Learn how AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) works, its core components, key features, and best practices.

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Explained

Learn Identity and Access Management (IAM) basics, tools, standards, and best practices for secure digital access.

Identity and Access Management (IAM): Technical Guide

Learn container security for Docker and Kubernetes, including image scanning, secrets management, runtime protection, and essential tools. 

Container Security: Best Practices for Docker and Kubernetes Environments 

Learn how Kubernetes networking and orchestration work together to manage Pods, Services, and Ingress. 

Kubernetes Networking and Orchestration: Complete Guide

Oracle

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) AI Foundations certification serves as an introduction to the essential principles of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), emphasizing how these technologies can be practically utilized within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This certification is well-suited for those new to the field and offers an approachable way for individuals to build their knowledge of AI and ML, even if they do not have an extensive technical background.

Learn AI and machine learning fundamentals on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Prepare for the 1Z0-1122-25 exam with practical OCI AI concepts, perfect for beginners.

1Z0-1122-25: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 AI Foundations Associate

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) 2025 Architect Associate certification is designed for professionals aiming to master cloud architecture on OCI. This certification path covers essential domains such as Identity and Access Management, Networking, Compute, and Storage. It equips learners with practical skills to design secure and scalable infrastructure, apply real-world solutions, and gain hands-on experience through labs and scenario-based exercises. Participants build the expertise required to deploy and manage OCI services effectively while preparing for advanced certifications within Oracle's cloud ecosystem. There are no formal prerequisites required to take the exam. However, Oracle strongly recommends you should be familiar with core OCI services such as Identity and Access Management (IAM), Networking, Compute, and Storage.

Learn OCI architecture covering Identity and Access Management, Networking, Compute, Storage, designing secure scalable infrastructure, and hands-on lab exercises.

1Z0-1072-25: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Architect Associate

ISC2

The Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification exam covers a comprehensive range of topics essential for cloud security. This journey is designed to equip candidates with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively secure cloud environments. Key areas of focus include: • Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design • Cloud Data Security • Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security • Cloud Application Security • Cloud Security Operations • Legal, Risk, and Compliance This journey prepares candidates to address the unique security challenges of cloud computing and to implement robust security measures across various cloud platforms.

Become a cloud security expert with CCSP certification. Gain skills in cloud architecture, data security, identity management, and cloud compliance strategies.

Certified Cloud Security Professional - CCSP

**This Certification Path will have 23 courses.** The AWS Certified Developer - Associate (DVA-C02) exam is intended for application developers. The exam validates a candidate's ability to demonstrate proficiency in developing, testing, deploying, and debugging AWS cloud-based applications. The exam assesses a candidate's ability to: - Develop and optimize applications on AWS. - Package and deploy by using continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows. - Secure application code and data. - Troubleshoot application issues Candidates should have one or more years of hands-on experience in developing applications using AWS services.

Prepare for the AWS Developer Associate (DVA-C02) exam. Learn to develop, deploy and debug cloud applications using AWS services and CI/CD workflows.

DVA-C02: AWS Certified Developer - Associate v1.1

Kubernetes

The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification is a professional credential that validates your ability to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes, a leading container orchestration platform. This journey is designed for IT professionals and DevOps engineers who want to learn about administering Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads in a cloud-native environment while preparing for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam.

Get certified as a Kubernetes Administrator with CKA 2024. Learn to manage, scale, and deploy containerized workloads using Kubernetes in a cloud-native environment.

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) 2024

Microsoft

*Skills measured as of January 23, 2024 The Microsoft Azure Fundamentals journey is a good starting point for anyone looking to begin their journey in Microsoft Azure certifications. In this journey you will explore cloud concepts, Azure architectures and services, and Azure management and governance. After completing this journey, you will be ready to take the AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification exam.

Learn Microsoft Azure fundamentals, exploring cloud architecture, core services, compliance guidelines, governance, and cost management strategies for Exam AZ-900.

AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (v1.1)

**This Certification Path will include 16 courses** This certification path provides a solid foundation in AWS Cloud services and concepts. It covers essential topics such as cloud fundamentals, security, billing, and architecture, making it ideal for beginners and non-technical professionals aiming to enter cloud computing, especially on the AWS platform. Upon completing this journey, learners will be prepared to take the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam. There are no pre-requisites for taking the exam. AWS does not require any prior certifications or specific experience to take the exam.

Build your AWS cloud foundation with essential concepts in security, billing and architecture. Perfect for beginners preparing for the Cloud Practitioner exam.

CLF-C02: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner v1.1

Google

The Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification is designed for individuals who have foundational knowledge and hands-on experience in deploying, managing, and operating applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This certification is aimed at professionals starting their cloud journey, or those looking to formalize their knowledge and skills in GCP with a globally recognized credential. After completing this journey, you will be ready to take the Google Associate Cloud Engineer exam.

Study for Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification exam covering GCP deployment, management, application operations and cloud platform skills with hands-on experience.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer

The AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator journey is designed to assess the skills and knowledge required to manage and administer Microsoft Azure environments. This journey is ideal for individuals who want to demonstrate their ability to manage Azure resources, implement virtual networks, monitor and back up Azure resources, and ensure the security of cloud environments. After completing this journey, participants be ready to take the AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator exam.

Prepare for AZ-104 Azure Administrator certification exam covering resource management, virtual networks, monitoring, backup solutions and cloud security.

AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator

** Skills measured as of November 1, 2024 The DP-900: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals exam is designed for individuals who are new to data services and want to demonstrate foundational knowledge of data concepts and how they are implemented using Microsoft Azure. This certification is ideal for those who are exploring a career in data management, analytics, or business intelligence and is perfect for beginners who want to understand core data concepts, Azure data services, and how to work with data in the cloud. After completing this journey, participants will be ready to take the DP-900: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals exam.

Study for the DP-900 Microsoft Azure data fundamentals certification exam covering cloud data services, analytics solutions, business intelligence and core data concepts.

DP-900: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals v1.1

The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional (DOP-C02) certification is designed for individuals with experience in DevOps roles, aiming to validate their expertise in deploying, operating, and managing applications on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. This certification is intended for professionals who have advanced technical skills and experience working with AWS services to automate and optimize the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and deployment pipelines. The DOP-C02: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional journey will prepare you to take the DOP-C02 exam.

Prepare for DOP-C02AWS DevOps engineer certification exam covering deployment automation, application management, SDLC optimization and pipeline development.

DOP-C02: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

**Skills measured as of January 31, 2025** This certification path comprises four comprehensive tracks, each offering in-depth training on securing Microsoft Azure environments, specifically designed for security engineers, IT professionals, and cloud administrators responsible for managing and securing Azure resources. Prior experience with Azure services and a foundational understanding of security principles is recommended. Successful completion of this path demonstrates proficiency in implementing robust cloud security measures and supports preparation for the Microsoft AZ-500 Certification exam.

Prepare for AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies certification exam covering security controls, identity management, cloud infrastructure and threat response.

AZ-500: Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate v1.1

The AIF-C01: AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam is designed to validate your knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and generative AI concepts and use cases on AWS. Topics Covered in this journey. Machine Learning Basics AWS AI Services Data Preparation and Feature Engineering Model Training and Evaluation Deployment and Monitoring

Prepare for the AIF-C01 AWS Certified AI Practitioner certification exam covering machine learning basics, AI services, data preparation and model deployment.

AIF-C01: AWS Certified AI Practitioner

Prepare for the AZ-305 certification exam with this comprehensivejourney designed to help you master the skills required to design and implement Microsoft Azure infrastructure solutions. This journey covers all key topics, including: • Designing for Governance and Compliance • Designing for Identity and Security • Designing Data Storage Solutions • Designing Business Continuity Solutions • Designing Infrastructure Solutions After completing this journey, you will be ready to take the AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam.

Study for AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions certification exam covering governance, security, data storage and business continuity solutions.

AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

In the AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty Journey, you will discover how to build, train, tune, and deploy machine learning models using the AWS Cloud as you prepare for the AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty certification exam.

Prepare for AWS MLS-C01 Machine Learning certification covering model building, training, tuning, deployment, and cloud-based ML implementation.

MLS-C01: AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty

**This exam will retire on March 31, 2026 **Skills measured as of April 30, 2025 The MS-900: Microsoft 365 Fundamentals journey focuses on core concepts related to Microsoft 365 services, their capabilities, and how organizations can leverage Microsoft 365 for productivity, security, and compliance. The journey covers key principles in cloud computing, Microsoft 365's components, and how businesses use the suite to improve collaboration, data management, and security. After completing this journey, you'll be ready to take the MS-900: Microsoft 365 Fundamentals exam.

Pass the MS-900 Microsoft 365 Fundamentals certification exam covering cloud services, productivity tools, security, compliance, and collaboration features.

MS-900: Microsoft 365 Fundamentals v1.1

The AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure exam is designed for developers who want to demonstrate their proficiency in designing, building, testing, and maintaining cloud applications and services on Microsoft Azure. This journey is ideal for those who have experience with cloud services and want to take the AZ-204 exam to validate their ability to leverage Azure's various tools and services to build scalable, secure, and efficient applications.

Pass the AZ-204 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure certification exam by studying cloud application development, testing, maintenance and scalable solutions.

AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

Prepare for the SAA-C03: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam with a comprehensive journey designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary to design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. This certification validates your ability to architect solutions that meet customer requirements while adhering to best practices. After completing this journey, you'll be ready to take the SAA-C03: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam.

Become AWS Certified Solutions Architect. Master AWS architecture, deployment strategies, cloud services, data storage, networking, security, and cost management.

SAA-C03: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

CompTIA

The CV0-004: CompTIA Cloud+ certification exam is designed for IT professionals who have foundational experience in cloud computing and want to validate their ability to manage, configure, and maintain cloud infrastructure. This journey covers multiple areas of cloud computing and emphasizes the ability to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot cloud environments. After completing this journey, participants will be ready to take the CV0-004: CompTIA Cloud+ exam.

Prepare for CV0-004 CompTIA Cloud+ certification exam covering cloud infrastructure management, configuration, deployment and troubleshooting skills.

CV0-004: CompTIA Cloud+

The Google Professional Data Engineer certification is designed for professionals who want to demonstrate their expertise in designing, building, and maintaining data systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This certification validates your ability to work with Google Cloud's data engineering tools, including services for data storage, data processing, data analysis, and machine learning. This journey focuses on key aspects of data engineering, such as designing data pipelines, managing big data processing, performing data analysis, and using Google Cloud's machine learning capabilities which will help you prepare for the exam.

Study for Google Professional Data Engineer certification exam covering data pipelines, big data processing, GCP storage, analysis and machine learning tools.

Google Professional Data Engineer

The AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions is a certification exam offered by Microsoft for individuals who want to demonstrate their skills and knowledge in DevOps practices and tools, particularly in the context of Microsoft Azure. This journey will prepare you for the AZ-400 exam by testing your ability to design and implement DevOps solutions using Microsoft Azure. It covers a broad range of DevOps topics, including automation, continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), infrastructure as code, monitoring, and security. It is designed to assess your knowledge and hands-on experience in integrating various tools and processes to streamline development and operational workflows.

Prepare for AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions certification exam covering CI/CD, automation, infrastructure as code and monitoring.

AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions

The AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals journey is designed for individuals who are looking to demonstrate foundational knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) concepts, and how they are implemented using Microsoft Azure services. It is ideal for beginners who want to understand the basics of AI, its applications, and the core Azure AI services, without requiring deep technical expertise. After completing this journey, participants will be ready to take the AI-900: Azure AI Fundamentals exam.

Get certified in Azure AI Fundamentals with AI-900. Learn Azure Machine Learning capabilities, machine learning techniques, NLP workloads, and conversational AI.

AI-900: Azure AI Fundamentals

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Foundations certification is designed for individuals who want to showcase their basic understanding of public cloud offerings from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. It is suitable for people from non-technical roles, such as those involved in cloud solution sales or procurement, as well as technical professionals seeking to confirm their foundational knowledge of essential OCI services. This exam does not require hands-on technical experience.

Build your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure foundation and prepare for the 1Z0-1085-25 exam. Perfect for technical and non-technical professionals new to OCI services.

1Z0-1085-25: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Foundations Associate

The DP-100: Designing and Implementing a Data Science Solution on Azure journey is designed for professionals who are responsible for implementing data science solutions using Microsoft Azure's machine learning and data analytics services. This journey prepares you for the DP-100 exam which validates your ability to design and implement data science solutions, from developing machine learning models to managing and operationalizing them in the Azure environment.

Study for DP-100 Designing and Implementing a Data Science Solution on Azure certification exam covering machine learning models and data analytics.

DP-100: Designing and Implementing a Data Science Solution on Azure

The SAP-C02: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional certification is designed for experienced solutions architects who have advanced technical skills and experience in designing distributed applications and systems on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. This is a professional-level certification that builds upon the foundational knowledge of AWS and validates a deeper, more comprehensive understanding of AWS architecture, services, and best practices. The SAP-C02: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional journey is intended for those who are interested in taking the SAP-C02 exam.

Pass the SAP-C02 AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification exam covering advanced architecture, distributed systems and AWS best practices.

SAP-C02: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

The Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification is designed for professionals who want to validate their ability to design, develop, and manage robust, secure, scalable, and dynamic solutions using Google Cloud technologies. This advanced-level certification is intended for experienced cloud architects who are responsible for designing cloud architecture, managing cloud infrastructure, and implementing cloud-based solutions in Google Cloud environments. By doing this journey, you'll be well-prepared to pass the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect exam.

Pass the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification exam by studying cloud architecture design, infrastructure management and scalable solution development.

Google Professional Cloud Architect

The Google Professional Cloud Developer certification validates your ability to design, build, and deploy applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This journey assesses your proficiency in leveraging GCP services and tools to create scalable, efficient, and reliable cloud-native applications. After completing this journey, you'll be ready to take the Professional Cloud Developer exam.

Prepare for Google Professional Cloud Developer certification exam covering GCP application design, deployment, scalable development and cloud-native solutions.

Google Professional Cloud Developer

The Google Cloud Digital Leader journey is designed to prepare candidates for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam. It covers essential topics such as cloud concepts, Google Cloud products and services, and their applications in business contexts. This journey aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel with your Google Cloud Digital exam.

Study for Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam covering cloud concepts, GCP products, services and their applications in business contexts.

Google Cloud Digital Leader

Prepare for the Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer exam with a structured journey designed to help you master the skills required to manage and optimize Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. In this journey, you will learn how to Bootstrap a Google Cloud organization for DevOps, Apply site reliability engineering practices to a service, Optimize service performance, Build and implement CI/CD pipelines for a service, and Implement service monitoring strategies.

Build and implement CI/CD pipelines for a service with Google Cloud. Manage CI/CD configuration and secrets, and secure the deployment pipeline.

Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

The CLO-002: CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ certification exam is designed for individuals who want to demonstrate foundational knowledge of cloud computing concepts, its impact on business, and how organizations can leverage cloud technologies to improve their operations. This journey is ideal for professionals working in roles such as business analysts, project managers, IT professionals, or anyone who is involved in decision-making related to cloud adoption and implementation that would like to prepare for the CLO-002: CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ exam.

Prepare for CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ CLO-002 certification exam covering cloud fundamentals, business impact, organizational implementation and adoption strategies for IT professionals.

CLO-002: CompTIA Cloud Essentials+

Generative AI Cloud Odyssey is an immersive journey into the dynamic world of cloud-based Generative AI, designed to inspire and empower participants to unleash their creativity and innovation. This transformative journey traverses the vast landscape of cloud computing, exploring the cutting-edge technologies and platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP that drive the future of AI. As participants embark on this adventure, they will unravel the concepts of Generative AI, gaining insights into its foundational principles and practical applications. Guided by expert instructors and equipped with state-of-the-art tools and resources, participants will embark on a voyage of discovery, honing their skills and capabilities in building intelligent and creative solutions. With hands-on projects, interactive learning experiences, and real-world case studies, Generative AI Cloud Odyssey offers a comprehensive and immersive learning journey that empowers participants to harness the power of Generative AI on all three major cloud platforms Azure, AWS, and GCP.

Learn Generative AI on AWS, Azure & GCP through hands-on projects. Develop cloud-based AI skills and build intelligent solutions across major platforms.

The Generative AI Cloud Odyssey: Exploring AWS, Azure, and GCP

### About this course
This beginner-friendly course introduces cloud computing concepts in a platform-agnostic way. You'll explore key cloud services, deployment models, and providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. Learn to identify the right cloud solution for various needs and understand its advantages and limitations.

### Skills you'll gain
* Understand cloud computing fundamentals
* Identify cloud deployment models (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS)
* Evaluate major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Learn the foundations of cloud computing across platforms like AWS, Cloud, Azure, and GCP.

Intro to Cloud Computing

### About this course
Learn to build fast, secure, and maintainable web applications with ASP.NET Core, a robust framework by Microsoft. Using Razor Pages architecture, you’ll gain the skills to handle requests, manage databases, and enhance code quality with dependency injection.

### Skills you'll gain
* Build web applications with Razor Pages
* Handle and route requests with Page Models
* Work with databases, models, and LINQ
* Use middleware for request processing
* Apply dependency injection to improve code structure

Learn how to build fast, secure, and maintainable web apps with ASP.NET and the Razor Pages architecture.

Learn ASP.NET

### About this course

If you’re looking for a programming language that’s flexible and easy to read, try learning Python. It’s one of the most popular languages today, and programming in Python is used for everything from web and software development to data science and analytics to quality assurance. 

### Skills you'll gain

* Write Python 3 programs
* Simplify the code you write
* Take your skills off-platform

Learn the basics of Python 3.12, one of the most powerful, versatile, and in-demand programming languages today.


Learn Python 3

### About this course

Popular for its versatility and ability to create a wide variety of applications, learning Java opens up your possibilities when coding. With it, you’ll be able to develop large systems, software, and mobile applications — and even create mobile apps for Android. Learn important Java coding fundamentals and practice your new skills with real-world projects. 

### Skills you'll gain

* Build core programming concepts
* Learn object-oriented concepts
* Create Java projects

Learn to code in Java — a robust programming language used to create software, web and mobile apps, and more. 

Learn Java

Google Virtual Private Cloud provides virtualized network functionality to Google Compute Engine virtual machine instances, Google Kubernetes Engine clusters, and the Google App Engine flexible environment. You'll begin by learning about Virtual Private Cloud and the creation of VPC networks and subnets. You'll learn how to launch Google Compute Engine instances with custom network configurations and configure Private Google Access. Next, you'll discover how to assign tags to VMs, create and manage routes, create ingress and egress firewalls, and use Cloud VPN to create a VPN between Google VPC and external networks. Finally, you'll learn how to create and launch Deployment Manager templates, add subnets to existing VPCs, use gcloud to expand subnets, and reserve new static IP addresses. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Learn to create VPC networks and subnets with Google Virtual Private Cloud. Launch Compute Engine instances, use Cloud VPN, create Deployment Manager templates, and add subnets to existing VPCs.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Google Virtual Private Cloud

Google App Engine is a Platform as a Service and a cloud computing platform that provides web app developers and enterprises with scalable hosting services. In this course, you'll learn about the different Google App Engine environments that are available, as well as Google App Engine feature deprecations and how to install SDKs. Next, you'll explore how to setup a Cloud Run environment and Cloud Functions. You'll then examine how to deploy App Engine using gcloud, deploy a container image to Cloud Run, and deploy Cloud Functions from your local machine, GitHub, and Bitbucket. Finally, you'll learn how to deploy an app that receives Google Cloud events and setup Pub/Sub notifications for Cloud Storage. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Discover Google App Engine, a cloud platform that provides scalable hosting for web developers and enterprises. Learn about different environments, deploying with gcloud, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, and setting up Pub/Sub notifications for Cloud Storage. 

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Implementing Google App Engine

Google Cloud's operations suite, formerly Stackdriver, is used to monitor, log, diagnose, and improve application performance on your Google Cloud environment. In this course, you'll learn about Cloud Monitoring, including how to install the Cloud Monitoring agent on a VM, manage the agent on multiple VMs, and create custom metrics. Next, you'll explore how to create a resource group, use the dashboard to manage alert policies, create a workspace to organize, and manage the monitor information. You'll learn about Cloud Logging and logs-based metrics, as well as how to create charts and alerts using the Google Cloud Console, view and filter logs in Logs Explorer, and search logs with Legacy Logs Viewer. Finally, you'll examine how to create and manage log sinks, use the Cloud Error Reporting console, use Cloud Trace and Cloud Debugger, and view the Google Cloud status dashboard. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Monitor and improve application performance with Google Cloud's operations suite. Learn about Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Cloud Trace, and Cloud Debugger.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Google Cloud Operations Suite

Cloud assessment helps derive business service models facilitating robust and cost-effective business and IT cloud service consumption and delivery. You'll start this course by examining the steps in a cloud readiness assessment before exploring the cloud transformation maturity model's stages and some potential transformation challenges. You'll then outline how to assess your current technology stack to determine cloud readiness and feasibility. Next, you'll investigate the business value of cloud adoption and of incorporating cloud into enterprise architectures. You'll then examine the cloud capability maturity model, the primary cloud considerations for business, and the technology and infrastructure architecture to achieve an appropriate cloud transformation strategy. Finally, you'll explore some gap analysis activities, the transition planning phase of cloud adoption, diagrams that depict various cloud architectures, and the cloud adoption framework's value. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.

Dive into cloud transformation stages, technology stack assessment, and robust adoption strategies.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Gap Analysis & Cloud Assessment

Cloud service providers (CSPs) must generate confidence in cloud service users by managing costs and risks. To facilitate this, they must provide tools to help cloud consumers create estimates and adopt the right risk mitigation approach. In this course, you'll learn how to manage your CSP-related costs and risks. You'll start by investigating various elements that impact cloud pricing, such as cloud resource types, the impact of cloud computing on chargeback, and cloud licensing models. You'll also examine how cloud maintenance services enable resilient and robust cloud services. Moving on, you'll recognize common considerations when addressing cloud computing risks, the Cloud Computing Risk Assessment Matrix, and how cloud risk mitigation factors are categorized. Finally, you'll outline why vendor lock-in is a risk in cloud computing, some risk mitigation approaches, and how to implement a compliance program in the cloud. You'll then practice creating cloud resource usage, cost estimates, and roles and permissions for AWS maintenance windows.

Uncover cloud pricing factors, risk mitigation strategies, and compliance implementation.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Licensing Models & Risk Mitigation

Google App Engine is a fully managed serverless environment that manages infrastructure concerns by provisioning servers and scaling your instances based on demand, allowing you to focus on code. You'll begin by learning how to use traffic splitting to distribute traffic across multiple services, use Traffic Migration to route requests, map custom domains to your apps, and secure your custom domain with SSL. Next, you'll learn how to manage your app resources, update your scaling configurations, set parameters with the API, and deploy versions of your app to App Engine. Finally, you'll learn how to create and view a Cloud Run service, and view a list of revisions to a service. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Use traffic splitting, map custom domains, and use SSL to secure your custom domain with Google App Engine. Manage app resources, update scaling configurations, and deploy versions of your app.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Managing Google App Engine

Use this course to get started with Cloud computing while also preparing yourself to take the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam. Learn how Cloud computer enables convenient on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Explore prominent computing models, disadvantages of in-house computing, and benefits of Cloud computing while also examining the required components to set up a cloud computing model and investigate features of cloud service delivery and deployment models. Examine the concept of shared resource pooling, the role of virtualization in cloud models, the lifecycles of applications and services deployed in the cloud, and why cloud is the best choice for resource management and application deployments. Go further by learning to recognize the shared responsibility model adopted by cloud and outline key steps involved in selecting and setting up the right PaaS solution and core components of a cloud infrastructure. Wrap up by practicing an IaaS and PaaS on AWS and Azure. Recap cloud service delivery modules to finish up this course.

Get started with Cloud essentials, deployment models, and cloud infrastructure component exploration.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Essential Cloud Principles

A DevOps approach to cloud computing helps establish a pipeline that automates end-to-end application deployment and management. In this course, you'll explore best practices for DevOps implementation, examining approaches to address and mitigate the inherent risks associated with cloud computing. You'll then compare immutable and mutable infrastructure and investigate the implementation of Infrastructure as Code. Next, you'll differentiate between continuous integration and continuous delivery and outline the lifecycle of CI/CD in cloud. You'll explore the concept of QA testing for cloud and how sandboxing is used in this process. You'll outline how to implement regression and load testing for cloud resources and distinguish cloud configuration management from cloud change management. Moving on, you'll differentiate between cloud automation and orchestration and explore the concepts of cloud patch management and cloud integration. Lastly, you'll practice implementing APIs in the cloud, using AWS API Gateway to expose services to end users.

Implement DevOps best practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation techniques for efficient cloud deployment.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: DevOps in the Cloud

Before adopting cloud services, you need to calculate costs and establish the most appropriate contract with cloud providers. In this course, you'll explore the direct cost and financial implications of various aspects of cloud computing. You'll also examine cloud computing licensing models and subscription types and compare cloud computing's initial costs with the long-term benefits. Additionally, you'll list core considerations when establishing contracts for cloud service usage. You'll investigate requests for information (RFIs), cloud pricing models, the differences between fixed and dynamic pricing, and best practices for deriving cloud-based professional services. Moving on, you'll outline the end-to-end services provided by managed cloud service providers (CSPs) and the benefits of those services. You'll examine the essential components of SOWs for cloud managed services. Lastly, you'll configure cost estimates for AWS service usage using the AWS Pricing Calculator. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.

Manage cloud costs, licensing models, and contract negotiation strategies for optimal cloud usage.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Contracting with Cloud Service Providers

Cloud networking helps enterprises deliver information rapidly, reliably, and securely without bearing the cost of building and operating their own networks. In this course, you'll investigate the process of migrating to a cloud computing model from a legacy one. You'll explore the concept of a VPC, the key technologies to isolate VPCs from public clouds, and the CSP interface types to manage VPCs. Moving on, you'll examine how a DMZ works in the cloud and how to isolate a single DMZ network from others. You'll also explore how firewalls, the intrusion detection system, and virtual network interfaces work in the cloud. You'll then outline when and how to attach multiple network interfaces to an instance. Lastly, you'll investigate how SDN and DNS work in the cloud, use AWS to set up a VPN, and connect to cloud resources using various protocols. This course can be used in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.

Learn cloud migration strategies, VPC management, DMZ setup, and SDN implementation.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Essential Cloud Networking

In this course, you'll explore cloud storage in-depth, including standard storage systems and providers, thin and thick storage provisioning, cold, warm, and hot storage, and the different storage tiers. Next, you'll discover the methods and technologies used to protect data in the cloud, the differences between synchronous and asynchronous replications, and RAID. You'll learn about storage security threats and vulnerabilities and the mechanism used to secure data in transit and at rest.

Explore cloud storage systems, hot and cold storage, data protection methods, replication, and RAID.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Storage Technologies

Building robust, scalable services and managing large volumes of data for analytics requires on-demand resource allocation and containerization. A cloud-native approach, which takes advantage of a cloud computing delivery model, can help with this. In this course, you'll investigate the principles and architecture of cloud native. You'll outline how to migrate existing apps to a cloud-native architecture, identifying the 12-factor app principles for building scalable and resilient enterprise applications. Next, you'll explore microservice architecture design patterns, containerization in the cloud, and some prominent public cloud provider container management platforms. Moving on, you'll run Docker-enabled containerized applications on Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) clusters. You'll investigate some cloud machine learning, cloud-based AI, and big data solutions and services. Lastly, you'll examine the benefits of managing big data architectures using cloud principles. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.

Embrace cloud-native architecture for scalability. Learn containerization, microservices, and big data management in the cloud.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Native Apps & Cloud Data Analytics

Google Kubernetes Engine is a secured and fully-managed Kubernetes service that features autopilot mode of operation, pod and cluster autoscaling, and enterprise-ready containerized solutions. Use this course to get familiar with using the Google Kubernetes Engine dashboard. Start by learning how to manage clusters and controlling access to them. Next, you'll examine the use of the dashboard to perform other operations, such as creating and using volumes with deployments, creating secrets to store sensitive data, and using Config Connector for Kubernetes. You'll also explore how to view the container image repository, manage node pools, and implement pod deployments. You'll then discover the creation of StatefulSets, DaemonSets, and a ConfigMap. Finally, you'll learn to use Persistent volumes and dynamic provisioning to manage durable storage in your clusters. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Discover Google Kubernetes Engine and how to manage clusters and access control. Learn to create and use volumes, secrets, and ConfigMaps. Use StatefulSets, DaemonSets, and Config Connector.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Managing Google Kubernetes Engine

Google Cloud Platform reduces costs while increasing agility and capturing new opportunities. In this course, you'll begin by learning how to use using Google Cloud Shell. You'll explore how to install and use Cloud tools, the gcloud CLI, Google Cloud SDK, and other utilities that come pre-installed. Next, you'll learn about various Google Cloud database services such as Cloud SQL, which provides a cloud-based alternative to local MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server databases. You'll examine Cloud Spanner, a fully managed relational database with unlimited scale. You'll move on to learn about Cloud Bigtable, a NoSQL wide-column store for large scale, low latency workloads. Finally, you'll learn about BigQuery, Dataproc, and Cloud Marketplace. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Learn about Google Cloud Platform tools for efficient development. Explore Cloud Shell, database services, and BigQuery for scalable solutions.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Configuring Google Cloud

Monitoring and benchmarking are essential when designing cloud that considers disaster recovery, high availability, and failover. In this course, you'll recognize the cloud design considerations that provide the highest possible availability, the levels of redundancy that ensure services continue in the case of a disaster, and the procedures that can be implemented for disaster recovery and business continuity. Moving on, you'll examine common deployment architectures to address availability and resiliency, the parameters and performance indices monitored at each cloud deployment level, and the goals of benchmarking. Next, you'll examine the different failover scenarios prevalent in cloud and the prominent use cases for placement groups and single and multiple availability zones. You'll configure EC2 Linux instances, install the Iperf network benchmark tool, and test TCP and UDP network performance. Lastly, you'll benchmark network throughput on an Amazon EC2 Windows instance and configure active-passive failover with multiple primary and secondary record resources. This course can be used in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.

Ensure high availability with cloud monitoring. Learn disaster recovery strategies, benchmarking, and failover scenarios for resilient architectures.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Design Considerations

Selecting the right cloud migration strategy helps improve user experience and balances the business and technical efforts required to complete cloud migration. In this course, you'll investigate the cloud migration strategy and the steps to derive a roadmap for migrating to the cloud. You'll also examine the different types of cloud migration strategies, which involve the six Rs of migration, along with the methods, techniques, and tools used to support cloud migration. Next, you'll investigate the steps and deliverables used to migrate workloads to hybrid cloud, the phased cloud migration strategy, and the checklist for successful cloud migration. Finally, you'll investigate the best practices for optimizing the lift-and-shift migration policy, the differences between migration and modernization, and the critical problems and best practices for migrating legacy systems.

Develop a cloud migration strategy for efficient workload transition. Explore migration types, best practices, and hybrid cloud approaches for successful migration.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Migration Strategies

Google Cloud Load Balancer is a fully distributed, software-defined managed service that offers a single IP address to serve as the front end, and automatic intelligent autoscaling of the back end. This means you don't need to manage physical load balancing infrastructure. In this course, you'll learn about Google Cloud Load Balancer, how to identify the key components and choose which one is best for your implementation, and how to manage access control using Identity and Access Management. You'll also explore how to run and scale services behind internal and external IP addresses, use a network load balancer to distribute traffic, distribute SSL and TCP traffic, and distribute traffic to applications running on back-end instances. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Use Google Cloud Load Balancer for autoscaling and traffic distribution. Manage access control and distribute SSL and TCP traffic.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Google Cloud Load Balancing

Google Cloud gives you compute and hosting options, and you can work in a serverless environment, use a managed application platform, leverage container technology, or build your own cloud-based infrastructure for the most control and flexibility. In this course, you'll begin by learning about Virtual Machine instances and the instance life cycle, as well as how to create different instances such as preemptible and Windows Server instances. Next, you'll examine how to provision sole-tenant nodes, generate SSH keys, connect to Linux and Windows VM instances using Google Cloud Console, and use the gcloud command-line tool with SSH keys. Finally, you'll learn how to create a managed instance group and an instance template. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Explore compute and hosting options with Google Cloud. Create and manage Virtual Machine instances, provision sole-tenant nodes, and create a managed instance group.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Implementing Google Compute Engine

Google Cloud is the birthplace of Kubernetes, an open-source system used to deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications. In this course, you'll begin by learning about Google Kubernetes Engine, the different modes of operations, and the types of clusters that can be created. Next, you'll examine how to create different GKE clusters and explore Kubernetes pods and different types of controller objects. You'll examine GKE security features, the different aspects of GKE networking, and the storage options for applications running on GKE. Finally, you'll learn to deploy a GKE cluster and a Docker container image on a GKE cluster, create a Google Cloud service account, and configure GKE monitoring and logging. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Manage containerized apps with Google Kubernetes Engine. Create GKE clusters, explore security features and networking, and configure monitoring and logging.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Implementing Google Kubernetes Engine

Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) is an indispensable tool for Cloud Engineers. It offers centralized access control and visibility of all Google Cloud resources, providing a unified view of security policies across the entire organization. Use this course to explore how IAM works in general and in Google Cloud. Learn how to manage IAM user roles, view IAM role assignments, and identify grantable roles. Practice working with custom roles, service accounts, and IAM audit logs. Lastly, examine identity federation in IAM. Learn how to access resources using workload identity and configure conditional access. By the end of the course, you'll be able to manage all resource authorization using Google Cloud IAM. This course is part of a collection that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Learn how to manage authorization using Google Cloud IAM. Gain experience managing custom roles and working with IAM audit logs.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Google Identity & Access Management (IAM)

To achieve the desired business value from cloud adoption, you need to implement comprehensive planning, following a POC (proof of concept) and POV approach. In this course, you'll investigate the essential components of cloud-model service-level agreements (SLAs), explore the SLA metrics for IAAS, PAAS, and SAAS, and examine popular cloud service provider SLAs. Additionally, you'll outline how to create POCs and derive proofs of value for cloud computing. Next, you'll identify the critical factors of seamless cloud adoption, compare open source and proprietary clouds, and recognize the prominent cloud strategies for current and future enterprise usages. Moving on, you'll investigate how to drive cloud adoption efforts to capture targeted business value. Lastly, you'll recognize the cloud adoption framework lifecycle and use a matrix to identify the roles and responsibilities engaged in cloud adoption. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.

Discover cloud SLAs, create POCs, and drive cloud adoption for targeted business value with comprehensive planning.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Adoption to Enhance Business Value

Google Cloud Engine is the Infrastructure as a Service component of the Google Cloud Platform. It is built on the same infrastructure that runs Google's search engine, Gmail, and even YouTube. In this course, you'll start by learning how to setting up Virtual Machine Manager. You'll explore how to manage a VM instance by going through its life cycle, including starting, stopping, suspending, and resuming an instance. You'll then learn how to update an instance by using gcloud or API, as well as how to connect to it by using Secure Shell and Remote Desktop Protocol. You'll also examine how to create a VM with attached GPUs. Next, you'll learn to setup and use OS inventory management, create and view snapshots and images, and use instance groups and templates. Finally, you'll explore how to query the metadata server to retrieve information, and how to access and request quota increases. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Use Google Cloud Engine for Infrastructure as a Service. Learn to manage VM instances, update and connect to them, use OS inventory management, create snapshots and images, and access the metadata server.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Managing Google Compute Engine

Following secure cloud service design principles is a client consumer's top priority. Applying defense-in-depth principles and using cloud service provider security enablers can help achieve this. You'll start this course by examining the cloud service security taxonomy, identity and access management in cloud environments, authentication mechanisms provided by cloud platforms, and the components of an IAM strategy in the cloud. Next, you'll investigate the benefits of single sign-on, the prominent types of multi-factor authentication (MFA), and the fundamental design principles of federation. You'll then examine the Cloud Federation Reference Architecture. Moving on, you'll recognize common cloud deployment and enterprise data center security practices. You'll use Active Directory Federation Services to implement federated authentication, manage access to AWS resources, and enable virtual MFA devices for IAM users in public cloud. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.

Implement cloud service security with IAM, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and federated authentication.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Security Considerations

Cloud consumers look for cloud services that follow regulations and core principles for maintaining data security and confidentiality. In this course, you'll investigate the cloud computing policy, which protects sensitive personal and confidential business data. You'll examine standard operating features, resource management, and security implementation checklist items and best practices for cloud computing. You'll then practice implementing policy-based access control for cloud computing. Moving on, you'll outline how to implement data sovereignty. You'll explore the international cloud computing standards, integrated vulnerability assessment solutions, and data security and privacy implementation in cloud computing. Finally, you'll outline how to implement and secure data and ensure availability in the cloud. You'll study the layers of security that can be implemented in the cloud, the cloud identity logs that help track events impacting cloud environments, and the OWASP Top 10 data-level authorization methods used to secure resources.

Ensure data security and confidentiality in cloud computing through policy-based access control, data sovereignty, vulnerability assessment, and data availability.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Governance & Securing Data

Google Cloud Storage is a service for storing and retrieving your objects in Google Cloud. It can be used for serving web site content, archival and disaster recovery, and distributing large data objects. In this course, you'll begin by exploring how to list Cloud Storage buckets in a project and how to move objects between them. You'll learn to label and convert buckets, setup lifecycle management policies, and execute queries. Next, you'll examine how to use BigQuery to estimate storage and query costs, restore and back up an instance using Cloud SQL Data Management, and use the managed export and import service. Finally, you'll learn how to use Dataproc, the Dataflow monitoring interface, and BigQuery to review the status of jobs. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Store and retrieve objects in Google Cloud with Google Cloud Storage. Create and manage Cloud Storage buckets, use BigQuery for estimating storage and querying costs, and use Dataproc to review job status.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Managing Google Cloud Storage

Cloud facilitates the secure deployment of diversified solutions like IoT, blockchain, and VDI to simplify autonomous application development. In this course, you'll explore primary considerations when deploying these solutions. You'll start this course by examining digital marketing in relation to cloud computing, technologies that help create and implement autonomous systems, and the features of blockchain-based decentralized cloud solutions. Moving on, you'll explore the role of cloud computing in Internet of Things (IoT), working with an IoT solution built on AWS IoT. Next, you'll deploy a cloud desktop using Amazon Workspaces and AWS Directory Service to illustrate the benefits of a virtual desktop interface (VDI) for creating virtualized desktop environments on remote server setups. You'll also explore self-service cloud computing platforms. Finally, you'll investigate cost management and security considerations for cloud selection and implementation. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.

Explore the role of cloud computing in IoT, blockchain, and VDI. Learn about digital marketing, self-service cloud computing platforms, and cost management and security considerations.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Utilizing Cloud Services

Google Cloud Resource Manager allows you to hierarchically manage resources by project, folder, and organization. In this course, you'll learn about Google Cloud Resource Manager and the resource hierarchy, as well as how to set up an organization resource to ensure projects will follow the organization's life cycle on Google Cloud. You'll then examine how to create and manage a Google Cloud project and an organization. You'll explore how to create labels and tags, move and migrate projects, and enable APIs within projects. Next, you'll learn how to manage Google Cloud folders by learning how to set roles and permissions, create folders, configure access, and create a project in a folder. Finally, you'll learn to enable and view audit logs, and set up and manage Cloud Identity. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Learn how to use Google Cloud Resource Manager to hierarchically manage resources. Learn to create labels and tags, move and migrate projects, and view audit logs.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Google Cloud Resource Manager

Google Cloud Storage is an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) public cloud storage platform that can house large unstructured data sets. Use this course to learn more about Google Cloud Storage along with its features and functions. Start your journey by exploring Object Lifecycle Management, different Cloud Storage options, and the best practices associated with cloud storage. You'll then examine storage buckets and how they are used. You'll also learn to identify the naming guidelines, locations, and requirements for domain-named buckets. Finally, you'll discover how to create a storage bucket using Google Cloud console and the gsutil tool, change the storage class of objects as well as buckets, and migrate a database to Cloud SQL. After you have completed this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge to implement Google Cloud storage and prepare for the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

Learn about Google Cloud Storage along with its features and functions. Explore Object Lifecycle Management, storage buckets, storage classes, and naming guidelines. Learn to migrate a database to Cloud SQL.

Google Associate Cloud Engineer: Implementing Google Cloud Storage

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