Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Cert Prep
1h 35mAdvanced2025-12-15
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Google Cloud
Course details
A Google-certified Professional Cloud Architect is skilled at leveraging Google Cloud technologies to design, develop, and manage robust, secure, scalable, efficient, cost-effective, highly available, and flexible solutions that drive business objectives. In this course, discover the core concepts and skills covered on the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification exam. The exam assesses your ability to design and plan a cloud solution architecture, manage and provision the cloud solution infrastructure, design for security and compliance, analyze and optimize technical and business processes, manage implementations of cloud architecture, and ensure solution and operations excellence. By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to navigate the breadth and scope of the official exam.
Concepts
Introduction
- Module overview
- Introduction to the Professional Cloud Architect role
- Certification value and benefits
- Certification process
- Creating your study plan
Designing and Planning a Cloud Solution Architecture
- Module overview
- Designing Cymbal Direct's cloud architecture
- Introduction - Diagnostic questions for module 1
- Diagnostic questions practice demo
- Your study plan
Managing and Provisioning a Solution Infrastructure
- Module overview
- Provisioning a cloud solution to meet Cymbal Direct s requirements
- Introduction - Diagnostic questions for module 2
- Your study plan
Designing for Security and Compliance
- Module overview
- Storing Cymbal Retail s data
- Introduction - Diagnostic questions for module 3
- Your study plan
Analyzing and Optimizing Technical and Business Processes
- Module overview
- Optimizing Cymbal Direct s technical and business processes and procedures for the cloud
- Introduction - Diagnostic questions for module 4
- Your study plan
Managing Implementation and Ensuring Solution and Operations Reliability
- Module overview
- Implementation, operations, and reliability at Cymbal Direct
- Introduction - Diagnostic questions for module 5
- Your study plan
Case Study Preparation and Your Next Steps
- Module overview
- Analyzing a case study - Dress4Win
- Understand overarching goals
- Identify and itemize objectives
- Categorize and prioritize objectives
- Analyze and determine preliminary options
- Refine options identify solution
- Weekly study goals