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Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.7

(48,346 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
Approx. 5 hours
Learn at your own pace
95%
Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

  • Identify the purpose and value of Google Cloud products and services.

  • Define how infrastructure is organized and controlled in Google Cloud

  • Explain how to create a basic infrastructure in Google Cloud

  • Select and use Google Cloud storage options

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Taught in English

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There are 9 modules in this course

This section welcomes learners to the Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure course, and provides an overview of the course structure and goals.

What's included

1 video

This section identifies some of the key benefits of using Google Cloud. It's here that we introduce the components of the Google network infrastructure, and explore the differences between infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS).

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7 videos1 assignment

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.

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6 videos1 assignment1 app item

This section of the course explores how Google Compute Engine works, with a focus on virtual networking.

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7 videos1 assignment1 app item

This section of the course showcases five core Google Cloud storage products: Cloud Storage, Bigtable, Cloud SQL, Spanner, and Firestore.

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8 videos1 assignment1 app item

This section of the course explores containers and how they can be managed with Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine.

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3 videos1 assignment

The focus of this section of the course is developing applications in the cloud. It's here that we'll explore Cloud Run and Cloud Functions.

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2 videos1 assignment1 app item

This section looks at generative AI tools, how they work. We'll explore how to combine Google Cloud knowledge with prompt engineering to improve Gemini responses.

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1 video1 assignment

In this final section, we review what was presented in this course and discuss the next steps to continue your cloud learning journey.

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1 video1 reading

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