Which of the cloud computing, storage, database, and networking services of the Google Cloud Platform fits your business requirements? IT professionals—including architects, network admins, and technology stakeholders—can discover the offerings of this leading cloud platform and learn how to use Google Cloud Console and other tools in this course. Lynn Langit shows how to work with virtual machines, Docker containers, relational data stores, NoSQL data, BigQuery, and more. Lynn shares practical tips for saving money, planning deployments, and exploring compatible integration options. She also explains how services work together in common implementation scenarios and architectural patterns.

Topics include:

  • Google Cloud Platform benefits
  • Compute services
  • Database and storage services
  • Data pipeline services
  • Machine learning and visualization
  • Networking and developer tools
  • Implementation solutions
  • Architecture options

Introduction

Welcome

Who should watch this course

A note about working with cloud services

1. Roles

About cloud careers

Roles

IT pro roles

Developer roles

Analyst roles

Architect roles

2. IT Pro Skills

Virtualization

Networking

Security

Monitoring

Scaling

Scripting

3. Developer Skills

Programming

Database

Analyst

Programming languages

4. Certifications

Vendor cloud certifications

AWS certifications

Azure certifications

GCP certifications

IBM certifications

Other vendors certifications

5. Cloud Career Paths

IT pro to…

Dev to…

Analyst to…

Architect to…

6. Future of the Cloud

Emerging technologies and careers

Cost management

Professional development

Communities: Vendor MVPs

Conclusion

Next steps