Course curriculum

  • 1

    Required Update November 30, 2023

    • Confidentiality, Prorpietary Content, and Distribution of Content
  • 2

    What is Cloud Computing

    • What is Cloud Computing

    • Containers

    • Containers Companion Document

    • More Containers & Virtualization

    • More Containers & Virtualization Companion Document

    • What is a Container and Kubernetes

    • What is a Container and Kubernetes Companion Document

    • Cloud Basic Principles Supplemental Document - Containerization and Orchestration

    • Cloud Basic Principles Supplemental Document - Virtualization A Detailed Breakdown

    • Cloud Basic Principles Supplemental Document - Application Development Containerization

    • Serverless Pros and Cons

    • Serverless Pros & Cons Companion Document

    • Cloud Basic Principles Supplemental Document - Serverless Computing Pros and Cons

    • Infrastructure as Code

    • Infrastructure as Code Companion Document

    • Three Tier Architecture

    • Three Tier Architecture Companion Document

    • Cloud Basic Principles Supplemental Document - Understanding 3 Tiered Architecture

    • Monolith vs Microservices

    • Cloud Basic Principles Supplemental Document - Openstack Nutanix

    • Optional Content from Class Recordings

    • Quiz What is Cloud Computing

  • 3

    Cloud Basic Principles

    • Cloud Basic Principles

    • Private Lines, Virtual Private Networks, and Software Defined Networks

    • Private Lines, Virtual Private Networks, and Software Defined Networks Companion Document

    • Load Balancers

    • Load Balancers Companion Document

    • Domain Name System (DNS)

    • Domain Name System Companion Document

    • High Availability

    • High Availability Companion Document

    • Proprietary vs Open Standards

    • Proprietary vs Open Standards Companion Document

    • Benefits of Hybrid Cloud

    • Benefits of Hybrid Cloud Companion Document

    • Benefits of Multi Cloud

    • Benefits of Multi Cloud Companion Document

    • When A Single Cloud is OK

    • When A Single Cloud is OK Companion Document

    • Six R's of Cloud Migration

    • Six R's of Cloud Migration Companion Document

    • Lift and Shift

    • Lift and Shift Companion Document

    • Why the Datacenter Performs Better than the Cloud

    • Why Datacenters Perform Better Than the Cloud Companion Document

    • Marketplace Solutions

    • Marketplace Solutions Companion Document

    • Cloud Disaster Recovery Options

    • Cloud Disaster Recovery Options Companion Document

    • What is Caching

    • What is Caching Companion Document

    • Optional Content from Class Recordings

    • Quiz Cloud Basic Principles
  • 4

    Storage

    • Intro TO Storage Area Networks

    • Intro to Storage Area Networks Companion Document

    • Storage Supplemental Document - Storage Area Networks (SAN) Explained

    • Storage Supplemental Document - Understanding IOPS

    • Storage Supplemental Document - Storage: File, Block, and, Object Storage

    • Intro to RAID

    • Intro to RAID Companion Document

    • Storage Supplemental Document - Understanding_RAID

    • Intro to Databases

    • Intro to Databases Companion Document

    • Storage Supplemental Document - Relational and NoSQL Databases

    • Storage Supplemental Document - Data Lakes

    • Storage Supplemental Document - Data Warehouses

    • Optional Content from Class Recordings

    • Quiz Storage
  • 5

    Security

    • Intro to Security

    • Stateful vs Stateless

    • Stateful vs Stateless Companion Document

    • What Is a Next Generation Firewall

    • Next Generation Firewalls Companion Document

    • What is a DMZ

    • What is a DMZ Companion Document

    • What is IAM

    • What is IAM Companion Document

    • Why the Cloud Is Not More Secure

    • Why the Cloud is Not More Secure Companion Document

    • Why Layered Security is Important

    • Why Layered Security Is Important Companion Document

    • Security Supplemental Document - IDS and IPS

    • Security Supplemental Document - What are Hash Functions

    • Security Supplemental Document - Understanding Encryption

    • Security Supplemental Document - Zero Trust and Defense in Depth

    • Security Supplemental Document Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

    • Optional Content from Class Recordings

    • Quiz Security
  • 6

    Networking

    • Intro to Networking

    • How a Host Obtains and IP Address

    • How a Host Obtains an IP Address Companion Document

    • How TCP Sets Up a Connection

    • How TCP Sets Up A Connection Companion Document

    • TCP vs UDP

    • TCP vs UDP Companion Document

    • Switch vs Router

    • Switch vs Router Companion Document

    • Networking Supplemental Document - Introduction to Switches and Routers

    • LAN vs WAN

    • LAN vs WAN Companion Document

    • VLANs

    • VLANs Companion Document

    • Networking Supplemental Document - Understanding VLANs

    • IGP, BGP, and IBGP

    • Intro to BGP

    • Networking Supplemental Document - Understanding BGP

    • Networking Supplemental Document - Understanding Routing

    • Networking Supplemental Document - Understanding DHCP

    • Networking Supplemental Document - DNS Routing

    • Networking Supplemental Document - Dive into DNS

    • Networking Supplemental Document - ARP and Proxy ARP

    • Networking Supplemental Document - IPSEC VPN

    • Networking Supplemental Document - NAT Explained

    • Networking Supplemental Document - Software Defined Wide Area Networks

    • Optional Content from Class Recordings

    • Quiz Networking
  • 7

    You Can Move On

    • You Must Do This to Move On

    • Move on to the Career Development Program
  • 8

    Documents

    • Required Technology/Service Documentation Reading

    • Cloud Architect Questionnaire