Migrating to Google Cloud

  • 4.5
Approx. 20 hours to complete

Course Summary

Learn how to migrate your business to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with this comprehensive course. Gain skills in virtual machines, storage, networking, and more.

Key Learning Points

  • Understand the benefits of migrating to GCP
  • Learn how to use GCP services like Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, and Cloud SQL
  • Explore migration strategies and best practices

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Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the benefits and challenges of migrating to GCP
  • Design and implement a migration strategy
  • Gain practical skills in using GCP services

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

  • Basic understanding of cloud computing
  • Familiarity with at least one programming language

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

  • Online
  • Self-paced
  • Video lectures

Similar Courses

  • Cloud Computing Basics
  • Architecting with Google Cloud Platform

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Notable People in This Field

  • Senior Vice President, Technical Infrastructure, Google
  • Director of Product Management, Google Cloud

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Description

This course introduces participants to the strategies to migrate from a source environment to Google Cloud. Participants are introduced to Google Cloud's fundamental concepts and more in depth topics, like creating virtual machines, configuring networks and managing access and identities. The course then covers the installation and migration process of Migrate for Compute Engine, including special features like test clones and wave migrations.

Knowledge

  • Assess the source environment and identify potential virtual machines to migrate
  • Recall Google Cloud's fundamental concepts and deploy virtual machines and global networks
  • Set up and migrate virtual machines from On-Premises or AWS to Google Cloud
  • Leverage the elasticity and globalization of the cloud with automation and load balancers

Outline

  • Introduction
  • Course Introduction
  • How to download course resources
  • How to Send Feedback
  • Introduction to Cloud Migration
  • Introduction to VM Migration
  • Cost of ownership
  • Reasons to move to the cloud
  • Migration types
  • The migration process
  • Review
  • Migration to Google Cloud: Choosing your migration path
  • Introduction to Cloud Migration
  • Assessing the Source Environment
  • Module Overview
  • The assessment phase
  • CloudPhysics assessment tool
  • Choosing virtual machines to migrate
  • CloudPhysics assessments walkthrough
  • Lab Intro: VM Migration Journey: Introduction to StratoZone Assessments
  • Lab Solution: VM Migration Journey: Introduction to StratoZone Assessments
  • Review
  • CloudPhysics registration and installation links
  • Perform cloud migration discovery and assessment with StratoZone
  • Assessing the Source Environment
  • Google Cloud Fundamentals
  • Module overview
  • Google Cloud terminology
  • Resource Hierarchy
  • Resource Objects
  • Demo: Resource Manager
  • Identity and access management
  • Compute Engine IAM roles
  • Service accounts
  • Lab Intro: Identity and Access Management
  • Lab Solution: Identity and Access Management
  • Cloud Identity
  • Interacting with Google Cloud
  • Lab Intro: Getting Started with Cloud Shell and gcloud Command Line Interface
  • Lab Solution: Getting Started with Cloud Shell and gcloud Command Line Interface
  • Quotas
  • Pricing calculator and budget
  • Labels
  • Lab Intro: Understanding and Analyzing your Costs with Google Cloud
  • Lab Solution: Understanding and Analyzing your Costs with Google Cloud
  • Review
  • Google Cloud Projects and Resources
  • IAM permissions
  • Service accounts
  • Virtual Machines and Networks in the Cloud
  • Module Overview
  • Regions and Zones
  • Virtual Private Cloud
  • Virtual Private Cloud types
  • Demo: Expand a Subnet
  • Firewall rules
  • Lab Intro: VPC Networking
  • Lab Review: VPC Networking
  • Compute Engine Virtual Machines
  • Demo: Internal and external IP
  • Machine types
  • Compute Engine pricing
  • Persistent Disks and Network Interfaces
  • Lab Intro: Creating Virtual Machines
  • Lab Review: Creating Virtual Machines
  • Interconnecting networks
  • Cloud VPN
  • Lab Intro: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
  • Lab Review: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
  • Cloud interconnect
  • Review
  • Migrate for Compute Engine
  • Module Overview
  • Migrate for Compute Engine overview
  • Migration technical architecture
  • Installation Process
  • Demo: Installation on vSphere
  • Demo: Installation on AWS
  • The migration process
  • Run in the cloud
  • AWS Run in the cloud difference
  • Detach
  • Demo: Migrating from vSphere to Google Cloud
  • Demo: Migrating from AWS to Google Cloud
  • Lab Intro: Migrating to Compute Engine
  • Lab Solution: Migrating to Compute Engine
  • Test clone
  • Offline migration
  • Wave migration
  • Wave Objects
  • Demo: Migration waves
  • Review
  • New workflow to configure the migration manager
  • Migrate for Compute Engine
  • Governance
  • Module Overview
  • Cloud Identity overview
  • Demo: Cloud Identity setup
  • User lifecycle management
  • Resource hierarchy
  • Resource hierarchy examples
  • IAM roles
  • Shared VPC
  • Demo: Shared VPC
  • Active Directory in the Cloud
  • Demo: Active Directory
  • Review
  • Governance
  • Logging, monitoring and next steps
  • Module Overview
  • The monitoring pyramid
  • Google Cloud's operations suite
  • Cloud Monitoring metrics
  • Lab Intro: Resource Monitoring
  • Lab Solution: Resource Monitoring
  • Cloud Logging
  • Managed Instance Group
  • Managed Instance Group features
  • Global Load Balancer
  • Lab Intro: Configuring an HTTP Load Balancer with Autoscaling
  • Lab Review: Configuring an HTTP Load Balancer with Autoscaling
  • Review
  • Google Cloud Rapid Assessment and Migration Program (RAMP)
  • Contacting Support
  • Google Cloud's operations suite

Summary of User Reviews

Discover how to migrate your infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform with this comprehensive course. Users have praised the course for its clear and concise explanations, as well as its practical examples and hands-on exercises.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

Many users appreciated the practical examples and hands-on exercises provided in the course.

Pros from User Reviews

  • Clear and concise explanations
  • Practical examples
  • Hands-on exercises
  • Comprehensive coverage of migration to GCP
  • Excellent instructor

Cons from User Reviews

  • Some users found the course too basic
  • Occasional technical issues with the platform
  • Lack of depth in certain topics
  • Not suitable for advanced users
  • Limited interaction with other students
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