Google Cloud Digital Leader Training Professional Certificate

Gain foundational literacy in cloud & digital transformation. Increase your cloud confidence so you can speak with colleagues in technical cloud roles and contribute to informed cloud-related business decisions.

Instructor: Google Cloud Training

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6 course series

Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise

4.8

(2,772 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 month

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

6 course series

Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise

4.8

(2,772 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 month

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Recall fundamental cloud terminology.
Identify Google Cloud products and solutions that support digital transformation.
Explain how cloud technology and data can be leveraged to innovate within organizations.
Identify key change patterns and Google Cloud products for infrastructure and application modernization.

Skills you'll gain

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Professional Certificate - 6 course series

The Cloud Digital Leader training consists of a course series designed to give you foundational knowledge about cloud technology and data. This training also offers an overview of Google Cloud products and services that enable organizations’ digital transformation. This training will empower you and your team(s) to contribute to cloud-related business initiatives across your organization.

This training builds knowledge in these areas:

General cloud knowledge
General Google Cloud knowledge
Google Cloud products and services
Digital transformation, data, and AI/ML
Modernizing company IT infrastructure and applications

Applied Learning Project

Students will have an opportunity to validate their knowledge gained throughout each of the courses with practice and graded assessments at the end of each module and for each course. Practice and graded assessments are used to validate and demonstrate learning outcomes.

Digital Transformation with Google Cloud

Course 12 hours4.8 (2,439 ratings)

What you'll learn

Explain why and how the cloud revolutionizes businesses.
Explain general cloud concepts.
Discuss the benefits and tradeoffs of using Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Computing

Category: Digital Transformation

Category: Cloud Infrastructure

Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)

Category: Operating Expense

Category: Software As A Service

Category: Capital Expenditure

Category: Platform As A Service (PaaS)

Category: Public Cloud

Category: Google Cloud Platform

Category: Multi-Cloud

Category: Business Transformation

Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing

Category: Cloud Security

Category: Cloud Services

Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud

Course 21 hour4.8 (887 ratings)

What you'll learn

Examine the value of data and how it affects customer experiences.
Explore the different Google Cloud data management solutions that are available.
Learn about the ways Google Cloud products have made data more useful and accessible to a workforce.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Google Cloud Platform

Category: Looker (Software)

Category: Data Governance

Category: Business Intelligence

Category: Cloud Storage

Category: Real Time Data

Category: Data Management

Category: Digital Transformation

Category: Big Data

Category: Business Transformation

Category: Data Migration

Category: Data Strategy

Category: Database Systems

Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making

Category: Data Warehousing

Category: Dataflow

Category: Analytics

Category: Cloud Computing

Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence

Course 31 hour4.8 (78 ratings)

What you'll learn

Explore key artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts.
Describe ways machine learning can create value for businesses.
Examine Google Cloud artificial intelligence and machine learning products and services.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Machine Learning

Category: Google Cloud Platform

Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

Category: Artificial Intelligence

Category: Data Ethics

Category: Data Quality

Category: Natural Language Processing

Category: Image Analysis

Category: Business Solutions

Category: Applied Machine Learning

Category: Business Strategy

Category: Cloud API

Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud

Course 41 hour4.7 (1,599 ratings)

What you'll learn

Understand the role that cloud modernization and migration plays in an organization's digital transformation.
Examine available options to run compute workloads in the cloud.
Explore the advantages of using containers, serverless computing, and APIs in application modernization.
Learn about the business reasons to choose hybrid or multi-cloud strategies, and how GKE Enterprise can help support these strategies.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Kubernetes

Category: Serverless Computing

Category: Multi-Cloud

Category: Application Programming Interface (API)

Category: Containerization

Category: Cloud Infrastructure

Category: Hybrid Cloud Computing

Category: Cloud Applications

Category: Google Cloud Platform

Category: Digital Transformation

Category: Business Transformation

Category: Cloud Computing

Category: Virtual Machines

Trust and Security with Google Cloud

Course 51 hour4.9 (47 ratings)

What you'll learn

Identify fundamental security concepts.
Explore the business value of Google’s defense-in-depth multilayered approach to infrastructure security.
Learn how Google Cloud works to earn and maintain customer trust in the cloud.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Security

Category: Data Security

Category: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks

Category: Identity and Access Management

Category: Cybersecurity

Category: Network Security

Category: Cloud Computing

Category: Encryption

Category: Cloud Services

Category: Infrastructure Security

Category: Authorization (Computing)

Category: Authentications

Category: Data Storage

Category: Threat Detection

Scaling with Google Cloud Operations

Course 61 hour4.8 (729 ratings)

What you'll learn

Learn how Google Cloud can help organizations manage cloud finances and costs.
Explore the basic concepts of modern cloud operations, reliability, and resilience.
Learn how Google Cloud helps organizations reach their sustainability goals and reduce their environmental impact.