This accelerated 6-hour course with labs introduces AWS professionals to the core capabilities of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in the four technology pillars: networking, compute, storage, and database. It is designed for AWS Solution Architects and SysOps Administrators familiar with AWS features and setup and want to gain experience configuring GCP products immediately. With presentations, demos, and hands-on labs, participants get details of similarities, differences, and initial how-tos quickly. If you prefer to learn fast by doing, this course is for you.
Learning Objectives
This course teaches participants the following skills:
● Identify GCP counterparts for Amazon VPC, subnets, routes, NACLs, IGW, Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, auto-scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, AWS IAM, and more
● Configure accounts, billing, projects, networks, subnets, firewalls, VMs, disks, auto scaling, load balancing, storage, databases, IAM, and more
● Manage and monitor applications
● Explain feature and pricing model differences
● Locate documentation and training.
Prerequisites
To get the most of out of this course, participants should have basic proficiency with networking technologies like subnets and routing. Students are also expected to have experience with Amazon VPC, Amazon EC2 instances, and disks. Familiarity with Amazon S3 and AWS database technologies is recommended.
Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals for AWS Professionals
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Google Cloud
About this Course
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Skills you will gain
Load BalancingGoogleGoogle Cloud PlatformCloud Computing
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
111 minutes to complete
Module 1: Intro to Google Cloud Platform
1 video (Total 5 min), 1 quiz
1 video
Concepts4m
1 practice exercise
GCP Infrastructure6m
1 hour to complete
Module 2: Setting Up Accounts and Billing
4 videos (Total 14 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
2 readings
A note about this module's lab10m
Codelab: Open an Account and Manage Billing and Projects15m
1 practice exercise
Setting Up Accounts and Billing6m
1 hour to complete
Module 3: Networking
5 videos (Total 20 min), 2 quizzes
5 videos
Concepts Part 24m
Demo Part 15m
Demo Part 23m
Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform and Qwiklabs2m
1 practice exercise
Networking6m
2 hours to complete
Module 4: Working with VM Instances
4 videos (Total 16 min), 2 quizzes
1 practice exercise
Working with VM Instances6m
2 hours to complete
Module 5: Scaling and Load Balancing Apps
6 videos (Total 23 min), 2 quizzes
1 practice exercise
Scaling and Load Balancing Apps6m
1 hour to complete
Module 6: Isolating Instances and Apps
4 videos (Total 16 min), 2 quizzes
1 practice exercise
Isolating Instances and Apps6m
1 hour to complete
Module 7: Using Storage as a Service
3 videos (Total 10 min), 2 quizzes
1 practice exercise
Using Storage as a Service Quiz6m
1 hour to complete
Module 8: Using Database as a Service
5 videos (Total 20 min), 2 quizzes
1 practice exercise
Using Database as a Service4m
1 hour to complete
Module 9: Deployment and Monitoring
4 videos (Total 16 min), 2 quizzes
1 practice exercise
Deployment and Monitoring6m
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Top Reviews
This course is very helpful for any AWS professional, very quick and well designed course, it gives good insights about GCP products, features and similarities with AWS.
I loved the short, but information packed lectures with plenty of references! It was also refreshing to have a lecturer with clear and precise language skills.
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