Cloud Architecture: Core Concepts
1h 20mBeginner2025-05-23
Authors
David Linthicum
Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte Consulting
Course details
Are you new to cloud computing? If so, this course can help you build your cloud computing skill set by familiarizing you with the business and tech-related basics of creating a cloud computing architecture. Join cloud-computing luminary David Linthicum as he discusses what cloud architecture is and why a strong architecture is crucial. After covering the fundamentals, he moves on to identifying the business and technical requirements of building a cloud architecture and goes over cloud parts and how to work from requirements to a solution. The course concludes by leading you through how to build your first architecture.
Skills covered
Cloud FoundationsCloud SecurityNetwork SecurityCybersecurityCloud ComputingDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - What is cloud architecture
- 02 - What you should know
1. Introduction to Cloud Architecture
- 03 - Cloud architecture basics
- 04 - Cloud architecture - Example 1
- 05 - Cloud architecture - Example 2
- 06 - Skills, tools, and processes
- 07 - Building a framework
2. Understanding Business Needs
- 08 - What problems need to be solved
- 09 - The as is state
- 10 - The to be state
- 11 - The value of architecture optimization
- 12 - Cloud architecture and security
- 13 - Cloud architecture and AI
- 14 - Challenge - Approaching architecture planning for Atlas Inc.
- 15 - Solution - Approaching architecture planning for Atlas Inc.
3. It's All about the Cloud Parts
- 16 - Cloud storage
- 17 - Cloud compute
- 18 - Cloud databases
- 19 - Cloud security
- 20 - Cloud operations (CloudOps)
- 21 - Cloud AI
- 22 - Additional cloud services
4. From Requirements to Solutions
- 23 - Storage level
- 24 - Data level
- 25 - Compute level
- 26 - Network level
- 27 - Security level
- 28 - Operations level
- 29 - Application level
- 30 - AI level
- 31 - Creating a winning cloud architecture
5. Building Your First Architecture
- 32 - Step 1 - Define your requirements
- 33 - Step 2 - Define your desired end state
- 34 - Step 3 - Mapping as is to to be
- 35 - Step 4 - Create your final architecture
Conclusion
- 36 - Learning more about cloud architecture
- 37 - Next steps