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Mahendra Lohar

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Digital Transformation with Google Cloud Earned Aug 3, 2024 EDT
Scaling with Google Cloud Operations Earned Aug 3, 2024 EDT
Trust and Security with Google Cloud Earned Aug 3, 2024 EDT
Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud Earned Aug 3, 2024 EDT
Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence Earned Aug 3, 2024 EDT
Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud Earned Aug 3, 2024 EDT
Monitoring in Google Cloud Earned Jun 15, 2023 EDT
Level 2: Cloud security Earned Jun 15, 2023 EDT
Implement Cloud Storage and Data Protection Solutions Earned Jun 14, 2023 EDT
Create a Secure Data Lake on Cloud Storage Earned Jun 14, 2023 EDT
Get Started with Eventarc Earned Jun 14, 2023 EDT
Get Started with Looker Earned Jun 10, 2023 EDT
Level 1: Data with Google Cloud Earned Jun 6, 2023 EDT
Get Started with Dataplex Earned Jun 6, 2023 EDT
Analyze Speech and Language with Google APIs Earned Jun 6, 2023 EDT
Qwiklabs Trivia May 2023 Earned May 23, 2023 EDT
Engineer Data for Predictive Modeling with BigQuery ML Earned May 22, 2023 EDT
Set Up a Google Cloud Network Earned May 20, 2023 EDT
Level 2: Citizen Developer Skills Earned May 20, 2023 EDT
Develop Serverless Apps with Firebase Earned May 19, 2023 EDT
Build Serverless Applications with Cloud Run Functions Earned May 19, 2023 EDT
App Building with AppSheet Earned May 19, 2023 EDT
Use Machine Learning APIs on Google Cloud Earned May 13, 2023 EDT
Build a Data Warehouse with BigQuery Earned May 13, 2023 EDT
Deploy and Secure Serverless APIs with API Gateway Earned May 13, 2023 EDT
Level 1: Data, ML and API Skills Earned May 13, 2023 EDT
Streaming Analytics into BigQuery Earned May 13, 2023 EDT
Derive Insights from BigQuery Data Earned May 6, 2023 EDT
Qwiklabs Trivia April 2023 Earned Apr 30, 2023 EDT
Use Functions, Formulas, and Charts in Google Sheets Earned Apr 28, 2023 EDT
Analyze BigQuery Data in Connected Sheets Earned Apr 28, 2023 EDT
Level 2: Data Exploration with Looker, BigQuery and Sheets Earned Apr 28, 2023 EDT
Prepare Data for Looker Dashboards and Reports Earned Apr 28, 2023 EDT
Store, Process, and Manage Data on Google Cloud - Command Line Earned Apr 28, 2023 EDT
Store, Process, and Manage Data on Google Cloud - Console Earned Apr 27, 2023 EDT
Level 1: Managing Resources and Data in the Cloud Earned Apr 27, 2023 EDT
Monitor and Manage Google Cloud Resources Earned Apr 27, 2023 EDT
New Year, New Skills: Yellow Challenge (A) Earned Jan 11, 2023 EST
Google Developer Essentials Earned Jun 13, 2022 EDT
Monitor and Log with Google Cloud Observability Earned Jun 2, 2022 EDT
Implement DevOps Workflows in Google Cloud Earned May 30, 2022 EDT
Google Cloud Solutions I: Scaling Your Infrastructure Earned May 30, 2022 EDT
DEPRECATED Google Cloud's Operations Suite Earned May 30, 2022 EDT
DEPRECATED Cloud Architecture Earned May 27, 2022 EDT
Understand Your Google Cloud Costs Earned May 12, 2022 EDT
DevOps Essentials Earned May 5, 2022 EDT
Develop Your Google Cloud Network Earned May 5, 2022 EDT
Cloud Engineering Earned May 5, 2022 EDT
Deploy Kubernetes Applications on Google Cloud Earned May 4, 2022 EDT
Kubernetes in Google Cloud Earned May 3, 2022 EDT
Build a Secure Google Cloud Network Earned Apr 30, 2022 EDT
Automate Deployment and Manage Traffic on a Google Cloud Network Earned Apr 29, 2022 EDT
Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud Earned Apr 28, 2022 EDT
Baseline: Infrastructure Earned Apr 28, 2022 EDT
Implementing Cloud Load Balancing for Compute Engine Earned Apr 27, 2022 EDT
Google Cloud Essentials Earned Apr 27, 2022 EDT
DevOps: A beautiful relationship Earned Feb 14, 2022 EST
Learn to Earn Cloud Security Challenge: Level 1 Earned Jan 25, 2022 EST
Learn to Earn Cloud Security Challenge: Level 2 Earned Jan 25, 2022 EST
Feature Engineering Earned Jan 1, 2022 EST
Learn to Earn Cloud Challenge: Essentials Earned Sep 14, 2021 EDT

There's much excitement about cloud technology and digital transformation, but often many unanswered questions. For example: What is cloud technology? What does digital transformation mean? How can cloud technology help your organization? Where do you even begin? If you've asked yourself any of these questions, you're in the right place. This course provides an overview of the types of opportunities and challenges that companies often encounter in their digital transformation journey. If you want to learn about cloud technology so you can excel in your role and help build the future of your business, then this introductory course on digital transformation is for you. This course is part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path.

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Organizations of all sizes are embracing the power and flexibility of the cloud to transform how they operate. However, managing and scaling cloud resources effectively can be a complex task. Scaling with Google Cloud Operations explores the fundamental concepts of modern operations, reliability, and resilience in the cloud, and how Google Cloud can help support these efforts. Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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As organizations move their data and applications to the cloud, they must address new security challenges. The Trust and Security with Google Cloud course explores the basics of cloud security, the value of Google Cloud's multilayered approach to infrastructure security, and how Google earns and maintains customer trust in the cloud. Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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Many traditional enterprises use legacy systems and applications that can't stay up-to-date with modern customer expectations. Business leaders often have to choose between maintaining their aging IT systems or investing in new products and services. "Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud" explores these challenges and offers solutions to overcome them by using cloud technology. Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) represent an important evolution in information technologies that are quickly transforming a wide range of industries. “Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence” explores how organizations can use AI and ML to transform their business processes. Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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Cloud technology can bring great value to an organization, and combining the power of cloud technology with data has the potential to unlock even more value and create new customer experiences. “Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud” explores the value data can bring to an organization and ways Google Cloud can make data useful and accessible. Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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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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There’s so much more to cloud security than making your passwords something other than “password”. As more and more businesses move their data and applications to the cloud, the importance of - and demand for - cloud security is growing exponentially. In fact, the demand for cloud security professionals is outpacing the supply: according to a report by Cybersecurity Ventures, there are roughly 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity positions around the world in 2023. Unlock your cloud security potential with hands-on experience in the Arcade - each lab teaches and tests your growing tech skills, and sets you on the path to a Google Cloud credential.

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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 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 Dataplex lake for data governance.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Get Started with Eventarc skill badge course, where 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 Get Started with Looker skill badge course, where you learn how to analyze, visualize, and curate data using Looker Studio and Looker.

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The demand for data skills is growing rapidly, and we want you to get some of that sweet knowledge! According to a report by the McKinsey Global Institute, the demand for data scientists and analysts is expected to grow by 150% by 2025. Data can be used to identify trends, patterns, and insights that can help businesses improve their operations, products, and services - which makes data career paths highly valuable. There are a lot of different aspects to data science, so it's important to start with the basics - and we’ve got you covered. Kickstart your data skills discovery and get hands-on experience in the Arcade, with labs that help you learn and earn your first Google Cloud credential. No experience required.

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Complete the introductory Get Started with Dataplex skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating Dataplex assets, creating aspect types, and applying aspects to entries in Dataplex.

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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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Welcome to Qwiklabs Trivia for May! Each week, we will release a new set of questions to test your knowledge. You will have opportunities to play throughout the month. Give your career a boost with hands on experience on GCP and partner services and earn the May badge.

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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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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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Ever thought "I wish I had an app for this" ? Guess what - employers have, too. In fact, demand for citizen developers is expected to grow 300% by 2024 according to a Forrester report. Become the innovator companies want and need with the Arcade. Play now to get hands-on experience creating custom applications with Google Cloud's powerful data tools. Each lab teaches and tests your growing tech skills, and sets you on the path to your first Google Cloud credential.

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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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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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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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Earn the advanced skill badge by completing the Use Machine Learning APIs on Google Cloud course, where you learn the basic features for the following machine learning and AI technologies: Cloud Vision API, Cloud Translation API, and Cloud Natural Language API.

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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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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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Demand for cloud-skilled workers is rising. According to a report by Indeed, cloud computing jobs are expected to grow 22% over the next five years, much faster than the average for all occupations. And demand for machine learning jobs is expected to grow 75%. Want to grow your skills and take advantage of the opportunity? Level up your tech skills and get hands-on experience in the Arcade, with labs that help you learn and earn your first Google Cloud credential. No experience required.

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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 introductory Derive Insights from BigQuery Data skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: Write SQL queries.Query public tables.Load sample data into BigQuery.Troubleshoot common syntax errors with the query validator in BigQuery.Create reports in Looker Studio by connecting to BigQuery data.

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Welcome to Qwiklabs Trivia for April! Each week, we will release a new set of questions to test your knowledge. You will have opportunities to play throughout the month. Give your career a boost with hands on experience on GCP and partner services and earn the April badge.

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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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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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Description: According to IDC, by 2026, 7 PB of data will be generated per second globally. But what you *do* with the data is what matters. Data is the heart of digital transformation and offers incredible opportunities for organizations to accelerate the most strategic business outcomes, like revenue and productivity. Want to grow your skills and take advantage of the opportunity? Play now to get hands-on experience with Google Cloud's powerful data tools. Each lab teaches and tests your growing tech skills, and sets you on the path to your first Google Cloud credential.

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Complete the introductory Prepare Data for Looker Dashboards and Reports skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: filtering, sorting, and pivoting data; merging results from different Looker Explores; and using functions and operators to build Looker dashboards and reports for data analysis and visualization.

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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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More than 90% of IT leaders say they're looking to grow their cloud environments in the next several years, yet more than 80% of those same leaders identified a lack of skills as a barrier to growth. This means that tech skills (particularly cloud skills!) are in high demand. Want to grow your skills and take advantage of the opportunity? Play now to get hands-on experience with Google Cloud. Each lab teaches and tests your growing tech skills, and sets you on the path to your first Google Cloud credential. No experience required.

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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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New year, New skills! Add 23 (or so) new skills and techniques to your toolkit, while sampling certification-based learning paths. Whether you're thinking about Google Cloud's Data, DevOps or Networking certifications, or just exploring, this is the challenge to help you start your year strong.

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This introductory-level quest shows application developers how the Google Cloud ecosystem could help them build secure, scalable, and intelligent cloud native applications. You learn how to develop and scale applications without setting up infrastructure, run data analytics, gain insights from data, and develop with pre-trained ML APIs to leverage machine learning even if you are not a Machine Learning expert. You will also experience seamless integration between various Google services and APIs to create intelligent apps.

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Complete the introductory Monitor and Log with Google Cloud Observability skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: monitoring virtual machines in Compute Engine, utilizing Cloud Monitoring for multi-project oversight, extending monitoring and logging capabilities to Cloud Functions, creating and sending custom application metrics, and configuring Cloud Monitoring alerts based on custom metrics.

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Complete the intermediate Implement DevOps Workflows in Google Cloud skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating git repositories with Cloud Source 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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In this course you will learn how you to harness serious Google Cloud power and infrastructure. The hands-on labs will give you use cases and you will be tasked with implementing scaling practices utilized by Google’s very own Solutions Architecture team. From developing enterprise grade load balancing and autoscaling, to building continuous delivery pipelines, Google Cloud Solutions I: Scaling your Infrastructure will teach you best practices for taking your Google Cloud projects to the next level.

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Learn the ins and outs of Google Cloud's operations suite, an important service for generating insights into the health of your applications. It provides a wealth of information in application monitoring, report logging, and diagnoses. These labs will give you hands-on practice with and will teach you how to monitor virtual machines, generate logs and alerts, and create custom metrics for application data. It is recommended that the students have at least earned a Badge by completing the Google Cloud Essentials. Looking for a hands on challenge lab to demonstrate your skills and validate your knowledge? On completing this course, enroll in and finish the challenge lab at the end of the Monitor and Log with Google Cloud Operations Suite to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge.

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This fundamental-level quest is unique amongst the other quest offerings. The labs have been curated to give IT professionals hands-on practice with topics and services that appear in the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Certification. From IAM, to networking, to Kubernetes engine deployment, this quest is composed of specific labs that will put your Google Cloud knowledge to the test. Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your skills and abilities, we recommend that you also review the exam guide and other available preparation resources.

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This course is most suitable for those working in a technology or finance role who are responsible for managing Google Cloud costs. You’ll learn how to set up a billing account, organize resources, and manage billing access permissions. In the hands-on labs, you'll learn how to view your invoice, track your Google Cloud costs with Billing reports, analyze your billing data with BigQuery or Google Sheets, and create custom billing dashboards with Looker Studio. References made to links in the videos can be accessed in this Additional Resources document.

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Obtain a competitive advantage through DevOps. DevOps is an organizational and cultural movement that aims to increase software delivery velocity, improve service reliability, and build shared ownership among software stakeholders. In this course you will learn how to use Google Cloud to improve the speed, stability, availability, and security of your software delivery capability. DevOps Research and Assessment has joined Google Cloud. How does your team measure up? Take this five question multiple-choice quiz and find out!

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Develop your Google Cloud Network skill badge course, where you learn multiple ways to deploy and monitor applications including how to: explore IAM roles and add/remove project access, create VPC networks, deploy and monitor Compute Engine VMs, write SQL queries, deploy and monitor VMs in Compute Engine, and deploy applications using Kubernetes with multiple deployment approaches.

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This fundamental-level quest is unique amongst the other quest offerings. The labs have been curated to give IT professionals hands-on practice with topics and services that appear in the Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Certification. From IAM, to networking, to Kubernetes engine deployment, this quest is composed of specific labs that will put your Google Cloud knowledge to the test. Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your skills and abilities, we recommend that you also review the exam guide and other available preparation resources.

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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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Kubernetes is the most popular container orchestration system, and Google Kubernetes Engine was designed specifically to support managed Kubernetes deployments in Google Cloud. In this course, you will get hands-on practice configuring Docker images, containers, and deploying fully-fledged Kubernetes Engine applications.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Build a Secure Google Cloud Network skill badge course, where you will learn about multiple networking-related resources to build, scale, and secure your applications on Google Cloud.

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Networking is a principle theme of cloud computing. It’s the underlying structure of Google Cloud, and it’s what connects all your resources and services to one another. This course will cover essential Google Cloud networking services and will give you hands-on practice with specialized tools for developing mature networks. From learning the ins-and-outs of VPCs, to creating enterprise-grade load balancers, Automate Deployment and Manage Traffic on a Google Cloud Network will give you the practical experience needed so you can start building robust networks right away.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud skill badge course, where you learn how to build and connect storage-centric cloud infrastructure using the basic capabilities of the following technologies: Cloud Storage, Identity and Access Management, Cloud Functions, and Pub/Sub.

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If you are a novice cloud developer looking for hands-on practice beyond Google Cloud Essentials, this course is for you. You will get practical experience through labs that dive into Cloud Storage and other key application services like Monitoring and Cloud Functions. You will develop valuable skills that are applicable to any Google Cloud initiative. 1-minute videos walk you through key concepts for these labs.

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Complete the introductory Implementing Cloud Load Balancing for Compute Engine skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating and deploying virtual machines in Compute Engine and configuring network and application load balancers.

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In this introductory-level course, you get hands-on practice with the Google Cloud’s fundamental tools and services. Optional videos are provided to provide more context and review for the concepts covered in the labs. Google Cloud Essentials is a recommendeded first course for the Google Cloud learner - you can come in with little or no prior cloud knowledge, and come out with practical experience that you can apply to your first Google Cloud project. From writing Cloud Shell commands and deploying your first virtual machine, to running applications on Kubernetes Engine or with load balancing, Google Cloud Essentials is a prime introduction to the platform’s basic features.

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The goal of DevOps is to combine software development and IT operations into a holistic set of strategies and practices. Want to learn more about how the relationship works? Join a team and challenge yourself to complete each task as quickly and accurately as possible to score points and earn badges.

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These labs help you get started with cloud security basics. At the end of each lab, you'll have hands-on experience with securing your cloud. Complete this game to earn the Level 1 game badge, and you'll be one step closer to completing the challenge. Race the clock to increase your score and watch your name rise on the leaderboard!

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These labs will give you a deeper understanding of security features in the cloud. These labs are a little more challenging. It’s OK to take a lab more than once to achieve a great score. Complete this game to earn the Level 2 game badge, and you'll be one step closer to completing the challenge. Race the clock to increase your score and watch your name rise on the leaderboard!

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This course explores the benefits of using Vertex AI Feature Store, how to improve the accuracy of ML models, and how to find which data columns make the most useful features. This course also includes content and labs on feature engineering using BigQuery ML, Keras, and TensorFlow.

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Welcome to the Learn To Earn Cloud Challenge! These eight labs give you a quick hands-on introduction to eight different GCP tools and services. At the end of each lab, you'll have another skill to add to your list. Complete this game to earn the Essentials game badge, and you'll be one step closer to collecting all four Learn to Earn Cloud Challenge badges (see "what's next" below for more information). Race the clock to increase your score and watch your name rise on the leaderboard. Good luck!

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