Preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect exam

The purpose of this course is to help qualified people develop confidence to take the exam and to help those who are not yet qualified to develop a preparation plan.

Objectives

In this course, participants will learn the following skills:
  • Positioning of the Professional Cloud Architect certification
  • Information, tips and advice for taking the exam
  • Review of case study examples
  • Review of each section of the exam covering concepts at a level sufficient to build confidence in the candidate’s knowledge and indicate skill gaps and other areas of study, if they are unknown
  • Appropriate learning resources for each candidate

Audience

This class is aimed at the following audience:
  • Individuals preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect examination.

Prerrequisites

To make the most of this course, participants must meet the following criteria:

  • Have knowledge and experience with Google Cloud, equivalent to the Architecting with Google Compute Engine course.
  • Have knowledge of cloud solutions, equivalent to the Design and Process course.
  • Have experience in the cloud computing industry.

Duration

8 hours

Investment

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Preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect Exam dependencies with other courses and certifications
Preparing for the Professional Cloud Architect Exam dependencies with other courses and certifications

Course Outline

The course includes presentations, demonstrations and hands-on labs.
  • Position the Professional Cloud Architect certification among the offerings
  • Distinguish between Associate and Professional
  • Provide guidance between Professional Cloud Architect and Associate Cloud Engineer
  • Describe how the exam is administered and the exam rules
  • Provide general advice about taking the exam
  • MountKirk Games
  • Dress4Win
  • TerramEarth
  • Review the layered model from Design and Process
  • Provide exam tips focused on business and technical design
  • Designing a solution infrastructure that meets business requirements
  • Designing a solution infrastructure that meets technical requirements
  • Design network, storage, and compute resources
  • Creating a migration plan
  • Envisioning future solution improvements
  • Resources for learning more about designing and planning
  • Configuring network topologies
  • Configuring individual storage systems
  • Configuring compute systems
  • Resources for learning more about managing and provisioning
  • Designing for security
  • Designing for legal compliance
  • Resources for learning more about security and compliance
  • Analyzing and defining technical processes
  • Analyzing and defining business processes
  • Resources for learning more about analyzing and optimizing processes
  • Designing for security
  • Designing for legal compliance
  • Resources for learning more about security and compliance
  • Advising development/operation teams to ensure successful deployment of the solution
  • Resources for learning more about managing implementation
  • Easy buttons
  • Playbooks
  • Developing a resilient culture
  • Resources for learning more about ensuring reliability
  • Present Qwiklabs Challenge Quest for the Professional CA
  • Identify Instructor Led Training courses and what they cover that will be helpful based on skills that might be on the exam
  • Connect candidates to individual Qwiklabs, and to Coursera individual courses and specializations
  • Review/feedback of course