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Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform LiveLessons

Published by: Addison Wesley / Pearson
May 2018

Lecture Size: 93x50
Length: +02 hrs
Lecture Date: 10/2018

Lecture Link: https://www.safaribooksonline.com/
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| Two and a half hours of video instruction introducing cloud
| concepts, the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem, the GCP
| foundational services, and starting points for implementation.

| Overview

| Getting Started with Google Cloud Platform LiveLessons teaches the
| basics of Google Cloud so you can better understand this key
| platform. Chad Smith, a Google and AWS certified instructor,
| designed this course to help you make sense of the choices
| available in GCP by providing a foundational view of cloud
| infrastructure, and how it differs from its on-premise
| counterpart. Through the use of demos and concept walk-throughs,
| you will learn all about commonly used services and how they
| integrate with one another and with on-premise infrastructures.

| Migrating to the cloud can be a journey full of misinformation and
| assumptions. In addition, the differences between on-premise IT
| infrastructure and cloud infrastructure make it difficult to
| understand which services can be appropriate for workloads.
| Worldwide, cloud-first strategies are being replaced by cloud-only
| strategies, and for companies who haven't begun migration, the
| choices can be overwhelming.

| Topics include:

Introduction to Cloud Computing
Starting in GCP
Security and Monitoring
Foundational Services
Application Development and Deployment
Automation and Operations
Next Steps

| Skill Level

Beginner/Intermediate

| Learn How To

Understand the difference between cloud and on-premise
| architecture
Learn the starting points for GCP adoption
Discover initial use cases for GCP foundational services
Learn the next steps for increased adoption of GCP

| Who Should Take This Course

Technical professionals who will be using GCP from many
| disciplines: IT, networking, security, development
Project managers and decision-makers who will be responsible
| for cloud adoption
Professionals who are already using cloud hosting providers
| such as AWS or Azure who want to compare those offerings with GCP

| Course Requirements

Basic understanding of IT or software engineering or
| technology in general

| Lesson Descriptions

| Lesson 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing
| In this lesson, you gain a basic understanding of what Cloud
| Computing means. The differences between traditional IT
| infrastructure and those deploying into the Cloud are discussed.

| Lesson 2: Starting in GCP
| The path to migration into the Google Cloud is summarized in this
| lesson. There is a logical progression from simple to complex.

| Lesson 3: Security and Monitoring
| This lesson covers the IAM service, and the elements required to
| set up access control for project resources. The role of
| monitoring in GCP is discussed, and the service that can be used
| to deploy a 360-degree monitoring solution of resources both in
| the cloud and on-premise.

| Lesson 4: Foundational Services
| This lesson introduces services that can be used for getting work
| done. Subjects are covered in order of familiarity compared to
| traditional data centers, leading with compute services, and then
| network services.

| Lesson 5: Application Development and Deployment
| The application-hosting services in GCP are explored in this
| lesson. There is a range of options, from 100% flexible to 100%
| managed, spanning several services and features. This lesson has
| implications on architecture, devops, and operations, as well as
| the tradeoffs between the three.

| Lesson 6: Automation and Operations
| In this lesson some of the best practices that Google has learned
| by hosting such a large infrastructure are discussed, focusing on
| operations. Automation in GCP is covered, and the lesson ends with
| a discussion on the role of QA in a well-run, cloud-based
| environment.

| Lesson 7: Next Steps
| There is so much more to the GCP ecosystem that targets specific
| workloads and use cases, and these services and features span many
| different disciplines. For customers who are just starting out,
| there are resources to assist with migration and experimentation.
| These can be essential to a successful adoption of GCP; as such,
| some guidance on next steps is provided.

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