Google Cloud Digital Leader Certification Training

About Course

The Google Cloud Digital Leader Certification equips professionals with foundational knowledge of Google Cloud technologies and their business benefits. It covers topics such as cloud fundamentals, Google Cloud services overview, and cloud adoption strategies. Aimed at business leaders and decision-makers, this certification enables understanding of cloud computing essentials and strategies for leveraging Google Cloud to drive digital transformation. Participants learn to assess cloud readiness, formulate cloud adoption plans, and optimize business processes using cloud technologies. Certification validates knowledge in cloud fundamentals, enhancing strategic decision-making capabilities and enabling leaders to lead effective cloud initiatives that align with organizational goals and enhance competitive advantage.

Course Content

Module 1: Getting Started – Google Cloud – Cloud Digital Leader Certification

Introduction – Google Cloud Platform – GCP – Cloud Digital Leader Certification
Course Overview – Google Cloud – Cloud Digital Leader Certification
DO NOT SKIP – Course Downloads – PDF Presentation – Google Cloud Digital Leader
About Your Course Instructor
Introduction to Cloud and GCP – Google Cloud Platform
Creating GCP – Google Cloud Platform – Account V2

Module 2: Regions and Zones in GCP – Google Cloud Platform

Module 3: Getting started with Compute Engine, Instance Groups & Load Balancing

Section Introduction – Getting started with Compute Engine, Instance Groups &
Step 01 – Getting started with Google Compute Engine – GCE
Step 02 – Creating your first Virtual Machine in GCP
Commands executed in next steps
Step 03 – Installing HTTP Webserver on Google Compute Engine Virtual Machine
Step 04 – Exploring Compute Engine VM IP Addresses in Google Cloud Platform
Start up script for next step!
Step 05 – Simplifying Web Server setup with Compute Engine Startup Script
Step 06 – Simplifying VM creation in Google Cloud Platform – Instance Templates
Step 07 – Reducing Launch Time with a Custom Image
Step 08 – Understanding Sustained Use Discounts in GCP – Google Cloud Platform
Step 09 – Understanding Committed Use Discounts in GCP – Google Cloud Platform
Step 10 – Saving Costs with Preemptible VMs
COURSE UPDATE – Quick Review of Spot VMs
Step 11 – Creating VMs on Dedicated Host with Sole Tenant Nodes
Do You Want to Help Others Like You?
Step 12 – Understanding Custom Machine Types
Step 12a – Exploring Licensing Costs for Google Compute Engine
Step 13 – Quick Review – Google Compute Engine
Step 13 00 – Google Compute Engine – Scenarios
Step 14 – Managing multiple VMs using Instance Groups in GCP
Step 15 – Creating Managed Instances Groups in Google Cloud V2
Step 16 – Playing with Managed Instances Groups in Google Cloud
Step 17 – 0 – Load Balancing in Google Cloud Platform – Cloud Load Balancing
Step 17 – Creating a Load Balancer in Google Cloud with Cloud Load Balancing V2
Step 18 – Exploring Load Balancer in GCP – Google Cloud Platform
Optimize Your Cloud Usage

Module 4: Managed Services – IAAS, PAAS and SAAS in Google Cloud Platform

Section Introduction – Managed Services – IAAS, PAAS and SAAS in GCP
Step 01 – What are Managed Services?
Step 02 – Understanding IAAS and PAAS
Step 03 – Understanding Evolution to Containers and Container Orchestration
Step 04 – Understanding Serverless
Step 05 – Understanding SaaS (Software as a Service)
Step 06 – Understanding Shared Responsibility Model
Step 07 – Exploring Google Cloud Platform GCP Compute Services
Do you want to help us?

Module 5: Exploring Google Cloud Platform GCP Compute Services

Section Introduction – Exploring Google Cloud Platform GCP Compute Services
Step 01 – Getting Started with Google App Engine (GAE)
Step 02 – Understanding App Engine Environments – Standard and Flexible
Downloads for next lecture
Step 03 – Playing with App Engine – GAE
Step 04 – Exploring App Engine in GCP – App, Services and Versions
Step 04a – IaaS or PaaS or SaaS – Service Categories – Scenarios
Step 05 – Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine GKE
Step 06 – Kubernetes Journey – Creating a GKE Cluster
Commands executed in next steps
Step 07 – Kubernetes Journey – Create a Deployment and a Service
Step 08 – Kubernetes Journey – Scaling Deployments and Resizing Node Pools
Step 09 – Kubernetes Journey – Autoscaling
Step 10 – Delete GKE Service, Deployment and Cluster
Step 11 – Getting Started with Google Cloud Functions V2
Step 12 – Creating your first Google Cloud – Cloud Function V2
Step 13 – Getting Started with Google Cloud Run and Anthos V2
Step 14 – Scenarios – GCP Compute Services

Module 6: Block, File and Object Storage in GCP

Section Introduction – Block, File and Object Storage in GCP
Step 01 – Exploring Block and File Storage in GCP V2
Downloads
Step 02 – Playing with Object Storage in GCP – Cloud Storage
Step 03 – Exploring Cloud Storage in GCP
Step 04 – Understanding Cloud Storage – Storage Classes
Course Update: SLA for Storage Classes
Step 05 – Understanding Cloud Storage – Lifecycle Management
Step 06 – Transferring data to cloud – Online, Transfer Service and Transfer
Step 07 – Storage in Google Cloud – Scenarios

Module 7: Databases in Google Cloud

Section Introduction – Databases in Google Cloud
Step 01 – Understanding Database Fundamentals – Choosing Databases
Step 02 – OLTP Relational Databases in Google Cloud – Cloud SQL & Cloud Spanner
Step 03 – Demo – Playing with Cloud SQL
Step 04 – Demo – Playing with Cloud SQL – 2
Step 05 – Demo – Playing with Cloud Spanner V2
Step 06 – OLAP Relational Database in Google Cloud – BigQuery
Step 07 – NoSQL Databases in Google Cloud – Firestore, Datastore and BigTable
Step 08 – Demo – Playing with Firestore
Step 09 – In memory Database in Google Cloud – Memorystore
Step 10 – Databases in Google Cloud Platform – A Quick Review
Step 11 – Databases in Google Cloud Platform – Scenarios

Module 8: Security Threats Today

Module 9: Getting started with Cloud IAM

Module 10: Getting Started with Encryption and Cloud KMS

Module 11: Organizing Google Cloud Resources and Setting up Hybrid Cloud

Section Introduction – Organizing Google Cloud Resources
Step 01 – Organizing Google Cloud Resources – Projects, Folders and Organization
Step 02 – Exploring Billing Accounts
Step 03 – Understanding IAM Best Practices
Step 04 – Cloud Computing Terminology – Public vs Private vs Hybrid Cloud
Step 05 – Implementing Hybrid Cloud with Cloud VPN and Cloud Interconnect
Step 06 – Understanding User Identity Management in GCP
Step 07 – Understanding Organization Policy Service
Step 08 – Exploring IAM Policy at multiple levels – Resourcing Hierarchy
Step 09 – Quick Introduction to Identity Platform

Module 12: Getting Started with DevOps

Step 01 – What is DevOps?
Step 02 – Exploring DevOps Practices – Continuous Integration, Deployment, …
Step 03 – DevOps in Google Cloud – Continuous Integration, Deployment & Delivery
Step 12 – Exploring Container Registry and Artifact Registry
Step 03a – Exploring a DevOps Example – Cloud Run with Cloud Build
Step 04 – Exploring DevOps Practices – Infrastructure as Code
Step 05 – Exploring DevOps – Operations in Google Cloud
Step 05a – Exploring Cloud Operations Scenarios with Microservices
Step 06 – Getting Started with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
Step 07 – Understanding Key Metrics for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
Step 08 – Understanding Best Practices for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Module 13: Building Loosely Coupled Applications with Cloud Pub Sub

Module 14: Google Cloud Architecture for Cloud Digital Leader

Step 01 – Architecture – Loose Coupling with Pub Sub
Step 01 – Exploring Different Data Formats & Corresponding Google Cloud Services
Step 01a – Getting Started with Cloud Dataproc
Step 02 – Architecture 1 – Big Data Flow – Batch Ingest
Step 03 – Architecture 2 – Streaming Data
Step 04 – Architecture 3 – IOT
Step 04 02 – Architecture 4 – Data Lakes
Step 05 – What is Data Governance about?
Step 06 – Dataplex – Data Mesh in Google Cloud
Step 07 – Making Best Use of Data – Scenarios

Module 15: API Management in Google Cloud

Module 16: Trust and Security in Google Cloud

Step 01 – Cloud vs On Premises Security
Step 02 – Key Characteristics for Cloud Security
Step 03 – Trusted Infrastructure From Google
Step 04 – Enhanced Security Using 2 Step Verification (2SV)
Step 05 – Exploring SecOps
Step 06 – Exploring Google Cloud Trust Principles
Step 07 – Exploring Data Privacy and Data Residency Management
Step 08 – Important Security Related Services in Google Cloud
Step 09 – Understanding Zero Trust Security Model

Module 17: Machine Learning in Google Cloud

Module 18: Exploring Cloud Native and Other Modern Architectures

Module 19: Digital Transformation with Google Cloud

Step 00 – Section Introduction – Digital Transformation with Cloud
Step 01 – Introduction to Digital Transformation
Step 02 – Cloud is an Enabler for Digital Transformation
Step 03 – Google Cloud Adoption Framework – 10,000 Feet Overview
Step 04 – Infrastructure Modernization with Google Cloud
Step 05 – Application Modernization with Google Cloud
Step 06 – Business Platform Modernization with Google Cloud
Step 07 – Cloud Migration Scenarios

Module 20: Scaling Operations in Google Cloud

Module 21: Cost Management in Google Cloud Platform – GCP

Step 00 – Section Introduction – Cost Management in Google Cloud Platform
Step 01 – Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Step 02 – Consumption based vs Fixed price Pricing Models
Step 03 – Expenditure Models/ CapEx vs OpEx
Step 04 – How is Cost Decided?
Step 04a – Exploring Google Cloud Pricing Calculator
Step 05 – GCP Cost Management
Step 06 – Managing Costs – Best Practices
Step 07 – Understanding Google Cloud Quotas
Step 08 – Cost Management – Scenarios

Module 22: Quick Review – Google Cloud – Cloud Digital Leader Certification

Module 23: Get Ready – Google Cloud – Cloud Digital Leader Certification

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What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Module 1: Getting Started – Google Cloud – Cloud Digital Leader Certification

Introduction – Google Cloud Platform – GCP – Cloud Digital Leader Certification

Course Overview – Google Cloud – Cloud Digital Leader Certification

DO NOT SKIP – Course Downloads – PDF Presentation – Google Cloud Digital Leader

About Your Course Instructor

Introduction to Cloud and GCP – Google Cloud Platform

Creating GCP – Google Cloud Platform – Account V2

Module 2: Regions and Zones in GCP – Google Cloud Platform

Step 01 – Why do we need Regions and Zones

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Step 02 – Understanding Regions and Zones in GCP – Google Cloud Platform

Module 3: Getting started with Compute Engine, Instance Groups & Load Balancing

Section Introduction – Getting started with Compute Engine, Instance Groups &

Step 01 – Getting started with Google Compute Engine – GCE

Step 02 – Creating your first Virtual Machine in GCP

Commands executed in next steps

Step 03 – Installing HTTP Webserver on Google Compute Engine Virtual Machine

Step 04 – Exploring Compute Engine VM IP Addresses in Google Cloud Platform

Start up script for next step!

Step 05 – Simplifying Web Server setup with Compute Engine Startup Script

Step 06 – Simplifying VM creation in Google Cloud Platform – Instance Templates

Step 07 – Reducing Launch Time with a Custom Image

Step 08 – Understanding Sustained Use Discounts in GCP – Google Cloud Platform

Step 09 – Understanding Committed Use Discounts in GCP – Google Cloud Platform

Step 10 – Saving Costs with Preemptible VMs

COURSE UPDATE – Quick Review of Spot VMs

Step 11 – Creating VMs on Dedicated Host with Sole Tenant Nodes

Do You Want to Help Others Like You?

Step 12 – Understanding Custom Machine Types

Step 12a – Exploring Licensing Costs for Google Compute Engine

Step 13 – Quick Review – Google Compute Engine

Step 13 00 – Google Compute Engine – Scenarios

Step 14 – Managing multiple VMs using Instance Groups in GCP

Step 15 – Creating Managed Instances Groups in Google Cloud V2

Step 16 – Playing with Managed Instances Groups in Google Cloud

Step 17 – 0 – Load Balancing in Google Cloud Platform – Cloud Load Balancing

Step 17 – Creating a Load Balancer in Google Cloud with Cloud Load Balancing V2

Step 18 – Exploring Load Balancer in GCP – Google Cloud Platform

Optimize Your Cloud Usage

Module 4: Managed Services – IAAS, PAAS and SAAS in Google Cloud Platform

Section Introduction – Managed Services – IAAS, PAAS and SAAS in GCP

Step 01 – What are Managed Services?

Step 02 – Understanding IAAS and PAAS

Step 03 – Understanding Evolution to Containers and Container Orchestration

Step 04 – Understanding Serverless

Step 05 – Understanding SaaS (Software as a Service)

Step 06 – Understanding Shared Responsibility Model

Step 07 – Exploring Google Cloud Platform GCP Compute Services

Do you want to help us?

Module 5: Exploring Google Cloud Platform GCP Compute Services

Section Introduction – Exploring Google Cloud Platform GCP Compute Services

Step 01 – Getting Started with Google App Engine (GAE)

Step 02 – Understanding App Engine Environments – Standard and Flexible

Downloads for next lecture

Step 03 – Playing with App Engine – GAE

Step 04 – Exploring App Engine in GCP – App, Services and Versions

Step 04a – IaaS or PaaS or SaaS – Service Categories – Scenarios

Step 05 – Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine GKE

Step 06 – Kubernetes Journey – Creating a GKE Cluster

Commands executed in next steps

Step 07 – Kubernetes Journey – Create a Deployment and a Service

Step 08 – Kubernetes Journey – Scaling Deployments and Resizing Node Pools

Step 09 – Kubernetes Journey – Autoscaling

Step 10 – Delete GKE Service, Deployment and Cluster

Step 11 – Getting Started with Google Cloud Functions V2

Step 12 – Creating your first Google Cloud – Cloud Function V2

Step 13 – Getting Started with Google Cloud Run and Anthos V2

Step 14 – Scenarios – GCP Compute Services

Module 6: Block, File and Object Storage in GCP

Section Introduction – Block, File and Object Storage in GCP

Step 01 – Exploring Block and File Storage in GCP V2

Downloads

Step 02 – Playing with Object Storage in GCP – Cloud Storage

Step 03 – Exploring Cloud Storage in GCP

Step 04 – Understanding Cloud Storage – Storage Classes

Course Update: SLA for Storage Classes

Step 05 – Understanding Cloud Storage – Lifecycle Management