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Business Transformation Through IT: Cloud Computing for Decision Makers
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1 hour 35 minutes
Cloud computing enables the delivery of computing services such as storage, networking, and software over the Internet. This capability allows individuals or organizations to scale resources as needed, lower operating costs, and increase productivity. Explore how business transformation can allow you to shift or re-align business operations. Discover how to plan and prepare for business transformation-related changes, learn how to communicate changes to employees and stakeholders, and explore how information technology has revolutionized business operations. Next, examine the role of information technology (IT) decision makers and learn how to differentiate between brand-centric, multifocal, and aggregator decision makers. Discover how information technology helped grow and reduce costs for organizations prior to cloud computing, and explore challenges when adopting a digital-first mindset for business. Lastly, explore the differences between on-premise and cloud environments, and recognize key factors to examine when considering a move to the cloud.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 94
Compliance Standards: AICC
Business Value of the Cloud: Cloud Computing Case Studies
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20 minutes
You most likely use at least a few cloud-based services every day without realizing it. If you're considering cloud implementation in your own organization, it's useful to look into how familiar companies have done it. In this course, examine how popular companies like Netflix, Pinterest, Spotify, and DigitalNZ have used cloud computing to increase their profits, find efficiencies, and improve service delivery to customers. Next, discover some of the pitfalls and risks of cloud computing. Finally, explore unsuccessful cloud migration experiences, including what went wrong and the causes and impacts of failures. Upon completion, you'll be able to recognize examples of successful and challenging cloud deployments.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 22
Compliance Standards: AICC
Business Value of the Cloud: How the Cloud Impacts our Work
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1 hour 5 minutes
Understanding the ways cloud computing can benefit you, your work, your organization, and even your customers can help you choose the best ways to harness cloud solutions. In this course, learn positive ways that cloud computing can impact the way people work and how it can improve employee productivity. Next, explore the positive impacts of the cloud on businesses, including increased innovation, business continuity, and efficiencies. Finally, examine some of the challenges cloud computing might impose on work and the workforce, the benefits of using big data in the cloud, and how artificial intelligence and cloud solutions can offer value. Upon completion, you'll be able to recognize the benefits of the cloud on a workforce, business, and customers.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 64
Compliance Standards: AICC
Business Value of the Cloud: The Cloud Computing Value Proposition
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50 minutes
Many organizations have made the leap into introducing at least some cloud-based solutions, and many others are considering ways to do so. In this course, learn some of the most common reasons to use cloud computing and the considerations to take into account for doing so. Next, discover the different types and key characteristics of cloud computing and explore its common deployment models. Finally, examine the key business benefits of cloud computing in addition to a few of the most common challenges and risks to consider. Upon completion, you'll be able to recognize the best practices and key characteristics of cloud computing.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 49
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Cloud Access Control
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1 hour
Securing access to cloud resources helps strengthen compliance and mitigate risk. Explore identity and access management (IAM) basic concepts, federation considerations, and the use of a cloud Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) offering.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 58
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Cloud Virtualization & Data Centers
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1 hour 10 minutes
Modern data center design is highly influenced by requirements of the Cloud to provide a secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure. Explore technologies, including virtualization, that allow clouds to be a competitive option.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 72
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Considerations
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1 hour
Explore the benefits and drawbacks related to cloud computing for both the IT department and business as a whole. Also, discover different types of services that have become available in the Cloud.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 62
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Introduction
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35 minutes
More and more companies today are moving applications and business processes to the cloud. Explore cloud computing, from its inception to its current core attributes and service models.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 36
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Migrating to the Cloud
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1 hour
Migrating services to the Cloud has a number of unique challenges. Explore principles of a service-oriented architecture (SOA), and discover how to plan migrating your business solutions to the Cloud.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 58
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Presence & Privacy
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35 minutes
Security and privacy are major concerns in cloud computing. Discover the importance of understanding the presence and privacy factors when conducting business in the cloud.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 34
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Risk Management
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55 minutes
Although most concerns regarding security in the cloud are exaggerated, there are specific areas to be aware of and cautious about. Explore some of the key risk areas and methods that can be used in risk assessment when moving to the Cloud.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 56
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Security
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55 minutes
Network infrastructure security is a major concern for most organizations, especially when moving to the Cloud. Explore cloud security challenges and guidelines that can be used to ensure an adequate level of security.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 55
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Storing & Managing Cloud Data
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45 minutes
Cloud-stored data is available from anywhere with Internet access. Examine enterprise resources in the Cloud and the use of cloud storage services, including applicable security regulations or restrictions.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 47
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Security, Risk, and Compliance: Managing Security in the Cloud Era
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1 hour 35 minutes
Cloud security combines technologies, policies, controls, and services to help protect cloud infrastructure, resources, and data. In this course, you'll explore the history of IT security and learn how it evolved to include cloud technologies. Discover common security threats such as cloud misconfigurations, unauthorized access, limited cloud visibility, insider threats, malware infections, and account hijacking. Explore how built-in security controls can attempt to mitigate security attacks and review cloud security data breaches from recent years, including how they were discovered and mitigated and the cost associated with resolving them. Lastly, explore how enterprises can plan for various security scenarios and why leaders should make security a key feature of their products and services.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 97
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Service Models & Benefits and Issues
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50 minutes
The Cloud offers enticing benefits to businesses; however, there are also drawbacks. Explore various cloud service models along with the advantages and disadvantages that the Cloud has to offer.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 50
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud System Patching & Maintenance
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35 minutes
A good maintenance plan is an important part of protecting the resources you keep in the cloud from security and performance issues. This course shows how to identify and patch cloud resources, as well as schedule, automate, and maintain cloud updates. As a scenario exercise, you will choose a patch process that will run the PowerShell DSC, and which will be automated to schedule rolling updates for a Microsoft Azure VM.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 37
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Value Proposition: Amazon Web Services for Decision Makers
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1 hour 5 minutes
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform that can help businesses grow or scale by offering on-demand compute power, content delivery, storage solutions, and other functionalities. In this course, you will learn about AWS features, including compute, storage, database, networking, analytics, machine learning, and security. Discover AWS benefits, including flexibility, automation, and cost savings. Explore AWS pricing and support models, and compare and contrast AWS with other cloud providers such as Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Explore AWS use cases such as archiving, blockchain, cloud operations, and serverless computing, and discover tools to build on AWS, including C++, Java, .NET, and Python. Lastly, discover how AWS can help build and deliver products using AWS and DevOps practices, and explore how AWS can help secure workloads and applications in the cloud.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 66
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Value Proposition: Google Cloud Platform for Decision Makers
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1 hour 15 minutes
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a suite of computing services for developing, deploying, and operating applications over the Internet. In this course, you'll explore the history of GCP and discover the benefits of its global infrastructure, regions, and zones. Explore GCP services such as AI, API management, compute, containers, analytics, databases, multi-cloud, and Internet of Things (IoT). Discover GCP developer tools, including Cloud Build, Cloud Code, Container Registry, and Cloud Tasks. Consider potential challenges and feature gaps when migrating to GCP and explore GCP customer support and pricing plans. Finally, discover how GCP can help organizations ensure regulatory and compliance requirements and explore how GCP can help improve business and performance and increase returns on investment.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 73
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Value Proposition: Major Cloud Players
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1 hour 30 minutes
When you research cloud providers, you'll typically see three major players: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Each provider offers similar services, such as storage, flexible computing, and networking options. However, each provider differs and operates in their own unique way. In this course, you'll explore how cloud innovations have evolved since 2010 and discover current trends in cloud computing. Explore selling points of each of the three major cloud players and discover the services, features, and challenges associated with each. Explore top cloud monitoring tools, discuss how they can help organizations improve performance, and list common factors to consider when choosing a cloud platform provider.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 50
Compliance Standards: AICC
Cloud Value Proposition: Microsoft Azure for Decision Makers
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1 hour 45 minutes
Azure is a Microsoft-based cloud computing service that provides a range of cloud services including servers, storage, databases, networking, analytics, and more. In this course, you'll explore Azure features such as artificial intelligence, compute, containers, multi-cloud, and Internet of Things (IoT). Discover the tools available in Azure as well as how the pricing and support plans work. Explore possible challenges moving to Azure, including potential feature gaps, and compare Azure to other cloud providers such as Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services. Discover software development solutions in Azure as well as built-in security features and integration and compatibility benefits. Finish by exploring strategies to increase return on investment using Azure as a primary cloud provider.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 107
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Adoption to Enhance Business Value
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1 hour 20 minutes
To achieve the desired business value from cloud adoption, you need to implement comprehensive planning, following a POC (proof of concept) and POV approach. In this course, you'll investigate the essential components of cloud-model service-level agreements (SLAs), explore the SLA metrics for IAAS, PAAS, and SAAS, and examine popular cloud service provider SLAs. Additionally, you'll outline how to create POCs and derive proofs of value for cloud computing. Next, you'll identify the critical factors of seamless cloud adoption, compare open source and proprietary clouds, and recognize the prominent cloud strategies for current and future enterprise usages. Moving on, you'll investigate how to drive cloud adoption efforts to capture targeted business value. Lastly, you'll recognize the cloud adoption framework lifecycle and use a matrix to identify the roles and responsibilities engaged in cloud adoption. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 78
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Connectivity & Load Balancing
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1 hour 15 minutes
Cloud load balancing enables splitting workloads and computing properties to balance load and maximize resource utilization for better user experiences. In this course, you'll recognize techniques to implement load balancing in the cloud, including selecting the appropriate load balancer. You'll also explore the concept of the virtualization of hardware resources. Next, you'll examine the prominent load balancing architectures implemented in the cloud and the critical load balancer configuration attributes to manage load distribution and session data. You'll also identify common DNS servers to resolve hostnames into IP addresses and queries used to resolve names. Later, you'll identify the characteristics of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Secure Shell (SSH) You'll then investigate disaster recovery failover in cloud. Lastly, you'll create and configure a load balancer and DNS routing. This course can be used to prepare for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 76
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Design Considerations
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1 hour 5 minutes
Monitoring and benchmarking are essential when designing cloud that considers disaster recovery, high availability, and failover. In this course, you'll recognize the cloud design considerations that provide the highest possible availability, the levels of redundancy that ensure services continue in the case of a disaster, and the procedures that can be implemented for disaster recovery and business continuity. Moving on, you'll examine common deployment architectures to address availability and resiliency, the parameters and performance indices monitored at each cloud deployment level, and the goals of benchmarking. Next, you'll examine the different failover scenarios prevalent in cloud and the prominent use cases for placement groups and single and multiple availability zones. You'll configure EC2 Linux instances, install the Iperf network benchmark tool, and test TCP and UDP network performance. Lastly, you'll benchmark network throughput on an Amazon EC2 Windows instance and configure active-passive failover with multiple primary and secondary record resources. This course can be used in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 65
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Migration Strategies
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45 minutes
Selecting the right cloud migration strategy helps improve user experience and balances the business and technical efforts required to complete cloud migration. In this course, you'll investigate the cloud migration strategy and the steps to derive a roadmap for migrating to the cloud. You'll also examine the different types of cloud migration strategies, which involve the six Rs of migration, along with the methods, techniques, and tools used to support cloud migration. Next, you'll investigate the steps and deliverables used to migrate workloads to hybrid cloud, the phased cloud migration strategy, and the checklist for successful cloud migration. Finally, you'll investigate the best practices for optimizing the lift-and-shift migration policy, the differences between migration and modernization, and the critical problems and best practices for migrating legacy systems.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 44
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Native Apps & Cloud Data Analytics
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1 hour 15 minutes
Building robust, scalable services and managing large volumes of data for analytics requires on-demand resource allocation and containerization. A cloud-native approach, which takes advantage of a cloud computing delivery model, can help with this. In this course, you'll investigate the principles and architecture of cloud native. You'll outline how to migrate existing apps to a cloud-native architecture, identifying the 12-factor app principles for building scalable and resilient enterprise applications. Next, you'll explore microservice architecture design patterns, containerization in the cloud, and some prominent public cloud provider container management platforms. Moving on, you'll run Docker-enabled containerized applications on Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) clusters. You'll investigate some cloud machine learning, cloud-based AI, and big data solutions and services. Lastly, you'll examine the benefits of managing big data architectures using cloud principles. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 73
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Cloud Storage Technologies
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1 hour 5 minutes
In this course, you'll explore cloud storage in-depth, including standard storage systems and providers, thin and thick storage provisioning, cold, warm, and hot storage, and the different storage tiers. Next, you'll discover the methods and technologies used to protect data in the cloud, the differences between synchronous and asynchronous replications, and RAID. You'll learn about storage security threats and vulnerabilities and the mechanism used to secure data in transit and at rest.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 63
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Contracting with Cloud Service Providers
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1 hour
Before adopting cloud services, you need to calculate costs and establish the most appropriate contract with cloud providers. In this course, you'll explore the direct cost and financial implications of various aspects of cloud computing. You'll also examine cloud computing licensing models and subscription types and compare cloud computing's initial costs with the long-term benefits. Additionally, you'll list core considerations when establishing contracts for cloud service usage. You'll investigate requests for information (RFIs), cloud pricing models, the differences between fixed and dynamic pricing, and best practices for deriving cloud-based professional services. Moving on, you'll outline the end-to-end services provided by managed cloud service providers (CSPs) and the benefits of those services. You'll examine the essential components of SOWs for cloud managed services. Lastly, you'll configure cost estimates for AWS service usage using the AWS Pricing Calculator. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 62
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Essential Cloud Networking
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1 hour 30 minutes
Cloud networking helps enterprises deliver information rapidly, reliably, and securely without bearing the cost of building and operating their own networks. In this course, you'll investigate the process of migrating to a cloud computing model from a legacy one. You'll explore the concept of a VPC, the key technologies to isolate VPCs from public clouds, and the CSP interface types to manage VPCs. Moving on, you'll examine how a DMZ works in the cloud and how to isolate a single DMZ network from others. You'll also explore how firewalls, the intrusion detection system, and virtual network interfaces work in the cloud. You'll then outline when and how to attach multiple network interfaces to an instance. Lastly, you'll investigate how SDN and DNS work in the cloud, use AWS to set up a VPN, and connect to cloud resources using various protocols. This course can be used in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 92
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Essential Cloud Principles
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1 hour 25 minutes
Use this course to get started with Cloud computing while also preparing yourself to take the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam. Learn how Cloud computer enables convenient on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Explore prominent computing models, disadvantages of in-house computing, and benefits of Cloud computing while also examining the required components to set up a cloud computing model and investigate features of cloud service delivery and deployment models. Examine the concept of shared resource pooling, the role of virtualization in cloud models, the lifecycles of applications and services deployed in the cloud, and why cloud is the best choice for resource management and application deployments. Go further by learning to recognize the shared responsibility model adopted by cloud and outline key steps involved in selecting and setting up the right PaaS solution and core components of a cloud infrastructure. Wrap up by practicing an IaaS and PaaS on AWS and Azure. Recap cloud service delivery modules to finish up this course.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 84
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Gap Analysis & Cloud Assessment
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1 hour 25 minutes
Cloud assessment helps derive business service models facilitating robust and cost-effective business and IT cloud service consumption and delivery. You'll start this course by examining the steps in a cloud readiness assessment before exploring the cloud transformation maturity model's stages and some potential transformation challenges. You'll then outline how to assess your current technology stack to determine cloud readiness and feasibility. Next, you'll investigate the business value of cloud adoption and of incorporating cloud into enterprise architectures. You'll then examine the cloud capability maturity model, the primary cloud considerations for business, and the technology and infrastructure architecture to achieve an appropriate cloud transformation strategy. Finally, you'll explore some gap analysis activities, the transition planning phase of cloud adoption, diagrams that depict various cloud architectures, and the cloud adoption framework's value. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 85
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Security Considerations
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1 hour 30 minutes
Following secure cloud service design principles is a client consumer's top priority. Applying defense-in-depth principles and using cloud service provider security enablers can help achieve this. You'll start this course by examining the cloud service security taxonomy, identity and access management in cloud environments, authentication mechanisms provided by cloud platforms, and the components of an IAM strategy in the cloud. Next, you'll investigate the benefits of single sign-on, the prominent types of multi-factor authentication (MFA), and the fundamental design principles of federation. You'll then examine the Cloud Federation Reference Architecture. Moving on, you'll recognize common cloud deployment and enterprise data center security practices. You'll use Active Directory Federation Services to implement federated authentication, manage access to AWS resources, and enable virtual MFA devices for IAM users in public cloud. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 86
Compliance Standards: AICC
CompTIA Cloud Essentials+: Utilizing Cloud Services
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50 minutes
Cloud facilitates the secure deployment of diversified solutions like IoT, blockchain, and VDI to simplify autonomous application development. In this course, you'll explore primary considerations when deploying these solutions. You'll start this course by examining digital marketing in relation to cloud computing, technologies that help create and implement autonomous systems, and the features of blockchain-based decentralized cloud solutions. Moving on, you'll explore the role of cloud computing in Internet of Things (IoT), working with an IoT solution built on AWS IoT. Next, you'll deploy a cloud desktop using Amazon Workspaces and AWS Directory Service to illustrate the benefits of a virtual desktop interface (VDI) for creating virtualized desktop environments on remote server setups. You'll also explore self-service cloud computing platforms. Finally, you'll investigate cost management and security considerations for cloud selection and implementation. You can use this course in preparation for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) certification exam.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 48
Compliance Standards: AICC
Defining Cloud Computing for Decision-makers: Cloud Business Model
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1 hour 15 minutes
Cloud computing enables on-demand availability over the Internet of common resources such as applications, storage, and processing power. In this course, learn about cloud computing characteristics, how cloud computing can help reduce costs, and the key advantages of cloud computing agility. Next, examine common cloud computing maintenance tasks, the regulatory benefits of cloud computing, as well as the economics of cloud computing, regulatory considerations to take into account, and its potential impact on employees. Finally, explore some common cloud migration strategies used to move assets and services to the cloud. Upon completion, you'll be able to recognize factors to consider when pitching cloud computing.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 76
Compliance Standards: AICC
Defining Cloud Computing for Decision-makers: Cloud Computing Principles
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1 hour 40 minutes
The cloud has various deployment and service models that can help an organization design their very own cloud strategy based on their needs. In this course, you'll learn about components of cloud computing including storage, compute, data management, monitoring, code management, and process and deployment management. Investigate cloud deployment models (public, private, hybrid, and community) and serverless architectures such as Backend as a Service (BaaS) and Function as a Service (FaaS). Explore cloud service models such as Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service and discover common use cases for each. Finally, learn about cloud deployment architectures and security considerations including lack of control, data breaches, and compliance. After course completion, you'll be able to recognize cloud deployment and service models and key cloud security considerations.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 100
Compliance Standards: AICC
Evaluate and Select the Right Cloud Provider
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50 minutes
Organizations continue to mover their IT to the cloud at a staggering pace, but selecting a cloud provider can be a daunting task if you don't know where to start. In this course, you'll learn methods for selecting a cloud service provider, beginning with how to evaluate solution requirements by identifying the various types of cloud computing, cloud service models, and business drivers that will affect your choice. Then you'll discover how to identify cloud service providers, explore their product offerings, and how to compare cloud providers to determine whether they have a solution that meets your needs. Finally, you'll explore how to size and plan a solution that works for you, and methods for completing the research process before you make your final decision. This course was originally created by Global Knowledge (GK).
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 49
Compliance Standards: AICC
Hybrid Cloud Architecture & Deployment: Adopting Migration Strategies
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45 minutes
Discover how to migrate web applications, SQL servers, sites, and databases to Azure using migration tools and services such as Data Migration Assistant, App Service Migration Assistant, and Azure Database Migration Service. Key concepts covered in this cloud migration course include: how to migrate web applications from on-premise platforms to Azure; the lift and shift approach of migrating existing .NET web applications to Azure; characteristics of the Data Migration Assistant tool that can be used to migrate services; and use of on-premises infrastructure for migration and how to set up Azure infrastructure to complete the migration. You will learn about Microsoft migration tools and services that can be used to simplify database migration to Azure; Azure Database Migration Service features; and how to migrate SQL servers to a single Azure SQL database offline with Azure Database Migration Service. Next, learners see how to migrate on-premises a web application to Azure, migrate sites to Azure using the Linux site migration tool, and migrate SQL servers to an Azure SQL database using the Azure Database Migration Service.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 44
Compliance Standards: AICC
Hybrid Cloud Architecture & Deployment: AWS Data & Service Migration
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1 hour 20 minutes
Explore the concepts of cloud, database, and server migration using various tools and services provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Examine concepts such as refactoring, replatforming, rehosting, and repurchasing. Key concepts covered in this course include: differences between replatforming and refactoring migration approaches using real-time scenarios; rehosting for cloud migration and rehosting tools; and the essential drivers of repurchasing and the benefits associated. Next, learn about services that make migrating servers and databases easier and faster; essential approaches of managing data migration in AWS using Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration, AWS Snowball, and Amazon Kinesis Firehose; and how to import virtual machine (VM) images from existing on-premises environments to Amazon EC2 instances and export them back. Then study steps involved in migrating web applications to AWS and AWS featured services used during cloud migration processes. Learners will see how to migrate enterprise web applications to AWS; steps involved in migrating dockerized monolithic applications to containerized microservices on AWS; and using cloud migration tools provided by AWS to manage data migration, and specify benefits associated with repurchasing.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 79
Compliance Standards: AICC
Hybrid Cloud Architecture & Deployment: AWS Migration Management
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1 hour
Examine the approach of migrating data and services to AWS using the data, service, and server migration services provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). In addition, this course explores how to work with the Cloud Readiness Assessment tool and secure migration services. Key concepts covered include: how to migrate data from MongoDB to DynamoDB; the components and features of AWS Database Migration Service and how to implement its security; and the process of migrating large data stores using AWS Snowball Edge. You will examine best practices that should be applied when working with the AWS Database Migration Service; working with AWS Cloud Readiness Assessment tool; and steps involved in migrating on-premises workloads to AWS; the various on-premise and AWS services used to efficiently migrate various components. Then learn to specify approaches of managing secure server workload migration on AWS; and the process of migrating large data stores using AWS Snowball Edge, migrate data from MongoDB to DynamoDB, and migrate on-premises workloads to AWS.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 61
Compliance Standards: AICC
Hybrid Cloud Architecture & Deployment: AWS Services & Application Migration
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1 hour 10 minutes
Explore cloud migration strategies, tools, and services involving Amazon Web Services (AWS), as well as how to migrate critical services and implement end-to-end migration of enterprise applications. The key concepts in this course include phases involved in migrating existing applications to the cloud; migration tools and services provided by AWS; and essential features provided by AWS DirectConnect to connect and transfer critical data from an on-premises environment to the cloud. Next, survey steps involved in migrating e-mail services to AWS; how to migrate Domain Name System (DNS) from GoDaddy to AWS Route 53; and how to migrate single-tier applications to AWS with rebuild and rearchitect approaches. You will learn how to migrate multi-tier applications to AWS with the refactor and rehost approaches; end-to-end migration of web enterprise applications from an on-premises environment to AWS; and how to migrate services from ECS containers to AWS Fargate. Finally, learn how to migrate e-mail services to AWS, enterprise applications to AWS, and services from Elastic Container Service (ECS) containers to AWS Fargate.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 69
Compliance Standards: AICC
Hybrid Cloud Architecture & Deployment: Azure IaaS & Data Migration tools
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55 minutes
Explore Microsoft tools for migrating cloud data, services, and platforms to Azure, as well as implementing Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates to migrate virtual machines (VMs) and storage accounts. In this course, key concepts include: using Microsoft Data Migration Assistant to upgrade to a modern data platform; how to migrate an Azure VM to another region; and benefits of migrating IaaS to Azure Resource Manager. Learn to recognize scenarios where IaaS resources can be migrated from Classic Azure to Azure Resource Manager; to migrate VMs in a virtual network; and to migrate storage accounts. Then learn to rebuild monolithic applications into containerized microservices; create Azure Resource Manager templates using the Azure Docker extension; and migrate on-premises resources to Azure using ARM templates. Next, create an ARM template with Azure Platform to host applications using Azure Docker Extension, and migrate an Azure web app to Azure Service Fabric with rearchitecting. Finally, learn to migrate an Azure VM to another region, migrate an AWS VM to an Azure VM, and create an ARM template with Azure Docker extensions.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 53
Compliance Standards: AICC
Hybrid Cloud Architecture & Deployment: Azure Migration Tools & Best Practices
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45 minutes
Explore practical migration scenarios involving MongoDB to Cosmos DB, and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and network workloads to Microsoft Azure. In this cloud migration course, discover how to work with Azure Migrate, and how to troubleshoot, secure, and manage cloud migration logs. Key concepts covered in this course include: practical migration scenarios of MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB using DMS and the types of migration that can be configured; security recommendations that should be applied when working with Azure Security Center, a unified infrastructure security management system; and best practices used for setting up virtual networks and to help migrate business elements to the cloud. You will learn how to use Azure Migrate features and common issues of Azure Migration and approaches for troubleshooting them, including bandwidth issues, compatibility, portability or unsupported boot types or operating systems. Finally, study the types of Azure logs and their relevance in cloud migration, and the Azure Migrate features: migrate MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB, and migrate SSIS to Azure.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 43
Compliance Standards: AICC
Hybrid Cloud Architecture & Deployment: Cloud Migration Essentials
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1 hour 20 minutes
Explore the various challenges, benefits, strategies, tools, and deployment models associated with cloud migration. In addition, examine essential components, models, and decision matrix using cloud reference architecture. The key concepts in this course include: challenges businesses face when migrating to the cloud; cloud migration strategies that can be adopted to migrate business applications to the cloud; and the 6-R approach of cloud migration and essential factors used to choose the right approach. Learners will also learn about the 7-step methodology of cloud migration that can enable migration from on-premise platforms to cloud platforms; cloud deployment models, their advantages and disadvantages; cloud assets that can affect inbound and outbound data transfer costs; and the approach of building migration roadmaps with cloud migration framework. Next, examine tools to implement cloud migration; steps involved in deriving architectures and migrating applications to the cloud using based on a scenario; and prominent components, models, and decision matrix involved in cloud migration using generic cloud reference architecture. Finally, you will learn about cloud migration tools and their challenges and benefits.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 78
Compliance Standards: AICC
Hybrid Cloud Architecture & Deployment: Implementing Migration in Azure
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45 minutes
Explore the Azure cloud reference model, Cloud Adoption Framework, and use of cloud architecture in migration. Cloud migration is moving data, application, and various other business elements from an on-premises environment or platforms to cloud environments or platforms. In this course, examine prominent Azure cloud migration tools and cloud migration strategies for Azure. Key concepts covered include: how to use the Azure Cloud reference model for scalability, availability, manageability, and security; the steps involved in adopting Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure; and the process flow of Azure cloud migration. You will learn about cloud migration plans in order to adopt appropriate roadmap of cloud migration; Azure cloud migration strategies (rehost, refactor, rearchitect, and rebuild); and capabilities of Azure cloud migration tools. Next, see Azure tools that can be used to migrate data to Azure; demonstrations of working with Azure Storage Explorer to migrate data to Azure; and the process flow for Azure cloud migration. Learn about Azure cloud migration strategies and Azure-compliant cloud migration tools, and data migration to Azure with Azure Storage Explorer.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 46
Compliance Standards: AICC
Leveraging Cloud, DevOps, and Internet of Things
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1 hour 5 minutes
Cloud computing and the Internet of Things are IT trends that continue to revolutionize how organizations store, manage and collect data. In this course, you'll explore how the cloud works and how it can help businesses scale, perform, and collaborate. Explore why organizations are focusing on Cloud technology and discover how organizations are leveraging it to improve performance and growth. You'll also explore the Internet of Things and describe how it can be used to collect and exchange data. Explore why organizations are focusing more on the Internet of Things and discover the potential implementation challenges organizations face. Lastly, explore how organizations can use DevOps to develop software, and discover the potential challenges of DevOps implementations. This course was originally created by Global Knowledge (GK).
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 66
Compliance Standards: AICC
Performance Management
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35 minutes
In order to gauge success in a cloud deployment, administrators must be able to accurately monitor their environment. During this course, you will explore processes used to monitor and manage cloud environments. See how to monitor cloud environments, and use alerts and events to monitor cloud resources. Identify how to allocate cloud resources, trigger resource provision, and ensure that cloud resources meet baseline requirements. Learn how to adjust cloud resource allocation, and report metrics to meet service level agreement requirements. Finally, as an exercise, you will compare scaling in/out with scaling up/down, and recall how to configure a Microsoft Azure virtual machine alert.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 34
Compliance Standards: AICC
Planning Cloud Compute Resources
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20 minutes
Cloud elasticity is largely based on the ability to assign and revoke memory and CPU resources. In this course, you will learn about virtualization memory allocation technologies, how to assign memory in the cloud, how to virtualize CPU allocation, assign CPU resources in the cloud, and how to identify hidden costs of cloud computing resource allocation. As a scenario exercise, you will determine memory and CPU configuration for a hypothetical company that would like to deploy a new order-entry web service in the cloud.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 22
Compliance Standards: AICC
Planning Cloud Deployments
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35 minutes
With a move to the cloud, you should understand what you are deploying and where to. This course starts by showing you how to choose a cloud deployment model. Then learn about analyzing and executing the requirements for a successful test cloud deployment. Choose the best testing techniques to get the information that you need. Next, see how to validate a test cloud deployment's success or failure to meet an organization's business needs. Conclude with a review exercise that covers the above.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 37
Compliance Standards: AICC
Planning Cloud Migrations & Extensions
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1 hour 20 minutes
One of the biggest challenges with moving to the cloud is just that - the migration of resources from on-premise solutions to cloud solutions. In this course, you will learn how to migrate workloads to the cloud, and identify cloud migration types. You'll compare migration with extension to the cloud and examine hybrid cloud security elements and their infrastructure. Finally, as a scenario exercise, you will specify a server migration strategy, including the configuration for internet-facing client access servers and what essential services you must provide.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 79
Compliance Standards: AICC
Planning Cloud Networking
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55 minutes
Cloud resources must be able to connect to each other and to any on-premises networked locations. This course will begin by looking at virtual networks on the cloud. Next, you will explore cloud deployment models, virtual network ports, and protocols. You'll learn how to configure cloud virtual networks. Then, securely integrate and connect cloud resources. Conclude by examining tools to troubleshoot on-premise and cloud networks. As an exercise, you will determine how to manage an IP space, make it secure, and troubleshoot any failed connections.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 56
Compliance Standards: AICC
Planning Cloud Storage Resources
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1 hour 15 minutes
Cloud-managed IT generally always involves storing data in the cloud. In this course, you will study how to allocate storage in a cloud environment. Next, review cloud storage protocols and tiers, and their efficiencies. Then, examine cloud storage object provisioning types and how to work with cloud storage redundancy and security mechanisms. As a scenario exercise, you will choose an optimal cloud configuration for a hypothetical company with data centers in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, that would like to deploy a new order-entry web service in the cloud.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 77
Compliance Standards: AICC
Security Configurations & Compliance Controls
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1 hour 25 minutes
The most prevalent concern with cloud computing is the question of security. Let's explore technologies used to secure cloud resources. In this course, you will see how to create a trustworthy cloud, use Public Key Infrastructure and tunneling protocols. See how to harden security for the cloud, based on cloud models. Examine cloud access control, authorization, authentication, and identification technologies. Study how to manage the account lifecycle in the cloud, and how to configure cloud policy settings. As a scenario exercise, you will identify which areas need enhanced security policies and their preferred solutions.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 86
Compliance Standards: AICC
Security Technologies & Automation Techniques
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1 hour 15 minutes
Security is an absolutely critical part of cloud deployments and must be configured correctly so valid users can access resources. In this course, you will explore a number of topics, including how to implement data classification in the cloud, secure cloud resources with segmentation, encryption, and audits. Learn how to enable multifactor authentication, and security services. Automate cloud security configuration. Explore the impact of cloud security. Troubleshoot authentication, cloud PKI, cloud ACLs, and cloud security vulnerabilities. Finally as a scenario exercise, you will find a security configuration that works at rest, in the cloud, and in transit.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 76
Compliance Standards: AICC
Troubleshooting Deployments
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30 minutes
In a perfect world, everything would be deployed correctly and without issues. In our world, we need to troubleshoot everything. In this course, you will learn how to troubleshoot systematically, and list the steps in order. Other topics include how to identify common cloud resource challenges; troubleshoot cloud machine connectivity; troubleshoot cloud VM storage and vCPU capacity issues. You'll also discover how to select the most likely cloud automation faults to address, and how to use the portal to view virtual machine logs. As an exercise, you will troubleshoot the most likely cause of a problem based on a scenario.
Perks of Course
Certificate: Yes
CPD Points: 30
Compliance Standards: AICC