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Google Cloud Fundamentals for Azure Professionals: Core Infrastructure

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Course Summary

This course, GCP Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure, is designed to help IT professionals, business decision-makers, and developers understand the basics of Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The course covers key features and services of GCP, including computing, storage, and networking.

Key Learning Points

Learn the basics of Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Understand key features and services of GCP, including computing, storage, and networking
Get hands-on experience with GCP through interactive labs and exercises

Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have

- USA: $98,000
- India: ₹1,200,000
- Spain: €36,000
- USA: $98,000
- India: ₹1,200,000
- Spain: €36,000
- USA: $126,000
- India: ₹1,700,000
- Spain: €48,000
- USA: $98,000
- India: ₹1,200,000
- Spain: €36,000
- USA: $126,000
- India: ₹1,700,000
- Spain: €48,000
- USA: $81,000
- India: ₹900,000
- Spain: €30,000

Learning Outcomes

Understand the basics of Google Cloud Platform
Gain hands-on experience with GCP through interactive labs and exercises
Be able to evaluate GCP for use in your organization

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

Familiarity with computing concepts
Access to a computer and the internet

Course Difficulty Level

Beginner

Course Format

Online
Self-paced

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Amit Zavery

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Description

This course introduces you to important concepts and terminology for working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You learn about, and compare, many of the computing and storage services available in Google Cloud Platform, including Google App Engine, Google Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Google Cloud Storage, Google Cloud SQL, and BigQuery. You learn about important resource and policy management tools, such as the Google Cloud Resource Manager hierarchy and Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Hands-on labs give you foundational skills for working with GCP.

Outline

Introducing Google Cloud Platform
Welcome to Google Cloud Fundamentals for Azure Professionals
What is cloud computing?
How did we get here?
Every company is a data company
GCP computing architectures
The Google network
GCP regions and zones
Environmental responsibility
How Google Cloud differs from Azure: Regions and Zones
Google offers customer-friendly pricing
Open APIs
Multi-layered security approach
Why choose Google Cloud Platform
Budgets and Billing
Welcome to Google Cloud Fundamentals for Azure Professionals: Core Infrastructure
How to download course resources
Cloud Computing Services
GCP Regions and Zones
Introducing Google Cloud Platform

Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform
Module introduction
The Google Cloud Platform resource hierarchy
Comparison to Azure : resource hierarchy
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
IAM roles
Comparison to Azure Active Directory
Interacting with Google Cloud Platform
Cloud Marketplace
Getting start with Cloud Marketplace
Getting Started with Google Cloud and Qwiklabs
Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform

Virtual Machines in the Cloud
Module Introduction
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Network
How Google VPC differs from Azure VNet
Compute Engine
Comparing Google Compute Engine and Azure VM
Important VPC capabilities
How typical approaches to load-balancing in Google Cloud differ from those in Azure
Demonstration: Getting Started with Compute Engine
Google Compute Engine and Networking

Storage in the Cloud
Introduction to Google Cloud Platform Storage Options
Cloud Storage
Cloud Storage interactions
Comparing Google Cloud Storage with Azure Blob Storage.
Google Cloud Bigtable
Google Cloud SQL and Google Cloud Spanner
Google Cloud Datastore
Comparing Google Cloud's managed database services with Azure SQL
Comparing Storage Options
Demonstration: Getting Started with Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL
Google Cloud Platform Storage Options

Containers in the Cloud
Containers, Kubernetes, and Kubernetes Engine
Introduction to Kubernetes and GKE
Introduction to Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Computing (Anthos)
How GKE differs from Azure Kubernetes Service
Lab Introduction: Getting Started with Kubernetes Engine
Demonstration: Getting Started with Kubernetes Engine
Containers, Kubernetes, and Kubernetes Engine

Applications in the Cloud
Module introduction; introduction to App Engine
Google App Engine Standard Environment
Google App Engine Flexible Environment
Comparing App Engine to Azure App Service
Google Cloud Endpoints and Apigee Edge
App Engine
Applications in the Cloud

Developing, Deploying and Monitoring in the Cloud
Development in the cloud
Deployment: Infrastructure as code
How Cloud Deployment Manager differs from Azure Resource Manager
Monitoring: Proactive instrumentation
How Stackdriver differs from Azure application Insights
Demonstration: Getting Started with Deployment Manager and Stackdriver
Developing, Deploying, and Monitoring in the Cloud

Big Data and Machine Learning in the Cloud
Introduction to Big Data and Machine Learning
Google Cloud Big Data Platform
Cloud Dataflow
BigQuery
How BigQuery differs from Azure Data Lake Analytics
Cloud Pub/Sub and Cloud Datalab
How Cloud Pub/Sub differs from Azure Events Hub
Google Cloud Machine Learning Platform
Machine learning APIs
How GCP’s machine-learning APIs differ from Azure's
Demonstration: Getting Started with BigQuery
Big Data and Machine Learning

Summary and Review
Review
The Process of migrating from Azure to Google Cloud
Next steps
Summary and Review

Summary of User Reviews

Learn about Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Azure with this course. Users have praised this course for its comprehensive coverage and practical approach. Overall, this course has received positive reviews from users.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

comprehensive coverage

Pros from User Reviews

Practical and hands-on approach
Great introduction to GCP and Azure
Well-structured and easy to follow
Good balance of theory and practice

Cons from User Reviews

Some users found the pace too slow
Lack of depth in some areas
Not suitable for advanced users
No certification offered

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