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Abhijeet Poddar

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[DEPRECATED] Gemini for Application Developers Earned Eyl 13, 2026 EDT
Geliştiriciler İçin Sorumlu Yapay Zeka: Adalet ve Önyargı Earned Eyl 11, 2026 EDT
Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) with Agent Platform: Model Evaluation Earned Eyl 11, 2026 EDT
Agent Fundamentals Earned Eyl 11, 2026 EDT
Enterprise Agents and Use Cases Earned Eyl 11, 2026 EDT
Analyze and Reason on Multimodal Data with Gemini Earned Eyl 11, 2026 EDT
Deploy Multi-Agent Architectures Earned Eyl 11, 2026 EDT
Build Global and Regional Load Balancing Solutions Earned Eyl 10, 2026 EDT
Develop Serverless Apps with Firebase Earned Eyl 9, 2026 EDT
Orchestrate Multi-agent Workflows with Gemini Enterprise Earned Eyl 9, 2026 EDT
Google Cloud Ağınızı Geliştirme Earned Eyl 9, 2026 EDT
Google Cloud'da Uygulama Geliştirme Ortamı Oluşturma Earned Eyl 8, 2026 EDT
Develop Gen AI Apps with Gemini and Streamlit Earned Eyl 7, 2026 EDT
Çoklu Format Destekli Gemini ve Çok Formatlı RAG ile Zengin Belgeleri İnceleme Earned Eyl 7, 2026 EDT
Agent Platform'da İstem Tasarımı Earned Eyl 7, 2026 EDT
Deploy Kubernetes Applications on Google Cloud Earned Eyl 7, 2026 EDT
Develop Serverless Applications on Cloud Run Earned Eyl 5, 2026 EDT
Compute Engine İçin Cloud Load Balancing'i Uygulama Earned Eyl 5, 2026 EDT
Arcade Simulator: DevOps Engineer Earned Eyl 5, 2026 EDT
Güvenli Bir Google Cloud Ağı Oluşturma Earned Eyl 5, 2026 EDT
Create a Streaming Data Lake on Cloud Storage Earned Eyl 5, 2026 EDT
Perform Predictive Data Analysis in BigQuery Earned Eyl 4, 2026 EDT
Pitch Perfect Earned Eyl 4, 2026 EDT
BigQuery Verilerinden Analiz Elde Etme Earned Eyl 4, 2026 EDT
Google Cloud'da Web Sitesi Derleme Earned Eyl 1, 2026 EDT
Implement DevOps Workflows in Google Cloud Earned Eyl 1, 2026 EDT
Engineer Data for Predictive Modeling with BigQuery ML Earned Ağu 31, 2026 EDT
Integrate BigQuery Data and Google Workspace using Apps Script Earned Ağu 31, 2026 EDT
Set Up a Google Cloud Network Earned Ağu 31, 2026 EDT
Arcade Re-Trail: Vaults & Vectors Earned Ağu 27, 2026 EDT
Monitor and Manage Google Cloud Resources Earned Ağu 17, 2026 EDT
Enrich Metadata and Discovery of Lakehouse Data Earned Ağu 15, 2026 EDT
Secure Lakehouse Data Earned Ağu 15, 2026 EDT
Create a Secure Data Lake on Cloud Storage Earned Ağu 14, 2026 EDT
Streaming Analytics into BigQuery Earned Ağu 12, 2026 EDT
Analyze BigQuery Data in Connected Sheets Earned Ağu 11, 2026 EDT
Implement Cloud Collaboration and Productivity Workflows Earned Ağu 11, 2026 EDT
Build Real World AI Applications with Gemini and Imagen Earned Ağu 11, 2026 EDT
Engineer AI Agents with Agent Development Kit (ADK) Earned Ağu 11, 2026 EDT
Monitoring in Google Cloud Earned Ağu 11, 2026 EDT
Arcade Base Camp August 2026 Earned Ağu 11, 2026 EDT
Analyze Sentiment with Natural Language API Earned Ağu 9, 2026 EDT
Share Data Using Google Data Cloud Earned Ağu 9, 2026 EDT
Arcade Adventure: Data Vault Earned Ağu 9, 2026 EDT
Manage Kubernetes in Google Cloud Earned Ağu 8, 2026 EDT
Implement CI/CD Pipelines on Google Cloud Earned Ağu 8, 2026 EDT
Arcade Trail: Cloud Delivery Systems Earned Ağu 8, 2026 EDT
Develop with Apps Script and AppSheet Earned Ağu 7, 2026 EDT
Deploy and Secure Serverless APIs with API Gateway Earned Ağu 6, 2026 EDT
Spans and Plans Earned Ağu 6, 2026 EDT
Create and Manage Cloud Spanner Instances Earned Ağu 5, 2026 EDT
Connecting Cloud Networks with NCC Earned Ağu 5, 2026 EDT
Arcade Simulator: Network Security Engineer Earned Ağu 5, 2026 EDT
Privileged Access with IAM Earned Ağu 5, 2026 EDT
Use Functions, Formulas, and Charts in Google Sheets Earned Ağu 4, 2026 EDT
Arcade Voyage: Google Sheets Earned Ağu 4, 2026 EDT
Organize and Govern Data with Knowledge Catalog Earned Ağu 3, 2026 EDT
Configure Service Accounts and IAM Roles for Google Cloud Earned Ağu 3, 2026 EDT
Build Event-Driven Applications with Eventarc Earned Ağu 3, 2026 EDT
Analyze Images with the Cloud Vision API Earned Ağu 2, 2026 EDT
Implement Sensitive Data Protection on Google Cloud Earned Ağu 2, 2026 EDT
Migrate MySQL Data to Cloud SQL Using Database Migration Service Earned Ağu 2, 2026 EDT
Store, Process, and Manage Data on Google Cloud - Command Line Earned Ağu 2, 2026 EDT
Store, Process, and Manage Data on Google Cloud - Console Earned Ağu 2, 2026 EDT
Analyze Speech and Language with Google APIs Earned Ağu 2, 2026 EDT
Using the Google Cloud Speech API Earned Ağu 2, 2026 EDT
Implement Speech and Language Solutions with Pre-trained APIs Earned Ağu 2, 2026 EDT
Deploy and Manage Applications on Google App Engine Earned Ağu 2, 2026 EDT
Implement Cloud Storage and Data Protection Solutions Earned Ağu 1, 2026 EDT
Create ML Models with BigQuery ML Earned Tem 30, 2026 EDT
Implement Event-Driven Messaging and Automation Workflows Earned Tem 30, 2026 EDT
The Basics of Google Cloud Compute Earned Tem 28, 2026 EDT
Develop AI-Powered Prototypes in Google AI Studio Earned Tem 28, 2026 EDT
Create Your First Gemini Enterprise Application Earned Tem 28, 2026 EDT
Build a Data Mesh with Knowledge Catalog Earned Tem 25, 2026 EDT
Arcade Simulator: Data Mesh Architect Earned Tem 25, 2026 EDT
Build a Data Warehouse with BigQuery Earned Tem 25, 2026 EDT
Secure Software Delivery Earned Tem 25, 2026 EDT
Arcade Base Camp July 2026 Earned Tem 25, 2026 EDT
Build Infrastructure with Terraform on Google Cloud Earned Tem 25, 2026 EDT
Use APIs to Work with Cloud Storage Earned Tem 24, 2026 EDT
Arcade Voyage: Cloud Storage and Data Governance Earned Tem 24, 2026 EDT
Discover and Protect Sensitive Data Across Your Ecosystem Earned Tem 24, 2026 EDT
Arcade Trail: Google Workspace Administration Earned Tem 23, 2026 EDT
Build Serverless Applications with Cloud Run Functions Earned Tem 21, 2026 EDT
Arcade Adventure: Low-Code Development Earned Tem 21, 2026 EDT
App Building with AppSheet Earned Tem 20, 2026 EDT

In this course, you learn how Gemini, a generative AI-powered collaborator from Google Cloud, helps developers build applications. You learn how to prompt Gemini to explain code, recommend Google Cloud services, and generate code for your applications. Using a hands-on lab, you experience how Gemini improves the application development workflow. Duet AI was renamed to Gemini, our next-generation model.

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Bu kursta, sorumlu yapay zeka kavramı ve yapay zeka ilkeleri tanıtılmaktadır. Kurs, adalet ve önyargıyı pratik şekilde tanımlama teknikleri ile yapay zeka/makine öğrenimi uygulamalarında önyargının azaltılması konularını ele almaktadır. Kurs boyunca, Google Cloud ürünleri ve açık kaynaklı araçları kullanarak sorumlu yapay zekayla ilgili en iyi uygulamaları benimsemenize yardımcı olacak pratik yöntemler ve araçları tanıyacaksınız.

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This course equips machine learning practitioners with the essential tools, techniques, and best practices for evaluating both generative and predictive AI models. Model evaluation is a critical discipline for ensuring that ML systems deliver reliable, accurate, and high-performing results in production. Participants will gain a deep understanding of various evaluation metrics, methodologies, and their appropriate application across different model types and tasks. The course will emphasize the unique challenges posed by generative AI models and provide strategies for tackling them effectively. By leveraging Google Cloud's Agent Platform, participants will learn how to implement robust evaluation processes for model selection, optimization, and continuous monitoring.

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This course introduces the fundamentals of AI agents and explores where agents add value in the real world. It provides a foundation for developers, architects, and technical decision-makers who want to understand AI systems through the lens of autonomous, goal-directed behavior. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Discover how AI agents drive business impact. You’ll map agent types to your KPIs and explore use cases that solve real bottlenecks. Then, learn how Gemini Enterprise empowers you to build and orchestrate the right agents—from no-code to high-code solutions. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Complete the intermediate Analyze and Reason on Multimodal Data with Gemini skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: analyzing text, image, audio, and video data using Gemini, and reasoning about this combined information to draw conclusions and extract insights.

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Complete the advanced Deploy Multi-Agent Architectures skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: building multi-agent systems with ADK, connecting agents with the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol, integrating external tools using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and deploying a complete multi-agent solution to Agent Engine. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Complete the intermediate Build Global and Regional Load Balancing Solutions skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: deploy and utilize an internal client VM within the same VPC network and test traffic distribution, backend infrastructure suitable for a global external application Load Balancer, and backend VM instances and load balancer components using startup scripts and network tags to host a web application service.

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Complete the intermediate Develop Serverless Apps with Firebase skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: architecting and building serverless web applications with Firebase, utilizing Firestore for database management, automating deployment processes using Cloud Build, and integrating Google Assistant functionality into your applications.

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Complete the introductory Orchestrate Multi-Agent Workflows with Gemini Enterprise skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: using agentic assistants powered by Gemini Enterprise to unify data across first- and third-party sources, develop multimedia marketing materials, and automate business actions across systems. Skill badges validate your practical knowledge on specific products through hands-on labs and challenge assessments. Earn a badge by completing a course or jump straight into the challenge lab to get your badge today. Badges prove your proficiency, enhance your professional profile, and ultimately lead to increased career opportunities. Visit your profile to track badges you’ve earned. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Google Cloud Ağınızı Geliştirme kursunu tamamlayarak bir beceri rozeti kazanın. IAM rollerini keşfetme ve proje erişimi ekleme/kaldırma, VPC ağları oluşturma, Compute Engine sanal makinelerini dağıtma ve izleme, SQL sorguları yazma ve çeşitli dağıtım yaklaşımlarıyla Kubernetes'i kullanarak uygulama dağıtma gibi uygulamaları dağıtıp izlemeyle ilgili birden çok yöntemi öğreneceksiniz.

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Google Cloud'da Uygulama Geliştirme Ortamı Oluşturma kursunu tamamlayarak beceri rozeti kazanın. Bu kursta Cloud Storage, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Functions ve Pub/Sub gibi teknolojilerin temel özelliklerini kullanarak depolama odaklı bulut altyapısı oluşturma ve bu altyapıyla bağlantı kurmayı öğreneceksiniz.

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Complete the intermediate Develop Gen AI Apps with Gemini and Streamlit skill badge course to demonstrate skills in text generation, applying function calls with the Python SDK and Gemini API, and deploying a Streamlit application with Cloud Run. In this course, you learn Gemini prompting, test Streamlit apps in Cloud Shell, and deploy them as Docker containers in Cloud Run. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Orta düzeydeki Çoklu Format Destekli Gemini ve Çok Formatlı RAG ile Zengin Belgeleri İnceleme beceri rozetini tamamlayarak şu konulardaki becerilerinizi kanıtlayabilirsiniz: Çok formatlı istemler kullanarak metin ve görsel formatlarındaki verilerden bilgi elde etme, video açıklaması oluşturabilme ve Gemini ile çok formatlılıktan yararlanarak videonun kapsamındaki bilgilerden çok daha fazlasına ulaşabilme; metin ve görüntü içeren dokümanların meta verilerini oluşturma, gerekli tüm metin parçalarına ulaşma ve Gemini'ın Çok Formatlı Almayla Artırılmış Üretim (RAG) mimarisini kullanarak alıntıları yazdırma.

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Agent Platform'da istem mühendisliği, görüntü analizi ve çok modlu üretken teknikler gibi becerileri göstermek için Agent Platform'da İstem Tasarımı beceri rozetini tamamlayın. Etkili istemlerin nasıl oluşturulacağını, üretken yapay zeka çıktılarına nasıl rehberlik edileceğini ve Gemini modellerinin gerçek dünyadaki pazarlama senaryolarına nasıl uygulanacağını keşfedin.

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Complete the intermediate Deploy Kubernetes Applications on Google Cloud skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: Configuring and building Docker container images.Creating and managing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters.Utilizing kubectl for efficient cluster management.Deploying Kubernetes applications with robust continuous delivery (CD) practices.

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Complete the intermediate Develop Serverless Applications on Cloud Run skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: integrating Cloud Run with Cloud Storage for data management, architecting resilient asynchronous systems using Cloud Run and Pub/Sub, constructing REST API gateways powered by Cloud Run, and building and deploying services on Cloud Run.

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Giriş düzeyindeki Compute Engine İçin Cloud Load Balancing'i Uygulama beceri rozetini tamamlayarak şu konulardaki becerilerinizi gösterin: Compute Engine'de sanal makineler oluşturma ve dağıtma. Ağ ve uygulama yük dengeleyicileri yapılandırma.

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Welcome to this month's Arcade Simulator, where you'll step into the shoes of a DevOps Engineer tasked with keeping production environments fast, scalable, and resilient. You'll lay down a secure foundation with multi-VPC networks and access controls, then deploy multi-tier load balancers to distribute compute traffic seamlessly. Clear both challenge labs to prove you can automate, secure, and scale enterprise infrastructure without missing a beat.

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Güvenli Bir Google Cloud Ağı Oluşturma kursunu tamamlayarak beceri rozeti kazanın. Bu kursta, Google Cloud'da uygulamalarınızı derlemek, ölçeklendirmek ve korumak için ağla ilgili birden fazla kaynak hakkında bilgi edineceksiniz.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Create a Streaming Data Lake on Cloud Storage course, where you use Pub/Sub, Dataflow, and Cloud Storage together to create a streaming data lake on Google Cloud. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this Skill Badge, and the final assessment challenge lab, to receive a digital badge that you can share with your network.

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Complete the intermediate Perform Predictive Data Analysis in BigQuery skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: creating datasets in BigQuery by importing CSV and JSON files; harnessing the power of BigQuery with sophisticated SQL analytical concepts, including using BigQuery ML to train an expected goals model on soccer event data and evaluate the impressiveness of World Cup goals.

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Great teams don't just wing it—they execute a game plan. In this track, you'll captain your backend from the tactical board to the final whistle. Tune Spanner schemas for high-pressure traffic, whip pinpoint Pub/Sub messages across your services , and score clean API deployments with Cloud Run. Beat the challenge labs to claim your badge!

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Giriş düzeyindeki BigQuery Verilerinden Analiz Elde Etme beceri rozetini alarak şu konulardaki becerilerinizi gösterin: SQL sorguları yazma, herkese açık tabloları sorgulama, örnek verileri BigQuery'ye yükleme, BigQuery'deki sorgu doğrulayıcı ile yaygın söz dizimi sorunlarını giderme ve BigQuery verilerine bağlanarak Data Studio'da rapor oluşturma.

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Google Cloud'da Web Sitesi Derleme beceri rozeti kursunu tamamlayarak giriş düzeyindeki beceri rozetini kazanın. Get Cooking in Cloud serisine dayanan bu kursta şu konular ele alınır:Cloud Run'da web sitesi dağıtmaCompute Engine'de web uygulaması barındırmaGoogle Kubernetes Engine'de web sitenizi oluşturma, dağıtma ve ölçeklendirmeCloud Build'i kullanarak monolitik bir uygulamadan mikro hizmetler mimarisine geçiş

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Complete the intermediate Implement DevOps Workflows in Google Cloud skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating and managing Git repositories, launching, managing, and scaling deployments on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and architecting CI/CD pipelines that automate container image builds and deployments to GKE.

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Complete the intermediate Engineer Data for Predictive Modeling with BigQuery ML skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: building data transformation pipelines to BigQuery using Dataprep by Trifacta; using Cloud Storage, Dataflow, and BigQuery to build extract, transform, and load (ETL) workflows; and building machine learning models using BigQuery ML.

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Complete the introductory Integrate BigQuery Data and Google Workspace using Apps Script skill badge course to demonstrate skills in connecting Workspace products with BigQuery via AppSheet.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Set Up a Google Cloud Network skill badge course, where you will learn how to perform basic networking tasks on Google Cloud Platform - create a custom network, add subnets firewall rules, then create VMs and test the latency when they communicate with each other.

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Since last month's Arcade Trail wrapped up earlier than expected, we’re opening up this bonus game only for this month so you can grab that missed Arcade Point! You'll start on the vault side with Google Cloud Storage—managing buckets, exploring APIs, and locking down sensitive data with Bucket Lock. Then, you'll shift to event-driven vectors at the command line, triggering Cloud Run Functions and routing real-time messages through Pub/Sub. Complete with two hands-on challenge labs, this trail gets your streak back on track while building real-world storage and serverless skills.

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Complete the introductory Monitor and Manage Google Cloud Resources skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: granting and revoking IAM permissions; installing monitoring and logging agents; creating, deploying, and testing an event-driven Cloud Run function.

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Complete the Enrich Metadata and Discovery of Lakehouse Data skill badge course to demonstrate skills in BigQuery, Lakehouse, and Knowledge Catalog. You create Lakehouse tables and enrich metadata management and discovery of the table data.

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Complete the introductory Secure Lakehouse Data skill badge course to demonstrate skills with IAM, BigQuery, Lakehouse, and Knowledge Catalog to create and secure Lakehouse tables.

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Complete the introductory Create a Secure Data Lake on Cloud Storage skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: securing and configuring a Cloud Storage bucket, using Gemini for text generation, managing IAM access control, and establishing a Knowledge Catalog lake for data governance.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Streaming Analytics into BigQuery skill badge course, where you use Pub/Sub, Dataflow and BigQuery together to stream data for analytics.

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Complete the Analyze BigQuery Data in Connected Sheets skill badge to demonstrate that you can use Connected Sheets to access, analyze, visualize, and share billions of rows of BigQuery data from your Google Sheets spreadsheet.

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Earn an introductory skill badge by completing the Implement Cloud Collaboration and Productivity Workflows course, where you will get introduced to Google's collaborative platform and learn to use Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Drive, Sheets, and AppSheet.

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Complete the introductory Build Real World AI Applications with Gemini and Imagen skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: image recognition, natural language processing, image generation using Google's powerful Gemini and Imagen models, deploying applications on the Google Cloud Agent Platform. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Complete the intermediate Engineer AI Agents with Agent Development Kit (ADK) skill badge by completing this course to demonstrate skills in the following: formulating real-world language model research problems; building a simple tokenizer; preparing a dataset for training a transformer language model; running the training loop of a small language model. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Complete the introductory Monitoring in Google Cloud skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: using Cloud Monitoring tools to monitor resources on Google Cloud.

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Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Analyze Sentiment with Natural Language API quest, where you learn how the API derives sentiment from text.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Share Data Using Google Data Cloud skill badge course, where you will gain practical experience with Google Cloud Data Sharing Partners, which have proprietary datasets that customers can use for their analytics use cases. Customers subscribe to this data, query it within their own platform, then augment it with their own datasets and use their visualization tools for their customer facing dashboards.

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Who says sharing complex data across boundaries has to be a compliance nightmare? This adventure is your blueprint for delivering modern Analytics-as-a-Service on Google Data Cloud. You'll start by building secure, authorized views on BigQuery to safely expose data to partners without exposing underlying tables. Next, you'll learn to consume customer-specific datasets and streamline cross-organization data delivery. Packed with a hands-on challenge lab, this adventure gives you the practical skills to publish, share, and scale data seamlessly while keeping security tight.

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Complete the intermediate Manage Kubernetes in Google Cloud skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: managing deployments with kubectl, monitoring and debugging applications on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and continuous delivery techniques.

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Earn the intermediate skill badge by completing the Implement CI/CD Pipelines on Google Cloud skill badge course where you learn how to use Artifact Registry, Cloud Build, and Cloud Deploy. You interact with the Google Cloud console, Google Cloud CLI, Cloud Run, and GKE. This course teaches you how to build continuous integration pipelines, store and secure artifacts, scan for vulnerabilities, attest to the validity of approved releases. Additionally, you get hands-on experience deploying applications to both GKE and Cloud Run.

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Accelerating software delivery while maintaining stability demands automated build, artifact, and release pipelines. This trail covers the core practices for implementing continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) on Google Cloud. You will begin by managing container images with Artifact Registry and building automated pipelines for Google Kubernetes Engine using Cloud Build. Next, you will configure continuous delivery workflows with Google Cloud Deploy to safely promote releases across environments. Concluding with a practical challenge lab, this trail prepares you to establish resilient, production-ready deployment pipelines.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Develop with Apps Script and AppSheet skill badge course, where you learn how to build chat bots and how to use the script editor in any document.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Deploy and Secure Serverless APIs with API Gateway skill badge course, where you learn how to use API Gateway to deploy, secure, and manage APIs with a fully managed gateway.

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It’s all about global spans and execution plans. First, you'll get under the hood of Google Cloud Spanner to design schemas, load data at scale, and master query plan optimization. From there, you'll execute your serverless backend plan by wiring up Cloud Run Functions, Pub/Sub messaging, and API Gateway. Packed with two challenge labs, you'll leave with full control over enterprise data and event-driven APIs.

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Complete the introductory Create and Manage Cloud Spanner Instances skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating and interacting with Cloud Spanner instances and databases; loading Cloud Spanner databases using various techniques; backing up Cloud Spanner databases; defining schemas and understanding query plans; and deploying a Modern Web App connected to a Cloud Spanner instance.

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Earn the intermediate Skill Badge by completing the Connecting Cloud Networks with NCC where you will learn how to use the Network Connectivity Center to connect your on-premises, cloud enterprise networks, and hybrid networks, and manage them as spokes through a single, centralized hub on Google Cloud. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this Skill Badge and the final assessment challenge lab, to receive a digital badge that you can share with your network.

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Welcome to this month's Arcade Simulator where you will step into the shoes of a Network Security Engineer. In this simulation, you'll first lock down access control across your infrastructure—crafting custom IAM roles, scripting permissions, and setting up Identity-Aware Proxy to secure user authentication without traditional VPNs. Then, you'll take control of hybrid enterprise topology, using Network Connectivity Center to link multi-cloud networks, VPCs, and site-to-site HA-VPNs. Complete with two realistic challenge labs, this simulation equips you to eliminate access blind spots, secure cross-cloud traffic, and build a fortress-grade network on Google Cloud.

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Complete the intermediate Privileged Access with IAM skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: custom roles using Identity and Access Management (IAM), the principle of least privilege, Just-in-Time (JIT) temporary elevated access, and security for web applications using Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP).

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Complete the intermediate Use Functions, Formulas and Charts in Google Sheets skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: analyzing data with functions; visualizing data using charts; and searching, validating, formatting, and displaying data.

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Transforming raw spreadsheet data into structured business intelligence requires precise validation, efficient navigation, and dynamic visual reporting. This voyage path builds core analytical competencies using Google Sheets. You will begin by implementing strict data validation rules, configuring targeted search workflows, and ensuring data integrity across large datasets. You will then advance to building dynamic charts and executing complex analytical formulas to extract meaningful insights. Finalized with a comprehensive challenge lab, this voyage prepares you to build reliable, presentation-ready analytical workbooks.

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Complete the introductory Organize and Govern Data with Knowledge Catalog skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating Knowledge Catalog assets, creating aspect types, and applying aspects to entries in Knowledge Catalog.

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Earn the Introductory skill badge by completing the Configure Service Accounts and IAM Roles for Google Cloud course, where you learn about service accounts, custom roles, and how to set permissions using gcloud .

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Earn a Skill Badge by completing the Build Event-Driven Applications with Eventarc course. In this course, you use Eventarc to create event triggers for different resources, including Pub/Sub topics and Cloud Storage buckets.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Analyze Images with the Cloud Vision API quest, where you discover how to leverage the Cloud Vision API for various tasks, including extracting text from images.

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Complete the Implement Sensitive Data Protection on Google Cloud Skill Badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: using Sensitive Data Protection services (including the Cloud Data Loss Prevention API) to inspect, redact, and de-identify sensitive data in Google Cloud.

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Complete the introductory Migrate MySQL Data to Cloud SQL Using Database Migration Service skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: migrating MySQL data to Cloud SQL using different job types and connectivity options available in Database Migration Service and migrating MySQL user data when running Database Migration Service jobs.

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Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Pub/Sub are all Google Cloud Platform services that can be used to store, process, and manage data. All three services can be used together to create a variety of data-driven applications. In this skill badge you use Cloud Storage to store images, Cloud Functions to process the images, and Cloud Pub/Sub to send the images to another application.

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Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Pub/Sub are all Google Cloud Platform services that can be used to store, process, and manage data. All three services can be used together to create a variety of data-driven applications. In this skill badge you use Cloud Storage to store images, Cloud Functions to process the images, and Cloud Pub/Sub to send the images to another application.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Analyze Speech and Language with Google APIs quest, where you learn how to use the Natural Language and Speech APIs in real-world settings.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Using the Google Cloud Speech API skill badge course, where you learn how create a Speech-to-Text API request, transcribe audio speech to text, and transcribe speech.

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Earn the Introductory Skill Badge by completing the Implement Speech and Language Solutions with Pre-trained APIs course, where you learn how to use speech related API tools to synthesise and transcribe speech.

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Earn a Skill Badge by completing the Deploy and Manage Applications on Google App Engine course, where you learn how to use App Engine with Python, Go, and PHP.

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Earn a Skill Badge by completing the Implement Cloud Storage and Data Protection Solutions course. Learn to create a Cloud Storage bucket, use the command line, and protect objects with Bucket Lock.

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Complete the intermediate Create ML Models with BigQuery ML skill badge to demonstrate skills in creating and evaluating machine learning models with BigQuery ML to make data predictions.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Implement Event-Driven Messaging and Automation Workflows skill badge course, where you learn how to use Pub/Sub through the Cloud console, how Cloud Scheduler jobs can save you effort, and when Pub/Sub Lite can save you money on high-volume event ingestion.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the The Basics of Google Cloud Compute skill badge course, where you learn how to work with virtual machines (VMs), persistent disks, and web servers using Compute Engine.

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Complete the introductory Develop AI-Powered Prototypes in Google AI Studio skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: crafting effective prompts, leveraging multimodal capabilities for image and video analysis, prototyping functional AI-driven applications from templates and text prompts, and utilizing API keys to build and deploy custom AI solutions. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Create your first Gemini Enterprise application to earn a skill badge! Connect diverse data sources to your application to build a powerful, unified search and analysis engine. Master advanced capabilities like deep research agents, multi-agent ideation, and Gemini Notebook for focused analysis. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Complete the introductory Build a Data Mesh with Knowledge Catalog skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: building a data mesh with Knowledge Catalog to facilitate data security, governance, and discovery on Google Cloud. You practice and test your skills in tagging assets, assigning IAM roles, and assessing data quality in Knowledge Catalog.

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Welcome to this month's Arcade Simulator where you will be a Data Mesh Architect. In this simulation, you'll first tackle BigQuery to build date-partitioned tables, solve complex join pitfalls, and master nested data structures. Then, you'll shift to decentralized governance using Dataplex Knowledge Catalog to organize assets, assign metadata, and enforce strict cloud security. Complete with two realistic challenge labs, this simulation equips you to break down data silos, scale your infrastructure, and run a secure, seamless data mesh.

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Complete the intermediate Build a Data Warehouse with BigQuery skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: joining data to create new tables, troubleshooting joins, appending data with unions, creating date-partitioned tables, and working with JSON, arrays, and structs in BigQuery.

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Complete the intermediate Secure Software Delivery skill badge to demonstrate your proficiency in proactively integrating security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) with DevSecOps principles. You'll learn how to utilize Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud Run for secure container image deployment, implement automated vulnerability scanning to proactively identify risks, and streamline application development with Artifact Registry while maintaining a focus on security. Additionally, you'll gain skills in integrating Cloud Build for robust development processes and implementing Admission Control Policies for fine-grained control over your environment.

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Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!

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Complete the intermediate Build Infrastructure with Terraform on Google Cloud skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles using Terraform, provisioning and managing Google Cloud resources with Terraform configurations, effective state management (local and remote), and modularizing Terraform code for reusability and organization.

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Complete the introductory Use APIs to Work with Cloud Storage skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: using APIs to work with Cloud Storage resources, including the Cloud Storage API.

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Data is one of the most valuable assets an organization owns, making its safe handling and governance essential. In this voyage, you will master Cloud Storage fundamentals by automating bucket management via APIs and the CLI, while enforcing compliance with Bucket Lock. You will then advance to automated security, configuring Sensitive Data Protection Discovery to scan and catalog risks across BigQuery and Cloud Storage. Complete with two challenge labs, this journey equips you to secure assets across your entire cloud ecosystem.

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Complete the intermediate Discover and Protect Sensitive Data Across Your Ecosystem skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: using Sensitive Data Protection services (including the Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API) to discover, inspect, redact, and de-identify sensitive data across your Google Cloud ecosystem including Cloud Storage files, BigQuery data, and Gen AI model responses.

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Managing an organization’s digital ecosystem isn't just about keeping the lights on—it's about building a secure launchpad for collaboration. In this trail, you'll step into the Google Workspace Admin Console to control user provisioning and application security from the ground up. Then, you'll switch gears to digital education, transforming standard environments into secure virtual classrooms using Google Meet and Google Classroom. Backed by a challenge lab, this trail is your fast track to running enterprise-grade cloud workspaces.

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Earn a Introductory skill badge by completing the Build Serverless Applications with Cloud Run Functions course, where you learn how to use Cloud Run functions through the Google Cloud console and on the command line.

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Who says you need a mountain of code to build great software? This adv is your fast lane to rapid app development and automation. First, you'll jump into Google AppSheet to build and launch fully functional apps entirely code-free. Then, you'll master the backend with Cloud Run Functions, deploying event-driven code via the console and command line. Packed with two hands-on challenge labs, this quest is your ticket to building slick apps and scaling them effortlessly on Google Cloud.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the App Building with AppSheet course, where you learn how to build, configure, and publish apps using AppSheet.

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