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Google Cloud Fundamentals for AWS Professionals Earned May 9, 2024 EDT
Build a Secure Google Cloud Network Earned May 8, 2024 EDT
Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud Earned May 8, 2024 EDT
Implementing Cloud Load Balancing for Compute Engine Earned May 8, 2024 EDT
Classify Images with TensorFlow on Google Cloud Earned May 8, 2024 EDT
Level 3: GenAIus Registries Earned May 3, 2024 EDT
Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Infrastructure in Google Cloud Earned Apr 30, 2024 EDT
Prepare Data for ML APIs on Google Cloud Earned Apr 30, 2024 EDT
Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Data, ML, and AI in Google Cloud Earned Apr 30, 2024 EDT
Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Cloud Computing Fundamentals Earned Apr 30, 2024 EDT
Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Networking & Security in Google Cloud Earned Apr 30, 2024 EDT
Derive Insights from BigQuery Data Earned Apr 30, 2024 EDT
Introduction to Generative AI Earned Apr 30, 2024 EDT
Set Up a Google Cloud Network Earned Mar 26, 2024 EDT
Implement Cloud Security Fundamentals on Google Cloud Earned Mar 24, 2024 EDT
Generative AI Explorer - Vertex AI Earned Mar 18, 2024 EDT
Introduction to Responsible AI Earned Mar 2, 2024 EST
Introduction to Generative AI Earned Mar 2, 2024 EST
Introduction to Large Language Models Earned Mar 2, 2024 EST
Responsible AI: Applying AI Principles with Google Cloud Earned Mar 2, 2024 EST
Arcade Carnival Earned Feb 15, 2024 EST
Qwiklabs Trivia October 2023 Week 4 Earned Dec 26, 2023 EST
Qwiklabs Trivia October 2023 Week 1 Earned Dec 26, 2023 EST
Qwiklabs Trivia August 2023 Earned Aug 22, 2023 EDT
Build Infrastructure with Terraform on Google Cloud Earned Aug 21, 2023 EDT
Create a Streaming Data Lake on Cloud Storage Earned Aug 21, 2023 EDT
Cloud Speech API: 3 Ways Earned Aug 3, 2023 EDT
Classify Images with TensorFlow on Google Cloud Earned Aug 3, 2023 EDT
Getting Started with Go on Google Cloud Earned Aug 3, 2023 EDT
Analyze Sentiment with Natural Language API Earned Aug 3, 2023 EDT
Develop with Apps Script and AppSheet Earned Aug 3, 2023 EDT
Integrate BigQuery Data and Google Workspace using Apps Script Earned Aug 3, 2023 EDT
Using the Google Cloud Speech API Earned Aug 3, 2023 EDT
Configure Service Accounts and IAM Roles for Google Cloud Earned Aug 3, 2023 EDT
Use APIs to Work with Cloud Storage Earned Aug 3, 2023 EDT
Analyze Images with the Cloud Vision API Earned Aug 2, 2023 EDT
Level 3: GenAI Earned Aug 2, 2023 EDT
Enrich Metadata and Discovery of BigLake Data Earned Jul 31, 2023 EDT
Level 2: Data Deep Dive Earned Jul 31, 2023 EDT
Get Started with Sensitive Data Protection Earned Jul 31, 2023 EDT
Secure BigLake Data Earned Jul 31, 2023 EDT
Qwiklabs Trivia July 2023 Earned Jul 31, 2023 EDT
DEPRECATED Networking Fundamentals on Google Cloud Earned Jul 30, 2023 EDT
Level 1: AppDev and Infrastructure Earned Jul 30, 2023 EDT
The Basics of Google Cloud Compute Earned Jul 26, 2023 EDT
Qwiklabs Trivia June 2023 Earned Jun 20, 2023 EDT
App Engine: 3 Ways Earned Jun 15, 2023 EDT
Get Started with Pub/Sub Earned Jun 15, 2023 EDT
Get Started with Cloud Storage Earned Jun 13, 2023 EDT
Level 2: Cloud security Earned Jun 13, 2023 EDT
Monitoring in Google Cloud Earned Jun 13, 2023 EDT
Get Started with Eventarc Earned Jun 13, 2023 EDT
Create a Secure Data Lake on Cloud Storage Earned Jun 13, 2023 EDT
Analyze Speech and Language with Google APIs Earned Jun 11, 2023 EDT
Level 1: Data with Google Cloud Earned Jun 11, 2023 EDT
Get Started with Dataplex Earned Jun 11, 2023 EDT
Qwiklabs Trivia May 2023 Earned May 23, 2023 EDT
Build Serverless Applications with Cloud Run Functions Earned May 22, 2023 EDT
Level 2: Citizen Developer Skills Earned May 22, 2023 EDT
App Building with AppSheet Earned May 19, 2023 EDT
Get Started with API Gateway Earned May 18, 2023 EDT
Level 1: Data, ML and API Skills Earned May 18, 2023 EDT
Streaming Analytics into BigQuery Earned May 17, 2023 EDT
Build a Data Warehouse with BigQuery Earned May 7, 2023 EDT
Get Started with Looker Earned May 7, 2023 EDT
Implement DevOps Workflows in Google Cloud Earned May 6, 2023 EDT
Implement Cloud Security Fundamentals on Google Cloud Earned May 5, 2023 EDT
Qwiklabs Trivia April 2023 Earned Apr 25, 2023 EDT
Prepare Data for Looker Dashboards and Reports Earned Apr 19, 2023 EDT
Level 2: Data Exploration with Looker, BigQuery and Sheets Earned Apr 19, 2023 EDT
Use Functions, Formulas, and Charts in Google Sheets Earned Apr 18, 2023 EDT
Analyze BigQuery Data in Connected Sheets Earned Apr 18, 2023 EDT
Level 1: Managing Resources and Data in the Cloud Earned Apr 17, 2023 EDT
Store, Process, and Manage Data on Google Cloud - Command Line Earned Apr 17, 2023 EDT
Store, Process, and Manage Data on Google Cloud - Console Earned Apr 17, 2023 EDT
Monitor and Manage Google Cloud Resources Earned Apr 17, 2023 EDT
Terraform Init: An infrastructure challenge Earned Mar 24, 2023 EDT
Qwiklabs Trivia March 2023 Earned Mar 21, 2023 EDT
Data Without the Degree [Arcade] Earned Mar 17, 2023 EDT
Beep Bop Boop: A chatbot challenge [Arcade] Earned Mar 7, 2023 EST
Certification Replay [Arcade] Earned Feb 28, 2023 EST
Better Together: A Google Cloud Partners Challenge Earned Feb 11, 2023 EST
Retail Tech Earned Feb 1, 2023 EST
Advanced ML: ML Infrastructure Earned Sep 12, 2022 EDT
Machine Learning APIs Earned Sep 7, 2022 EDT
DEPRECATED BigQuery Basics for Data Analysts Earned Sep 5, 2022 EDT
Use Machine Learning APIs on Google Cloud Earned Sep 2, 2022 EDT
Set Up a Google Cloud Network Earned Aug 18, 2022 EDT
Prepare Data for ML APIs on Google Cloud Earned Aug 18, 2022 EDT
Develop Serverless Apps with Firebase Earned Aug 16, 2022 EDT
Create ML Models with BigQuery ML Earned Aug 16, 2022 EDT
Derive Insights from BigQuery Data Earned Aug 15, 2022 EDT
[DEPRECATED] Build Interactive Apps with Google Assistant Earned Aug 15, 2022 EDT
Build a Website on Google Cloud Earned Aug 14, 2022 EDT
Deploy Kubernetes Applications on Google Cloud Earned Aug 11, 2022 EDT
Build a Secure Google Cloud Network Earned Aug 11, 2022 EDT
Implementing Cloud Load Balancing for Compute Engine Earned Aug 11, 2022 EDT
Engineer Data for Predictive Modeling with BigQuery ML Earned Aug 10, 2022 EDT
Develop Your Google Cloud Network Earned Aug 9, 2022 EDT
Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud Earned Aug 7, 2022 EDT
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure Earned Jul 26, 2022 EDT
[DEPRECATED] OK Google: Build Interactive Apps with Google Assistant Earned Jul 23, 2022 EDT
Google Cloud Essentials Earned Jul 23, 2022 EDT
Google Workspace Essentials Earned Jul 23, 2022 EDT

Google Cloud Fundamentals for AWS Professionals introduces important concepts and terminology for working with Google Cloud. Through videos and hands-on labs, this course presents and compares many of Google Cloud's computing and storage services, along with important resource and policy management tools.

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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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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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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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Earn the intermediate Skill Badge by completing the Classify Images with TensorFlow on Google Cloud skill badge course where you learn how to use TensorFlow and Vertex AI to create and train machine learning models. You primarily interact with Vertex AI Workbench user-managed notebooks.

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Today, developers need all the tools to shine. Artifact Registry is your one-stop shop for storing and managing your code. Learn how to start building your dream code and earn a Google Cloud Credential along the way!- No prior experience needed!

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The Google Cloud Computing Foundations courses are for individuals with little to no background or experience in cloud computing. They provide an overview of concepts central to cloud basics, big data, and machine learning, and where and how Google Cloud fits in. By the end of the series of courses, learners will be able to articulate these concepts and demonstrate some hands-on skills. The courses should be completed in the following order: 1. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Cloud Computing Fundamentals 2. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Infrastructure in Google Cloud 3. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Networking and Security in Google Cloud 4. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Data, ML, and AI in Google Cloud

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Complete the introductory Prepare Data for ML APIs on Google Cloud skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: cleaning data with Dataprep by Trifacta, running data pipelines in Dataflow, creating clusters and running Apache Spark jobs in Dataproc, and calling ML APIs including the Cloud Natural Language API, Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API, and Video Intelligence API.

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The Google Cloud Computing Foundations courses are for individuals with little to no background or experience in cloud computing. They provide an overview of concepts central to cloud basics, big data, and machine learning, and where and how Google Cloud fits in. By the end of the series of courses, learners will be able to articulate these concepts and demonstrate some hands-on skills. The courses should be completed in the following order: 1. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Cloud Computing Fundamentals 2. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Infrastructure in Google Cloud 3. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Networking and Security in Google Cloud 4. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Data, ML, and AI in Google Cloud This final course in the series reviews managed big data services, machine learning and its value, and how to demonstrate your skill set in Google Cloud further by earning Skill Badges.

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The Google Cloud Computing Foundations courses are for individuals with little to no background or experience in cloud computing. They provide an overview of concepts central to cloud basics, big data, and machine learning, and where and how Google Cloud fits in. By the end of the series of courses, learners will be able to articulate these concepts and demonstrate some hands-on skills. The courses should be completed in the following order: 1. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Cloud Computing Fundamentals 2. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Infrastructure in Google Cloud 3. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Networking and Security in Google Cloud 4. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Data, ML, and AI in Google Cloud This first course provides an overview of cloud computing, ways to use Google Cloud, and different compute options.

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The Google Cloud Computing Foundations courses are for individuals with little to no background or experience in cloud computing. They provide an overview of concepts central to cloud basics, big data, and machine learning, and where and how Google Cloud fits in. By the end of the series of courses, learners will be able to articulate these concepts and demonstrate some hands-on skills. The courses should be completed in the following order: 1. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Cloud Computing Fundamentals 2. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Infrastructure in Google Cloud 3. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Networking and Security in Google Cloud 4. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Data, ML, and AI in Google Cloud This third course covers cloud automation and management tools and building secure networks.

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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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This is an introductory level microlearning course aimed at explaining what Generative AI is, how it is used, and how it differs from traditional machine learning methods. It also covers Google Tools to help you develop your own Gen AI apps.

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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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Complete the intermediate Implement Cloud Security Fundamentals on Google Cloud skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: creating and assigning roles with Identity and Access Management (IAM); creating and managing service accounts; enabling private connectivity across virtual private cloud (VPC) networks; restricting application access using Identity-Aware Proxy; managing keys and encrypted data using Cloud Key Management Service (KMS); and creating a private Kubernetes cluster.

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The Generative AI Explorer - Vertex Quest is a collection of labs on how to use Generative AI on Google Cloud. Through the labs, you will learn about how to use the models in the Vertex AI PaLM API family, including text-bison, chat-bison, and textembedding-gecko. You will also learn about prompt design, best practices, and how it can be used for ideation, text classification, text extraction, text summarization, and more. You will also learn how to tune a foundation model by training it via Vertex AI custom training and deploy it to a Vertex AI endpoint.

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This is an introductory-level microlearning course aimed at explaining what responsible AI is, why it's important, and how Google implements responsible AI in their products. It also introduces Google's 3 AI principles.

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This is an introductory level microlearning course aimed at explaining what Generative AI is, how it is used, and how it differs from traditional machine learning methods. It also covers Google Tools to help you develop your own Gen AI apps.

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This is an introductory level micro-learning course that explores what large language models (LLM) are, the use cases where they can be utilized, and how you can use prompt tuning to enhance LLM performance. It also covers Google tools to help you develop your own Gen AI apps.

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As the use of enterprise Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning continues to grow, so too does the importance of building it responsibly. A challenge for many is that talking about responsible AI can be easier than putting it into practice. If you’re interested in learning how to operationalize responsible AI in your organization, this course is for you. In this course, you will learn how Google Cloud does this today, together with best practices and lessons learned, to serve as a framework for you to build your own responsible AI approach.

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Pup and Kit's next adventure awaits them in the Carnival. Follow them on their journey and pick up a Google Cloud Credential on the way! No prior experience needed.

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Hey there! You're invited to game on with Qwiklabs Trivia for October 2023! Play throughout the month and boost your cloud learning journey. This week, we're releasing a new set of questions to test your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Get started now and earn the October week 4 badge!

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Hey there! You're invited to game on with Qwiklabs Trivia for October 2023! Play throughout the month and boost your cloud learning journey. This week, we're releasing a new set of questions to test your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Get started now and earn the October week 1 badge!

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Welcome to Qwiklabs Trivia for August! 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 August badge.

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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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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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Earn the Introductory skill badge by completing the Cloud Speech API: 3 Ways course, where you learn how to use speech related API tools to synthesise and transcribe speech.

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Earn the intermediate Skill Badge by completing the Classify Images with TensorFlow on Google Cloud skill badge course where you learn how to use TensorFlow and Vertex AI to create and train machine learning models. You primarily interact with Vertex AI Workbench user-managed notebooks.

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Get started with Go (Golang) by reviewing Go code, and then creating and deploying simple Go apps on Google Cloud. Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build fast, reliable, and efficient software at scale. Go runs native on Google Cloud, and is fully supported on Google Kubernetes Engine, Compute Engine, App Engine, Cloud Run, and Cloud Functions. Go is a compiled language and is faster and more efficient than interpreted languages. As a result, Go requires no installed runtime like Node, Python, or JDK to execute.

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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 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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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 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 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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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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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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Recently, a McKinsey report found that Generative AI could add up to $4.4 trillion a year to the global economy, signaling an imminent surge in the demand for GenAI professionals. Now is the perfect time to get a head start and gain hands-on experience with Google Cloud's powerful GenAI tools and techniques, carefully designed to enhance your tech skills and set you on a promising course. Play now to be at the forefront of innovation, shaping the future with GenAI and earning your first Google Cloud GenAI game badge!

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

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The demand for data skills is growing rapidly, and we want you to get ahead! According to a report by the McKinsey Global Institute, the demand for data scientists and analysts is expected to grow by 150% by 2025. There are a lot of different aspects to any data role, so it's important to start with the basics - and we’ve got you covered. Learn how to tap into ML APIs, dive into your first data lake, and learn how the experts think about securing data. No experience required.

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Complete the introductory Get Started with Sensitive Data Protection 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 Secure BigLake Data skill badge course to demonstrate skills with IAM, BigQuery, BigLake, and Dataplex to create and secure BigLake tables.

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Welcome to Qwiklabs Trivia for July! 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 July badge.

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Earn a skill badge by completing the Networking Fundamentals on Google Cloud quest, where you learn how to work with VPC networks and load balancers 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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Demand for cloud-skilled workers is rising. According to a report by Indeed, cloud computing jobs are expected to grow by 22% over the next five years, much faster than the average for all occupations. Play now to get hands-on experience building with Google Cloud's powerful coding and infrastructure management 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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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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Welcome to Qwiklabs Trivia for June! 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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Earn a skill badge by completing the App Engine`:` 3 ways 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 Get Started with Pub/Sub 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 Get Started with Cloud Storage skill badge course, where you learn how to create a Cloud Storage bucket, how to use the Cloud Storage command line, and how to use Bucket Lock to protect objects in a bucket.

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 a skill badge by completing the Get Started 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 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 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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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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Complete the intermediate Implement Cloud Security Fundamentals on Google Cloud skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: creating and assigning roles with Identity and Access Management (IAM); creating and managing service accounts; enabling private connectivity across virtual private cloud (VPC) networks; restricting application access using Identity-Aware Proxy; managing keys and encrypted data using Cloud Key Management Service (KMS); and creating a private Kubernetes cluster.

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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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Ready to start building your world - er - cloud infrastructure? With Terraform, you can manage infrastructure as code, saving time and ensuring consistency. In today’s game, you’ll use Terraform to build, change, provision, and destroy infrastructure in increasingly complex scenarios, and add a few new skills to your toolkit. Terraform init!

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Welcome to Qwiklabs Trivia for March! 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 March badge.

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Data science is one of the most in-demand fields in the job market today. And for good reason:- data scientists use their skills to extract valuable insights from large data sets, used to make better decisions in a variety of industries. But what if you don't have a degree in data science? No degree, no problem. Play now to learn deep data skills with hands-on labs, from ramping up on tools like Google Sheets, to advanced data tasks with TensorFlow and Vertex AI.

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Chatbots are becoming increasingly popular, and for good reason. They can provide a number of benefits to both businesses and consumers, from automating customer service, to collecting feedback and providing a more convenient way to get the information you need. They can also be used to save time and money by automating tasks like scheduling appointments or ordering products. Interested in exploring how chatbots can make your job (or future job) easier? Or just want a peek behind the chatbot tech curtain? This is the game for you!

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Is getting Google Cloud Certified on your 2023 to-do list? Pick up a few new data engineer and cloud developer skills, part of each respective learning path. You'll work with TensorFlow, Kubernetes, and more. Then put your new skills to the test to finish out the game! Don't forget to claim your skill badge progress when you're done.

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Entering the world of cloud computing? You don't have to go alone. Google Cloud partners can help you skip the guesswork and get the most value out of Google Cloud. In today's game, you'll learn how to work with tools and tech from partners like Cisco, Redis, Apache, NetApp, Striim, and Datadog.

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Technology has transformed the retail industry, and the transformation is not stopping. Want to see how to take advantage of the latest tech in your business? (Or job, or future job?) Play now and explore how Google Cloud helps retailers build better - better data, better apps, and better businesses. You'll get hands-on experience with BigQuery ML, Looker, Terraform, and concepts like site reliability. Earn the badge and you'll add one more Arcade point to your collection. Good luck!

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Machine Learning is one of the most innovative fields in technology, and the Google Cloud Platform has been instrumental in furthering its development. With a host of APIs, Google Cloud has a tool for just about any machine learning job. In this advanced-level course, you will get hands-on practice with machine learning at scale and how to employ the advanced ML infrastructure available on Google Cloud.

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It's no secret that machine learning is one of the fastest growing fields in tech, and Google Cloud has been instrumental in furthering its development. With a host of APIs, Google Cloud has a tool for just about any machine learning job. In this advanced-level course, you will get hands-on practice with machine learning APIs by taking labs like Detect Labels, Faces, and Landmarks in Images with the Cloud Vision API. Looking for a hands-on challenge lab to demonstrate your skills and validate your knowledge? Enroll in and finish the additional challenge lab at the end of this quest to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge.

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Want to scale your data analysis efforts without managing database hardware? Learn the best practices for querying and getting insights from your data warehouse with this interactive series of BigQuery labs. BigQuery is Google's fully managed, NoOps, low cost analytics database. With BigQuery you can query terabytes and terabytes of data without having any infrastructure to manage or needing a database administrator. BigQuery uses SQL and can take advantage of the pay-as-you-go model. BigQuery allows you to focus on analyzing data to find meaningful insights.

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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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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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Complete the introductory Prepare Data for ML APIs on Google Cloud skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: cleaning data with Dataprep by Trifacta, running data pipelines in Dataflow, creating clusters and running Apache Spark jobs in Dataproc, and calling ML APIs including the Cloud Natural Language API, Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API, and Video Intelligence API.

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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 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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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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Earn a skill badge by completing the Build Interactive Apps with Google Assistant quest, where you will learn how to build Google Assistant applications, including how to: create an Actions project, integrate Dialogflow with an Actions project, test your application with Actions simulator, build an Assistant application with flash cards template, integrate customer MP3 files with your Assistant application, add Cloud Translation API to your Assistant application, and use APIs and integrate them into your applications. 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 the skill badge quest, and final assessment challenge lab, to receive a digital badge that you can share with your network.

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Earn the introductory skill badge by completing the Build a Website on Google Cloud skill badge course. This course is based on the Get Cooking in Cloud series and covers`:`Deploying a website on Cloud RunHosting a web app on Compute EngineCreating, deploying, and scaling your website on Google Kubernetes EngineMigrating from a monolithic application to a microservices architecture using Cloud Build

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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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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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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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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 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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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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Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure introduces important concepts and terminology for working with Google Cloud. Through videos and hands-on labs, this course presents and compares many of Google Cloud's computing and storage services, along with important resource and policy management tools.

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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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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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Workspace is Google's collaborative applications platform, delivered from Google Cloud. In this introductory-level course you will get hands-on practice with Workspace’s core applications from a user perspective. Although there are many more applications and tool components to Workspace than are covered here, you will get experience with the primary apps: Gmail, Calendar, Sheets and a handful of others. Each lab can be completed in 10-15 minutes, but extra time is provided to allow self-directed free exploration of the applications.

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