Google Cloud Digital Leader 2024 E-Learning

The Google Cloud Digital Leader Training prepares individuals to gain foundational knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, enabling them to effectively communicate the business potential of cloud technologies. This training is ideal for business professionals, entry-level IT professionals, and team leads who are looking to understand GCP fundamentals, cloud technology benefits, and the management of Google Cloud resources.

• Understanding Cloud Basics: Learn about cloud concepts and their impact on businesses, including essential terms and components like infrastructure, platform, and software as a service (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Google Cloud Solutions: Explore the main GCP solutions and services, such as computing, data storage, machine learning, and cloud-based security features.
• Digital Transformation: Discover how GCP supports digital transformation initiatives with flexible infrastructure and scalable resources.
• Practical Knowledge for Business Application: This training helps translate technical cloud solutions into practical benefits for various industries, enhancing decision-making for cloud adoption.

Key Benefits:

• Comprehensive Curriculum: From cloud basics to more advanced GCP concepts, this course provides a broad overview ideal for beginners.
• Award-Winning Learning Platform: Access high-quality e-learning materials, official practice exams, and an online mentor to guide you through challenging concepts.
• Preparation for Certification: The course prepares learners for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam, an entry-level credential that can validate your understanding of GCP.

This e-learning collection contains 14 courses (23 hours +).

1. Digital Transformation with Google Cloud

In this track of the Google Cloud Digital Leader journey, the focus will be on Why Cloud Technology is Transforming Business, Fundamental Cloud Concepts, and Cloud Computing Models and Shared Responsibility.

Courses:

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Digital Transformation with the Cloud

Course: 1 Hour, 55 Minutes

• Course Overview
• The Cloud Digital Leader Certification
• Reviewing Cloud Digital Leader Exam Details
• Cloud Computing
• Benefits of Cloud Computing
• Digital Transformation
• Digital Transformation Case Studies
• Cloud Deployment Models: Private and Public Cloud1
• Cloud Deployment Models: Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud
• Cloud Service Models: IaaS
• Cloud Service Models: PaaS and SaaS
• Course Summary

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Introducing Google Cloud Concepts

Course: 2 Hours, 11 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Google Cloud
• Shared Responsibility Model on the Cloud
• Total Cost of Ownership
• Global Infrastructure Concepts and Terminology
• The Google Cloud Adoption Framework
• Google Cloud Concepts
• Using Google Cloud Locations and the Region Picker Tool1
• Resource Hierarchy on the Google Cloud
• Creating a Project on the Google Cloud
• Viewing and Accessing Products and Services
• Exploring Cloud Shell
• Exploring the Cloud Shell Editor
• Course Summary

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Compute on the Google Cloud

Course: 1 Hour, 36 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Compute on the Google Cloud
• Compute Engine Configuration
• Other Google Compute Engine Concepts
• Configuring Virtual Machines - I
• Configuring Virtual Machines - II
• Connecting to VMs
• Using gcloud to Work with Instances
• Running a Simple Website on a VM
• Configuring Startup Scripts
• Creating a VM Using a Boot Disk Snapshot
• Course Summary

2. Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud

In this track of the Google Cloud Digital Leader journey, the focus ill be on the value of data, Google Cloud Data Management Solutions, and making data useful and accessible.

Courses:

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Working with Data

Course: 2 Hours, 5 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Historical Challenges Working with Data
• Characteristics of Structured Data
• Characteristics of Semi-structured Data
• Characteristics of Unstructured Data
• The Problem of Data Silos
• Characteristics of Relational Databases
• Characteristics of Key-Value Stores
• Characteristics of Document Databases
• Characteristics of Data Warehouses
• Characteristics of Data Lakes
• Use Cases of Data Lakes
• Choosing the Right Storage Paradigm
• First, Second, and Third-party Data
• The Data Value Chain
• The Importance of Data Governance
• Course Summary

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Storage Options for Unstructured Data

Course: 1 Hour, 34 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Storage Options for Unstructured Data
• Google Cloud Storage (GCS)
• Using Google Cloud Console
• Exploring the Properties of Buckets
• Viewing Objects and Metadata
• Deleting Objects with gsutil
• Working with Bucket-level Retention Policies
• Working with Holds on Objects
• Exploring Generation and Metageneration Attributes
• Defining Object Life Cycle Rules
• Using Object Versioning and Soft Delete
• Course Summary

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Storage Options for Structured Data

Course: 1 Hour, 17 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Storage Options for Structured Data
• Features of Cloud SQL
• High Availability (HA) Configuration
• Choosing Cloud SQL
• Provisioning a Cloud SQL Instance
• Administering a Cloud SQL Instance
• Connecting to a Cloud SQL Instance
• Using Cloud SQL Studio
• AlloyDB
• Cloud Spanner for Transactional Data
• Course Summary

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Enterprise Data Warehouses

Course: 1 Hour, 54 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
• Common Terms in Machine Learning
• AI/ML vs. Business Intelligence
• Generative AI
• Attributes of Good Data
• Responsible AI
• Vertex AI
• Machine Learning on Google Cloud
• AutoML and Custom Training
• TensorFlow and Compute Infrastructure
• Choose the Right Training Solution
• Generative AI on Vertex AI
• Course Summary

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Data Processing Pipelines

Course: 53 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Batch and Stream Analytics
• ETL and ELT Pipelines
• Characteristics of Dataproc
• Google Cloud Services for ETL
• Real-time Messaging with Pub/Sub
• Cloud Composer and Other Data-related Technologies
• Course Summary

3. Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence

In this track of the Google Cloud Digital Leader journey, the focus will be on AI and ML fundamentals, Google Cloud’s AI and ML solutions, and using Google Cloud AI and ML solutions.

Course:

Google Cloud Digital Leader: AI & ML on Google Cloud

Course: 1 Hour, 54 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
• Common Terms in Machine Learning
• AI/ML vs. Business Intelligence
• Generative AI
• Attributes of Good Data
• Responsible AI
• Vertex AI
• Machine Learning on Google Cloud
• AutoML and Custom Training
• TensorFlow and Compute Infrastructure
• Choose the Right Training Solution
• Generative AI on Vertex AI
• Course Summary

4. Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud

In this track of the Google Cloud Digital Leader journey, the focus will be on Cloud modernization and migration, computing in the cloud, serverless computing, the value of APIs, and hybrid and multi-cloud.

Courses:

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Managing Infrastructure on Google Cloud

Course: 2 Hours, 5 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Lift and Shift Migration
• Improve and Move Migration
• Google Cloud Migration Terms
• The Cloud Migration Path
• Migration Tools for Compute and Data
• The Benefits of Running Workloads on the Cloud
• Running Compute on Virtual Machines
• Google Compute Engine
• Running Compute on Containers
• The Microservices Architecture
• Managing Containers Using Kubernetes
• The Architecture of a Kubernetes Cluster
• Features of Google Kubernetes Engine
• Course Summary

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Modern Applications on Google Cloud

Course: 1 Hour, 43 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Serverless Computing
• Serverless Compute Using Cloud Functions
• Serverless Compute Using Cloud Run
• Serverless Compute Using App Engine
• Managed Instance Groups
• Distributing Traffic with Load Balancing
• Benefits of Modern Cloud Application Development
• Rehosting Legacy Applications
• What Are Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)?
• The Importance of APIs
• API Solutions on Google Cloud
• Running Hybrid and Multicloud Workloads
• Firebase
• Course Summary

5. Trust and Security with Google Cloud

In this track of the Google Cloud Digital Leader journey, the focus will be on trust and security in the cloud, Google’s trusted infrastructure, and Google Cloud’s trust principles and compliance.

Courses:

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Trust & Security on Google Cloud

Course: 1 Hour, 34 Minutes

• Course Overview2
• The Use of Privileged Access
• The Principle of Least Privilege
• Protecting against Security Threats5
• Security Measures to Protect Cloud Resources
• Cloud Security Components: The CIA Triad
• On-premises Security vs. Cloud Security
• Cybersecurity Threats
• Google Data Center Security
• Google Cloud Products for Key Management
• Cloud Identity Management
• Types of Principals in Cloud IAM
• Types of Roles in Cloud IAM
• Course Summary

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Networks on Google Cloud

Course: 50 Minutes

• Course Overview
• VPCs and Networking on Google Cloud
• Connecting Networks on Google Cloud
• Chrome Enterprise Premium vs. BeyondCorp
• Enhancing Security with Immutable Infrastructure
• Cloud Armor and Cloud Data Loss Prevention
• Security Operations (SecOps)
• Course Summary

6. Scaling with Google Cloud Operations

In this track of the Google Cloud Digital Leader journey, the focus will be on financial governance and managing cloud costs, operational excellence and reliability at scale, and sustainability with Google Cloud.

Course:

Google Cloud Digital Leader: Compliance & Operations on Google Cloud

Course: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Google Trust Principles and Data Sovereignty Considerations
• Exploring Google Cloud Compliance Resources
• Financial Governance on the Cloud
• Cloud Financial Governance Best Practices
• Google Cloud Resource Hierarchies
• Managing and Controlling Cloud Consumption
• Cost Management Tools on Google Cloud
• Working With the Google Cloud Billing Calculator
• The Cloud DevOps Paradigm
• Site Reliability Concepts
• Monitoring and Logging on Google Cloud
• Google Cloud Customer Care, Support, and Sustainability
• Course Summary