Digital Transformation with Google Cloud Literacy (Beginner Level)

Topics covered

• access and use Cloud Shell for command line operations on the Google Cloud
• assess the total cost of ownership of on-premise and cloud-based solutions
• create a project on the Google Cloud and outline the role of the project name and identifier
• describe the characteristics of on-premise infrastructure and cloud computing
• describe the digital transformation enabled by the cloud
• describe the resource hierarchy on the Google Cloud - organizations, folders, projects, and resources
• describe the shared responsibility model between the customer and the cloud provider
• list the pros and cons of hybrid cloud and multicloud
• list the pros and cons of private and public clouds
• outline the basic Google Cloud services for compute, storage, networking, big data, and AI
• outline the benefits of moving workloads to the cloud
• outline the characteristics of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• outline the characteristics of Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS)
• outline the topics and target audience of the Cloud Digital Leader certification
• provide an overview of fundamental Google Cloud concepts such as regions and zones
• provide an overview of the basic cloud infrastructure terminology such as scaling, elasticity, and fault tolerance
• provide an overview of the Cloud Digital Leader exam format, length, prerequisites, and additional resources for the exam
• summarize real-world cases of digital transformation
• use Google's region picker tool to pick the right Google location for your services
• use the Cloud Shell Editor to prototype and write code
• use the Google Cloud Console to view and access products and services
• use the themes and phases in the Google Cloud Adoption framework to assess the cloud maturity of your organization