PCACW - Professional Cloud Architect-Google Cloud Advanced Skills & Certification Workshop

DURATION
2 days

DESCRIPTION
The workshop is designed to help IT professionals prepare for the Google Certified Professional – Cloud Architect Certification Exam.

In this workshop, we review the exam guidelines, product strategies for the major Google Cloud Platform services, and other related topics covered by the exam. We examine concepts related to Site Reliability Engineering, and review cloud architectures, implementations, and best practices to solve common problems.

Interested in taking this course on demand? Enroll here.

The workshop assumes prior knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and is not an introduction to GCP.

OBJECTIVES
Prepare for the GCP Cloud Architect certification exam
Investigate business cases, cost optimization, and product strategies for major GCP services
Deploy application using Compute Engine, Kubernetes, App Engine, and Cloud Functions
Choose appropriate GCP storage services
Examine security and compliance concerns in the cloud
Explore Site Reliability Engineering and Stackdriver Monitoring
Analyze GCP best practices and cloud case studies
Review cloud architectures and implementations to solve common computing use cases
The workshop includes instructor lecture, group activities, case study discussions, practice exams and links to recommended study, videos, and tutorials. Homework assignments are also included to help students further prepare for the exam.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
IT professionals interested in obtaining the Google Certified Professional – Cloud Architect Certification. Also, architects and consultants who want to learn more about deploying systems that take optimal advantage of the services provided by Google Cloud Platform will benefit from this course.

PREREQUISITES
Prior to taking the Google Cloud Architect Certified Professional exam, students must have experience working with Google Cloud Platform. The exam tests one’s understanding of architecting, provisioning, and managing secure and reliable business solutions that leverage Google Cloud Platform. We strongly recommend candidates take Google’s Architecting with Google Cloud Platform: Infrastructure and Architecting with Google Cloud Platform: Design & Process classes prior to attending this workshop.

Practice Quizzes and Case Study Examples
Included with this course are sample quizzes and numerous case study examples that will help you both prepare for the exam, and have a greater level of understanding of how to architect systems on Google Cloud Platform.

TOPICS
Module 1: Cloud Architect Certification Overview
Exercise: Creating a GCP Account

Module 2: Realizing a Cloud Strategy
Making the Business Case for Moving to the Cloud
Measuring the Success of Cloud Projects
Architecting Cloud Applications to Optimize High Availability, Scalability, Security, Disaster Recovery, and Cost

Module 3: Cloud Solution Infrastructure
Migrating to the Public Cloud
Exercise: GCP Networking
Interacting with Google Cloud Platform
Deploying Applications Using Google Compute Services
Exercise: Compute Engine Virtual Machines
Exercise: Disks, Snapshots and Images
Exercise: Load Balancing and Autoscaling
Setting Up Networks to Control Access to our Machines and Services
Automating Deployments Using Google App Engine
Exercise: App Engine
Deploying Hybrid Cloud Applications Using Google Kubernetes Engine and Kubernetes
Exercise: Docker and Kubernetes
Building Microservices Using Google Cloud Functions
Exercise: Cloud Functions

Module 4: Storage and Big Data Solutions
Storing Binary Data Using Cloud Storage
Exercise: Google Cloud Storage
Storing Relational Data with Cloud SQL and Spanner
Storing NoSQL Data with BigTable, Firestore, Datastore and Memorystore
Warehousing and Analyzing Data Using Google BigQuery
Exercise: BigQuery
Determining the Right Google Cloud Storage Service for Various Use Cases

Module 5: Security and Compliance
Leveraging What Google Provides for Securing Our Applications
Assessing the Risks of Moving to Google Cloud Platform
Controlling Who Has Access to your GCP Projects with Identity Access Management
Securing Data Stored in GCP
Following Security Best Practices in the Cloud

Module 6: Monitoring in the Cloud
Monitoring Cloud Resources and Applications
Leveraging Stackdriver Monitoring Services

Module 7: Managing Cloud Applications
Deploying Applications Using Site Reliability Engineering Best Practices
Architecting Service-Oriented and Microservice Cloud Applications
Automating Deployments and Upgrades Using DevOps Features Built into Google Cloud Platform
Analyzing Common GCP Application Design Patterns

Module 8: Case Studies