Google Cloud Platform Overview
Description
Comprehensive introduction to Google Cloud Platform including its global infrastructure, core services, management interfaces, and fundamental concepts specific to Google Cloud.
Learning Objectives
Learners will understand Google Cloud's global infrastructure, regions and zones, core service categories, resource hierarchy, billing concepts, and management tools. They will be able to navigate the Google Cloud Console and understand fundamental GCP concepts essential for cloud digital leadership.
Topics (7)
Comprehensive overview of Google Cloud's physical and logical infrastructure including geographical distribution, network capabilities, and edge locations.
Systematic overview of Google Cloud service portfolio organized by functional categories with primary use cases and integration patterns.
Structural understanding of how Google Cloud organizes resources hierarchically and how permissions and policies inherit through the hierarchy.
Comprehensive coverage of Google Cloud pricing structures, billing accounts, cost management, budgets, and strategies for cost optimization.
Introduction to Google Cloud APIs, RESTful interfaces, authentication methods, and available SDKs for different programming languages.
Overview of Google Cloud support tiers, documentation structure, community forums, training resources, and troubleshooting approaches.
Practical training on Google Cloud Console navigation, Cloud Shell usage, gcloud CLI basics, and API management for effective cloud resource administration.