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Cloud Computing Fundamentals

How cloud services work and how organisations use them well. Covers service and deployment models, the main service categories, migration approaches, cost management and FinOps, the shared responsibility model for security, resilience and availability, and governance including data residency and vendor lock-in.

Modules
7
Max students
20
Language
EN

What it usually covers

  1. 1

    Approaching Cloud Decisions

    • How Cloud Decisions Are Made
    • Reading a Cloud Architecture Diagram
    • Virtualisation, Containers and the Layers Beneath
    • Measures of Service: Availability, Latency and Scale
  2. 2

    Cloud Concepts

    • What Cloud Actually Is
    • The Core Service Categories
    • Choosing a Service Model for a Workload
    • Choosing Compute: Virtual Machines, Containers or Functions
    • Choosing Storage and Databases
  3. 3

    Identity, Networking and Automation

    • How Cloud Identity and Permissions Work
    • Designing a Virtual Network
    • Infrastructure as Code and Deployment Pipelines
    • Monitoring, Logging and Observability
  4. 4

    Adoption, Cost and Architecture

    • Migration Approaches
    • Cost Management and Architecture
    • Planning a Migration Wave
    • Running FinOps in Practice
    • Designing for Availability and Recovery
  5. 5

    Security, Compliance and Governance

    • The Shared Responsibility Model
    • Compliance, Residency and Lock-In
    • Securing a Workload Across Service Models
    • Responding to a Cloud Security Incident
    • Assessing a Cloud Service Provider
  6. 6

    Applying Cloud in Real Situations

    • Case: Moving a Line-of-Business Application
    • Case: The Surprise Bill
    • Case: Cloud and Edge at a Remote Industrial Site
    • Case: An Outage and the Post-Incident Review
  7. 7

    Bringing It Together

    • The Cloud Operating Model
    • Sustainability and the Cloud
    • Running a Cloud Design Review
    • Common Cloud Mistakes and Next Steps

This page describes what the training usually covers. Each training provider may change the content, the length and the order to suit the group. Confirm the final content with the training provider before you book.

Code
Type
Classroom
Modules
7
Skill Level
Intermediate
Language
EN
Max Students
20
Certificate
Yes
Assessment
No

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