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Once you enroll and your session begins, you will have access to all videos and other resources, including reading items and the course discussion forum. You’ll be able to view and submit practice assessments, and complete required graded assignments to earn a grade and a Course Certificate.

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9 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

6 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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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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Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure introduces important concepts and terminology for working with Google Cloud. Through videos and hands-on labs, this course presents and compares many of Google Cloud's computing and storage services, along with important resource and policy management tools.

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

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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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5 videosTotal 16 minutes

Google Cloud resource hierarchy5 minutes
Identity and Access Management (IAM)4 minutes
Service accounts2 minutes
Cloud Identity1 minute
Interacting with Google Cloud4 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 5 minutes

Quiz.5 minutes

1 app itemTotal 25 minutes

Getting Started with Cloud Marketplace25 minutes

1 pluginTotal 15 minutes

Accessing and completing labs15 minutes

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

7 videosTotal 19 minutes

Virtual Private Cloud networking2 minutes
Compute Engine4 minutes
Scaling virtual machines1 minute
Important VPC compatibilities2 minutes
Cloud Load Balancing3 minutes
Cloud DNS and Cloud CDN2 minutes
Connecting networks to Google VPC6 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 12 minutes

Quiz.12 minutes

1 app itemTotal 60 minutes

Getting Started with VPC Networking and Google Compute Engine60 minutes

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

8 videosTotal 18 minutes

Google Cloud storage options1 minute
Cloud Storage4 minutes
Cloud Storage: Storage classes and data transfer5 minutes
Cloud SQL2 minutes
Spanner1 minute
Firestore1 minute
Bigtable2 minutes
Comparing storage options2 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 6 minutes

Quiz - Storage in the Cloud6 minutes

1 app itemTotal 50 minutes

Getting Started with Cloud Storage and Cloud SQL50 minutes

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 Run 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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Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

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Course Introduction

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Introducing Google Cloud

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Resources and Access in the Cloud

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Virtual Machines and Networks in the Cloud

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Storage in the Cloud

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Containers in the Cloud

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Applications in the Cloud

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