Cloud Digital Leader: Google Cloud Digital Leader

  • 7 Courses | 12h 32m 2s
 
Explore Google Cloud products and cloud computing basics and how they benifit organizations as you preoare for the Cloud Digital Leader certification exam.

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Digital Transformation with the Cloud

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Digital Transformation with the Cloud
Digital transformation with the cloud involves leveraging cloud technologies to innovate, streamline operations, and enhance business agility. It enables organizations to adopt new business models, improve customer experiences, and drive significant efficiencies through scalable and flexible cloud solutions. In this course, you will learn about the Cloud Digital Leader certification, including an overview of the certification's requirements, exam details, and key topics. This will give you a clear understanding of the skills needed to achieve this certification. Next, you will explore the fundamentals of cloud computing, focusing on its core principles and benefits such as scalability, cost efficiency, and flexibility. You will also examine how cloud computing drives digital transformation, with case studies illustrating real-world applications and benefits. Finally, you will investigate different cloud deployment models, including private, public, hybrid, and multicloud environments and you will discover various cloud service models, such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Digital transformation with the cloud involves leveraging cloud technologies to innovate, streamline operations, and enhance business agility. It enables organizations to adopt new business models, improve customer experiences, and drive significant efficiencies through scalable and flexible cloud solutions. In this course, you will learn about the Cloud Digital Leader certification, including an overview of the certification's requirements, exam details, and key topics. This will give you a clear understanding of the skills needed to achieve this certification. Next, you will explore the fundamentals of cloud computing, focusing on its core principles and benefits such as scalability, cost efficiency, and flexibility. You will also examine how cloud computing drives digital transformation, with case studies illustrating real-world applications and benefits. Finally, you will investigate different cloud deployment models, including private, public, hybrid, and multicloud environments and you will discover various cloud service models, such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). This course helps prepare learners for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam.
12 videos | 1h 54m has Assessment available Badge
Introducing Google Cloud Concepts
Google Cloud empowers users with a comprehensive suite of services, providing the tools necessary to innovate and optimize operations. By understanding the shared responsibility model, total cost of ownership, and Google Cloud's infrastructure, users can effectively navigate and utilize its ecosystem to enhance business agility and efficiency. In this course, you will learn about Google Cloud and its various services, including compute, storage, networking, AI, and big data. This will provide you with an overview of the vast capabilities and functionalities available within Google Cloud. Next, you will explore the shared responsibility model on the cloud, understanding the division of responsibilities between cloud providers and customers. You will also examine the total cost of ownership, gain insights into Google Cloud's global infrastructure, and learn about the Google Cloud Adoption Framework. Finally, you will dive into fundamental Google Cloud concepts and the resource hierarchy within the platform. You will create a project on Google Cloud, access various products and services, and become familiar with Cloud Shell and the Cloud Shell Editor. This course helps prepare learners for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam.
14 videos | 2h 11m has Assessment available Badge
Compute on the Google Cloud
Google Cloud's compute capabilities provide robust tools for optimizing performance and cost, with flexible configurations and advanced management features. In this course, you will learn about the compute capabilities of Google Cloud, focusing on the specifics of Compute Engine configuration. You will explore various options and settings to optimize performance and cost, gaining a comprehensive understanding of managing compute resources within Google Cloud. Next, you will navigate to the Google Compute Engine page to create instances and configure regions, zones, and machine types. You will complete virtual machine (VM) configurations by specifying the boot disk, setting up service accounts, and viewing networking, management, and other options. You will also practice connecting to VMs using Secure Shell (SSH) for effective management and interaction. Finally, you will use the gcloud command line tool to manage instances, run a simple website on a VM, configure startup scripts, and create snapshots. These hands-on activities will provide you with practical experience needed to effectively manage and deploy applications on Google Cloud. This course helps prepare learners for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam.
12 videos | 1h 35m has Assessment available Badge
Google Cloud Digital Leader: Working with Data
Managing diverse data types effectively is crucial for modern organizations to drive informed decision-making and optimize operations. Understanding the characteristics and storage solutions for different data types enables businesses to harness the full potential of their data assets. In this course, you will learn about the historical challenges of working with data, including difficulties accessing, managing, and analyzing large volumes of diverse information. You will explore the characteristics of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, and the problem with data silos. Next, you will investigate the characteristics of various data storage systems, including relational databases for structured data with complex relationships, key-value stores for simple lookups, and document databases for semi-structured data. Then you will examine data warehouses and data lakes. Finally, you will discover how to choose the right storage paradigm based on specific use-cases and data requirements. You will examine the distinctions between first-, second-, and third-party data, analyze the data value chain, and learn about data governance. This course helps prepare learners for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam.
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Google Cloud Digital Leader: Storage Options for Unstructured Data
Effectively managing unstructured data is essential for organizations to optimize their storage solutions and ensure data accessibility and protection. Leveraging Google Cloud Storage allows businesses to utilize scalable, cost-effective storage options while implementing robust data management practices and advanced features. In this course, you will discover the various storage options for unstructured data, focusing on Google Cloud Storage (GCS). You will navigate through the Google Cloud Console, familiarize yourself with its interface and capabilities, and study the properties of buckets. Then you will explore different storage classes, such as standard, coldline, and archive, and analyze the tradeoffs between storage and access costs. Next, you will learn how to view objects and their metadata within GCS, and practice working with objects using the gsutil command line tool. You will investigate bucket-level retention policies and the importance of placing holds on objects to prevent accidental deletion or modification. Finally, you will examine generation and metageneration, object lifecycle rules, object versioning, and the soft delete feature. This course helps prepare learners for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam.
13 videos | 1h 34m available Badge
Google Cloud Digital Leader: Storage Options for Structured Data
Managing structured data in the cloud is crucial for ensuring reliable and scalable database operations. Leveraging services like Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, and Cloud Spanner allows organizations to optimize their data management practices, enhance performance, and integrate seamlessly with other cloud services for comprehensive data solutions. In this course, you will explore storage options for structured data, focusing on the features of Cloud SQL. You will gain hands-on experience in provisioning a Cloud SQL instance, managing users, configuring settings, and ensuring security. Then you will learn how to connect to a Cloud SQL instance using various tools and methods. Next, you will learn about high availability (HA) for Cloud SQL, the benefits of choosing Cloud SQL for different use cases, and Cloud SQL Studio. Finally, you will discover advanced database solutions, like AlloyDB, a fully managed PostgreSQL-compatible database service designed for high performance and scalability, and Cloud Spanner, which is ideal for transactional data, offering global consistency and horizontal scalability. This course helps prepare learners for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam.
12 videos | 1h 17m available Badge
Google Cloud Digital Leader: Enterprise Data Warehouses
Managing large-scale analytics and diverse data types is essential for organizations to derive valuable insights and optimize performance. Leveraging Google Cloud solutions like BigQuery, Bigtable, Firestore, and Looker enables businesses to efficiently handle analytical and semi-structured data, while gaining powerful business intelligence. Discover how to leverage BigQuery for large-scale analytics to manage and analyze extensive datasets effectively. You will explore Bigtable for semi-structured data and Firestore for real-time capabilities and ease of use. Next, you will learn how to choose the right storage solution for structured data. Then you will investigate the process of migrating databases to the cloud and the best practices for a smooth transition. Additionally, you will learn how to derive business intelligence and insights using Looker. Finally, you will focus on practical aspects of managing data in BigQuery to create datasets and tables, run queries, and optimize data management processes, use Looker Studio to visualize data, and practice command line operations with the bq tool. This course helps prepare learners for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification exam.
14 videos | 1h 53m available Badge
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