Bill Fugaru
Member since 2019
Silver League
4700 points
Anthos: Service Mesh
Earned אפר 9, 2020 EDT
[DEPRECATED] OK Google: Build Interactive Apps with Google Assistant
Earned מרץ 2, 2020 EST
Cloud Hero: Lunar New Year Special
Earned ינו 25, 2020 EST
Cloud Hero Speedrun: ACE Challenge Game 2
Earned ינו 10, 2020 EST
Optimize Your Google Cloud Costs
Earned ינו 9, 2020 EST
הבנת העלויות ב-Google Cloud
Earned ינו 8, 2020 EST
Cloud Architecture - Design, Implement, and Manage
Earned דצמ 14, 2019 EST
DevOps Essentials
Earned ספט 27, 2019 EDT
Cloud Hero Speedrun: BigQuery for Data Analysis
Earned ספט 7, 2019 EDT
Cloud Hero Speedrun: Data Solutions
Earned אוג 31, 2019 EDT
[DEPRECATED] Data Engineering
Earned אוג 17, 2019 EDT
[Deprecated] Cloud Logging
Earned אוג 8, 2019 EDT
DEPRECATED Exploring APIs
Earned אוג 4, 2019 EDT
DEPRECATED Network Performance and Optimization
Earned אוג 4, 2019 EDT
Cloud Hero Speedrun: Data Engineering
Earned אוג 3, 2019 EDT
Google Kubernetes Engine Best Practices
Earned אוג 2, 2019 EDT
Deprecated Kubernetes Solutions
Earned אוג 2, 2019 EDT
DEPRECATED Google Cloud's Operations Suite
Earned אוג 2, 2019 EDT
Google Cloud Solutions I: Scaling Your Infrastructure
Earned אוג 2, 2019 EDT
Security & Identity Fundamentals
Earned אוג 2, 2019 EDT
Deployment Manager
Earned אוג 1, 2019 EDT
Automate Deployment and Manage Traffic on a Google Cloud Network
Earned יול 31, 2019 EDT
Baseline: Infrastructure
Earned יול 31, 2019 EDT
Google Cloud Essentials
Earned יול 29, 2019 EDT
Managing Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform
Earned יול 27, 2019 EDT
Cloud Hero Speedrun: Stackdriver
Earned יול 26, 2019 EDT
Kubernetes in Google Cloud
Earned יול 24, 2019 EDT
DEPRECATED Cloud Architecture
Earned יול 23, 2019 EDT
Cloud Engineering
Earned יול 20, 2019 EDT
Cloud Engineering Speedrun
Earned יונ 28, 2019 EDT
Cloud Implementation Approach
Earned יונ 27, 2019 EDT
Cloud Adoption Strategies
Earned יונ 25, 2019 EDT
OK Google! Speedrun
Earned יונ 20, 2019 EDT
Friday Speedrun: Machine Learning
Earned יונ 14, 2019 EDT
Kubernetes Challenge Speedrun Game 2
Earned יונ 7, 2019 EDT
Networking Speedrun
Earned מאי 31, 2019 EDT
Friday Speedrun Game
Earned מאי 17, 2019 EDT
OK Google! Speedrun
Earned אפר 26, 2019 EDT
This intermediate-level quest is unique among Qwiklabs quests. These labs have been curated to give operators hands-on practice with Anthos—a new, open application modernization platform on GCP. Anthos enables you to build and manage modern hybrid applications. Tasks include: installing service mesh, collecting telemetry, and securing your microservices with service mesh policies. This quest is composed of labs targeted to teach you everything you need to know to introduce service mesh, and Anthos, into your next hybrid cloud project.
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With Google Assistant part of over a billion consumer devices, this quest teaches you how to build practical Google Assistant applications integrated with Google Cloud services via APIs. Example apps will use the Dialogflow conversational suite and the Actions and Cloud Functions frameworks. You will build 5 different applications that explore useful and fun tools you can extend on your own. No hardware required! These labs use the cloud-based Google Assistant simulator environment for developing and testing, but if you do have your own device, such as a Google Home or a Google Hub, additional instructions are provided on how to deploy your apps to your own hardware.
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Happy Lunar New Year from Qwiklabs! Begin your new year with an exciting game full of fun and learning. Play this game and complete the labs from the Cloud Architecture Quest and get a headstart for your certification preps!
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Whoa, it's 2020 and you want to accelerate your career! But you don't know where to start. Have you considered getting Google Cloud certified? Get hands-on practice with the GCP Console in today's game. Bonus, these labs will advance you towards completing the Cloud ACE 30-day challenge!
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ביצוע אופטימיזציה לעלויות של Google Cloud
תיאור: זו המשימה השנייה מתוך שתיים בנושא יסודות החיוב וניהול העלויות ב-Google Cloud. המשימה הזו מתאימה במיוחד לבעלי תפקידים הקשורים ל-IT או לפיננסים, שאחראים לביצוע האופטימיזציה של תשתית הענן בארגון. במהלך המשימה תלמדו כמה דרכים לשליטה ולביצוע אופטימיזציה בעלויות של Google Cloud, ביניהן הגדרת תקציבים והתראות, ניהול של מגבלות מכסה וניצול של הנחות תמורת התחייבות לשימוש. בשיעורים המעשיים תתנסו בכל מיני כלים שיעזרו לכם לשלוט בעלויות ב-Google Cloud, לבצע אופטימיזציה שלהן או לעודד את צוותי הטכנולוגיה להחיל את השיטות המומלצות לאופטימיזציה של העלויות.
מטרות: להסביר על הדרישות המקדימות בתחום התפעול לצורך אופטימיזציה של העלויות בענן. להבדיל בין תקציבים למכסות. להגדיר תקציבים והתראות לסף החזוי ולסף בפועל לקבלת תשלום. להגדיר אמצעי בקרה על עלויות באמצעות מכסה. לנתח את ההנחות תמורת התחייבות לשימוש. להשתמש בשיטות מתקדמות לשליטה בעלויות ולאופטימיזציה שלהן.
קהל: כל מי שמנהל את ההוצאות ב-Google Cloud בכל תפקיד בחברה. התפקידים שנכללים: פיננסים ו-IT, מנהלי רכש, מנ…
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המשימה הזו מתאימה במיוחד לבעלי תפקידים בתחומי הטכנולוגיה או הפיננסים, שאחראים לניהול של העלויות ב-Google Cloud. תלמדו איך להגדיר חשבון חיוב, איך לארגן משאבים ואיך לנהל הרשאות גישה לחיוב. בשיעורים המעשיים האלה תלמדו איך להציג את החשבונית, לנתח את נתוני החיוב באמצעות BigQuery או Google Sheets וליצור מרכזי בקרה לחיוב בהתאמה אישית באמצעות Data Studio.
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This quest of "Challenge Labs" gives the student preparing for the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect certification hands-on practice with common business/technology solutions using Google Cloud architectures. Challenge Labs do not provide the "cookbook" steps, but require solutions to be built with minimal guidance, across many Google Cloud technologies. All labs have activity tracking, and in order to earn this badge you must score 100% in each lab. This quest is not easy and will put your Google Cloud technology skills to the test! Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your knowledge and abilities, additional study, experience, and background in cloud architecture is recommended to prepare for this certification. Complete this quest to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge.
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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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You have data. We have analysis tools. Let's talk! In today's game, you will explore how Google Cloud can help you take advantage of the information you already have. Get hands-on practice with SQL, BigQuery and Data Studio, three tools we promise you will use again.
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In today's game, you will explore how Google Cloud can help you solve real-world challenges with different data tools, while making progress on the Data Engineering quest. Want to learn more about what data can do? Check out how the New York Times, Macy's and healthcare researchers are using tools like Kubernetes and Tensorflow: http://bit.ly/32e0bwi
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This advanced-level quest is unique amongst the other catalog 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 Data Engineer Certification. From Big Query, to Dataprep, to Cloud Composer, this quest is composed of specific labs that will put your Google Cloud data engineering knowledge to the test. Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your skills and abilities, you will need other preparation, too. The exam is quite challenging and external studying, experience, and/or background in cloud data engineering is recommended. Looking for a hands on challenge lab to demonstrate your skills and validate your knowledge? On completing this quest, enroll in and finish the additional challenge lab at the end of the Engineer Data in the Google Cloud to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge.
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Cloud Logging is a fully managed service that performs at scale. It can ingest application and system log data from thousands of VMs and, even better, analyze all that log data in real time. In this fundamental-level Quest, you learn how to store, search, analyze, monitor, and alert on log data and events from Google Cloud. The labs in the Quest give you hands-on practice using Cloud Logging to maximize your learning experience and provide insight on how you can use Cloud Logging to your own Google Cloud environment.
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Google Cloud Application Programming Interfaces are the mechanism to interact with Google Cloud Services programmatically. This quest will give you hands-on practice with a variety of GCP APIs, which you will learn through working with Google’s APIs Explorer, a tool that allows you to browse APIs and run their methods interactively. By learning how to transfer data between Cloud Storage buckets, deploy Compute Engine instances, configure Dataproc clusters and much more, Exploring APIs will show you how powerful APIs are and why they are used almost exclusively by proficient GCP users. Enroll in this quest today.
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If you want to take your Google Cloud networking skills to the next level, look no further. This course is composed of labs that cover real-life use cases and it will teach you best practices for overcoming common networking bottlenecks. From getting hands-on practice with testing and improving network performance, to integrating high-throughput VPNs and networking tiers, Network Performance and Optimization is an essential course for Google Cloud developers who are looking to double down on application speed and robustness.
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Start the 30-day challenge strong with a speedrun! Two labs in this game fulfill requirements towards your Data Engineering cert practice badge, and all four get you hands-on experience with key data tools and concepts.
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Get Anthos Ready. Demand for Google Kubernetes Engine is growing, and customers are looking to Google and its partners to provide in-depth technical knowledge. This first Google Kubernetes Engine-centric Quest of best practices hands-on labs will get you started containerizing to modernize in place , and then managing your deployed apps and services -- with monitoring, tracing, and logging.
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Containerized applications have changed the game and are here to stay. With Kubernetes, you can orchestrate containers with ease, and integration with the Google Cloud Platform is seamless. In this advanced-level quest, you will be exposed to a wide range of Kubernetes use cases and will get hands-on practice architecting solutions over the course of 8 labs. From building Slackbots with NodeJS, to deploying game servers on clusters, to running the Cloud Vision API, Kubernetes Solutions will show you first-hand how agile and powerful this container orchestration system is.
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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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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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Security is an uncompromising feature of Google Cloud services, and Google Cloud has developed specific tools for ensuring safety and identity across your projects. In this fundamental-level quest, you will get hands-on practice with Google Cloud’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) service, which is the go-to for managing user and virtual machine accounts. You will get experience with network security by provisioning VPCs and VPNs, and learn what tools are available for security threat and data loss protections.
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If you’re looking to take your Google Cloud application to the next level, look no further than Deployment Manager. By automating the creation of GCP resources and services, Deployment Manager lets you focus on developing rather than maintaining. In this advanced-level quest, you will get hands on practice with Deployment Manager by building custom templates, automating Python and Jinja application instances, and scaling custom networks.
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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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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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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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In this Quest, the experienced user of Google Cloud will learn how to describe and launch cloud resources with Terraform, an open source tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned. In these nine hands-on labs, you will work with example templates and understand how to launch a range of configurations, from simple servers, through full load-balanced applications.
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Stackdriver provides a wealth of information in application monitoring, report logging, and diagnoses. In this game you will explore Stackdriver and get hands-on practice with it. Have fun with Stackdriver and maximize your learning experience by getting an insight on how you can utilize Stackdriver Logging to your own GCP Environments.
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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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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 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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Welcome, gamers! Have you considered getting Google Cloud certified? The logical place to start is the Cloud ACE certification. Get a head start on completing your Cloud Engineering quest and practicing key exam topics, while scoring points and competing against players around the world.
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Welcome to Cloud Implementation Approach! Click "Join this Game".
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Points are earned by completing the steps in the lab.... and bonus points are earned for speed! Be sure to complete each lab by selecting the END option to get the maximum points.
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Welcome to Cloud Adoption Strategies Click "Join this Game".
To modify your player name or avatar, go to your My Account page at https://google.qwiklabs.com.
Points are earned by completing the steps in the lab.... and bonus points are earned for speed! Be sure to complete each lab by selecting the END option to get the maximum points.
Please respect the GCP resource quotas that have been allocated. Otherwise, you'll waste your Game time and gain fewer points.
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Welcome, gamers! Over a billion: that's how many Google Assistant devices will be out in the world by the end of the year. Want in? Learn to build your own Google Assistant app and win points in today's Qwiklabs game. Complete the game labs one by one to score points. Earn the most points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. All players will be awarded the game badge. The top 10 players get 25 free Qwiklabs credits. And the winner? Eligible to receive a Google Home mini (if available from the Google Store in your location - we'll be in touch after the game with details). Hurry, the game is open until Friday at midnight, EDT. Ready to play?
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Welcome, gamers!
Are you figuring out how to use different Google tools available out there? Interested in Cryptocurrency? Here is a great opportunity to enjoy and get familiar with some cool Google tools. In today's game, rent a VM, ingest and analyse data, build an IoT pipeline, play with TensorFlow and then get the best out of this game by tracking Cryptocurrency with GCP in Real-Time!! Complete the game labs one by one to score points. Earn the most points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. All players will be awarded the game badge. The top 10 players get 25 free Qwiklabs credits. And the winner? Eligible to receive an amazing E-Book `Data Science on Google Platform` by the Data Scientist Valliappa Lakshmanan. Hurry, the game is open for 24 hours only.
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It’s gameday! Watch your name move up the leaderboard and get valuable Kubernetes skills and experience to help you complete the 30-day challenge. Complete the game labs one by one to score points. Earn the most points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. All players will be awarded the game badge. The top 10 players get 25 free Qwiklabs credits. And the winner? We'll send you an ebook copy of the book "Kubernetes: Up and Running: Dive into the Future of Infrastructure" by Kelsey Hightower, Brendan Burns and Joe Beda (delivered via email). Hurry, the game is open for 12 hours only. Ready to play?
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Welcome, gamers!
It’s gameday - watch your name move up the leaderboard and get 4 labs closer to completing your Networking quest. In today's game, experiment with VPC networks, firewalls and optimizing spend - plus maybe win a prize. Complete the game labs one by one to score points. Earn the most points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. Ready to play?
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Welcome, gamers!
Feeling tense after a long week? Relax and learn something new - how about TensorFlow? In today's game, experiment with ML, TPUs, and TensorFlow, then finish the week with a Kubernetes twist. Complete the game labs one by one to score points. Earn the most points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. Ready to play?
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Welcome to the Friday Speedrun, gamers!
Over a billion: that's how many Google Assistant devices will be out in the world by the end of the year. Want in? Learn to build your own Google Assistant app and win points in today's Qwiklabs game.
Start taking the game labs one by one to score points. Earn the most points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points.
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