Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure introduces important concepts and terminology for working with Google Cloud. Through videos and hands-on labs, this course presents and compares many of Google Cloud's computing and storage services, along with important resource and policy management tools.
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What you will learn
Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services.
Choose among and use application deployment environments on Google Cloud: App Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Compute Engine.
Choose among and use Google Cloud storage options: Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Bigtable, and Firestore.
Interact with Google Cloud services.
Skills you will gain
- Google Compute Engine
- Google App Engine (GAE)
- Google Cloud Platform
- Cloud Computing
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Google Cloud
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Course Introduction
This section welcomes learners to the Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure course, and provides an overview of the course structure and goals.
Introducting Google Cloud
This section identifies some of the key benefits of using Google Cloud. It's here that we introduce the components of Google's network infrastructure, and explore the differences between Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).
Resources and Access in the Cloud
This section explores how resources get organized with projects, and how access to those resources gets shared with the right part of a workforce through a tool called Identity and Access Management (IAM). It's also in this section that we identify different ways to interact with Google Cloud.
Virtual Machines and Networks in the Cloud
This section of the course explores how Google Compute Engine works, with a focus on virtual networking.
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TOP REVIEWS FROM GOOGLE CLOUD FUNDAMENTALS: CORE INFRASTRUCTURE
It was a very interactive session with very qualified tutors, Qwiklabs is a very nice platform to do hands-on and practice all the google cloud concepts, looking forward to learn more with coursera
This course is useful for those who wants to explorer google cloud platform
e.g: what database engine should I use?
what is more cost efficient for our application, Compute engine or App engine
Video content served as a great intro, but at times more detail was needed to complete tests with high scores. Consider adding more content in videos or links to articles with more info before tests.
Very helpful and informative. The videos guided me perfectly and quizzes helped to recollect what I learned. Moreover the demonstration sessions were perfectly arranged and gave us proper benefit.
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