• Creating and Managing a Google VPC
• Protecting a VPC with Firewalls
• Securing a VPC with Cloud Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
• Hybrid Cloud or Multi-cloud Networks
• Hybrid or Multi-cloud Topology Selection
• Cloud Connection Selection
• Connecting Clouds with Cloud VPN
• Connecting Clouds with VPC Peering
• Google Case Studies and Network Design
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud Storage Design

Course: 1 Hour, 16 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Google Cloud Storage Types
• Storage Classes
• Using Buckets in Google Cloud Storage
• Managing Object Life Cycles
• Creating a Google Filestore
• Block Storage
• Creating Persistent Disks in Google Cloud
• Storage Latency Reduction
• Scalability and Interoperability
• Google Case Studies and Storage Design
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud Compute Design

Course: 1 Hour, 15 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Google Cloud Compute Resources
• Choosing Google Compute Engine (GCE)
• Features and Benefits of Virtual Machines (VMs)
• Creating a Virtual Machine
• Managed and Unmanaged Instance Groups
• App Engine Environment Planning
• Google Cloud Run and Google Cloud Functions
• Patch Management
• Google Cloud Resource Manager
• Compute Resource Provisioning
• Google Deployment Manager
• Google Case Studies and Compute Design
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud Container Orchestration

Course: 1 Hour, 21 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Containers in Google Cloud
• Deployment to Google Compute Engine (GCE)
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Use Cases
• GKE and Network Design
• Configuring the Networking Mode for GKE Clusters
• Container Deployment with Google Cloud Run
• Google Cloud Run Use Cases
• Exploring the Role of Google Cloud Build
• Building Container Images on Google Cloud
• Deploying Containers Using GCE
• Using GKE to Deploy Containers
• Deploying Containers Using Google Cloud Run
• Container Application Design Best Practices
• Google Case Studies for Container Orchestration
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud Database Design

Course: 1 Hour, 11 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Google Cloud Database Solutions
• Creating a Google Cloud Relational Database
• Reviewing a Cloud SQL Relational Database Use Case
• Connecting to Cloud SQL Using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
• Google Cloud NoSQL Database Solutions
• Google Cloud Firebase
• Google Cloud Bigtable
• Configuring a Google Cloud Bigtable Instance
• Google Cloud BigQuery
• Google Case Studies and Database Design
• Course Summary

3. Designing for security and compliance

In this track, the focus will be on designing for security and designing for compliance.
Courses:

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud Security Design

Course: 1 Hour, 30 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• IAM Use Cases
• Separation of Duties (SOD)
• Designing a Secure Resource Hierarchy
• Creating Groups and Roles in IAM
• Controlling Access Using the Organization Policy Service
• Working with IAM Policies
• Cloud Networking with Access Control Design
• Securing Google Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) with Service Controls
• Securing Google Cloud Storage with Access Control
• Network Access Security with Identity
• Secure Remote Access Design with Google BeyondCorp
• Google Case Studies and Security Design
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud Cryptography Design

Course: 53 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Google Cloud Key Management
• Cryptographic Key Sources
• Encrypting with Customer-managed Keys
• Cloud Storage Encryption Management
• Data in Transit in Google Cloud
• Google Secret Manager
• Managing Secrets in Google Cloud
• Google Case Studies and Cryptography Design
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud Compliance Design

Course: 1 Hour, 18 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Compliance Offerings in Google Cloud
• Design a Compliant Google Cloud Infrastructure
• Plan for HIPAA in Google Cloud
• Plan for COPPA in Google Cloud
• Plan for PII Protection in Google Cloud
• Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API
• Protect Sensitive Data with Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Plan for PCI DSS in Google Cloud
• Plan for SOC 2 in Google Cloud
• Incident Documentation with Cloud Audit Logs
• Managing Audit Logs in Google Cloud
• Plan for Security Validation with Penetration Testing
• Google Case Studies and Compliance Design
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud Reliability Design

Course: 1 Hour, 27 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Use Google Cloud's Operations Suite for Monitoring
• Examining Google Cloud Operations Suite Use Cases
• Visualizing Metrics with Dashboards
• Setting Alerts on Metrics
• Centralized Logging
• Continuous Delivery Release Design
• Validating Continuous Delivery with Continuous Testing
• Designing for Reliability Using Penetration Testing
• Chaos Engineering and Reliability Design
• Designing for Reliability
• Google Case Studies and Reliability Design
• Course Summary

4. Analyzing and optimizing technical and business processes

In this track, the focus will be on analyzing and defining technical processes, analyzing and defining business processes, and developing procedures to ensure reliability of solutions in production.
Courses:

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Analyzing & Defining Technical Processes

Course: 1 Hour, 14 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Plan for the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• SDLC Methodology Choices
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
• Creating a CI/CD Pipeline
• Troubleshoot and Use Incident Data
• Infrastructure Testing and Validation Planning
• Software Testing and Validation Planning
• Google Service Catalog
• Design for Disaster Recovery
• Business Continuity Planning
• Google Case Studies and Technical Software Design
• Course Summary

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Analyzing & Defining Business Processes

Course: 51 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Stakeholder Relationships
• Stakeholder Management Planning
• Change Management Planning
• Team Assessment and Skills Readiness Planning
• Decision-making Processes
• Customer Success Management
• Transition from a CapEx Model to an OpEx Model
• Google Case Studies and Business Process Design
• Course Summary

5. Managing implementation

In this track, the focus will be on advising development/operation teams to ensure successful deployment of the solution and interacting with Google Cloud programmatically.
Course:

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Planning for Implementation

Course: 1 Hour, 26 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Software Development Methodologies
• Anticipating Technical Debt
• Google Cloud Application Programming Interface (API) Tools
• API Evangelists and Champions
• REST and RPC API Best Practices
• Types of Automated Testing
• Automated Testing Frameworks
• Accessing Google Cloud with Google Cloud Shell
• Interacting with Google Cloud Using SDK tools
• Google Cloud Emulators
• Using the Google Cloud Bigtable Emulator
• Case Studies and Implementation Decisions
• Course Summary

6. Ensuring solution and operations reliability

In this track, the focus will be on monitoring/logging/profiling/alerting solution, deployment and release management, assisting with the support of deployed solutions, and evaluating quality control measures.
Course:

Google Professional Cloud Architect: Cloud Migration Planning

Course: 1 Hour, 44 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Cloud Migration
• Organizational Workload Assessment
• Cloud Maturity Skillset Assessment
• Using the Cloud Maturity Assessment Tool
• Cloud Migration Types8
• Cloud Migration Risk Assessment
• Account Migration to the Cloud
• Networking and Licensing Planning
• Data Migration to Google Cloud
• Using the Database Migration Service
• Application Migration to Google Cloud
• Application Modernization
• Cloud Services Comparison
• Virtual Machines (VMs) Migration to Google
• Google Case Studies and Migration Design
• Course Summary