Transforming unstructured multimedia into searchable, structured data is the core of modern cognitive computing. In this voyage, you'll analyze sentiment and extract entities using the Cloud Natural Language API, pairing language workflows with Apache Spark to demonstrate big-data scalability. From there, you'll branch into multimodal synthesis—generating lifelike audio using Text-to-Speech, bridging global barriers with the Cloud Translation API, and annotating video streams via Video Intelligence. Complete both challenge labs to prove you can deploy pre-trained models that read, speak, translate, and inspect content at scale.
Learn to build and scale production-ready cloud environments. In this trail, you'll package apps with Docker, deploy workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine, and orchestrate containerized services. Next, configure regional internal proxy and global HTTPS load balancers, then set up Cloud Monitoring to track health and latency. Pass both challenge labs to prove your ability to deploy resilient applications and route global traffic efficiently.
Welcome to this month's Arcade Simulator, where you'll step into the shoes of a Site Reliability Engineer tasked with keeping production fast and resilient. You'll build automated CI/CD pipelines with Cloud Build, store artifacts securely, and manage Kubernetes rollouts on GKE. Then, configure custom VPC networks, lock down firewalls, and benchmark VM latency to eliminate performance bottlenecks. Clear both challenge labs to prove you can automate releases, secure infrastructure, and maintain rock-solid uptime.
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
Teaching computers to see and listen is a lot easier when you have pre-trained machine learning APIs doing the heavy lifting. In this adventure, you'll start by querying Google Cloud endpoints directly from APIs Explorer, then teach your applications to read multilingual text, recognize facial features, and spot landmarks in raw photos. Once your visual pipeline is dialed in, you'll turn to audio—converting spoken words into real-time transcripts and streaming live audio directly through web interfaces. Knock out both challenge labs unassisted to prove you can turn unstructured sight and sound into clean, actionable cloud intelligence.
Cloud architecture is a lot more fun when you actually know which levers to pull. In this adventure, you'll wire up Pub/Sub messaging, sling storage buckets from the terminal, and trigger Cloud Run functions without getting tangled in server management. Once your pipeline is moving, you'll lock the front door with IAM permissions and wire up real-time monitoring so nothing breaks while you're away. Finish both challenge labs to prove you can build fast, break nothing, and keep the whole machine running smoothly.
Streaming high-velocity data is great, but only if your pipeline doesn't break under pressure. In this trail, you'll wire up Pub/Sub and Python Dataflow to stream live data straight into Cloud Storage, then lock the whole environment down. By encrypting keys with Cloud KMS, cataloging assets, and isolating networks with VPC Peering, you'll clear both challenge labs and prove you can build real-time data lakes that are as fast as they are secure.
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.
Welcome to this month's Arcade Simulator where you will step into the shoes of a Network Security Engineer. In this simulation, you'll first lock down access control across your infrastructure—crafting custom IAM roles, scripting permissions, and setting up Identity-Aware Proxy to secure user authentication without traditional VPNs. Then, you'll take control of hybrid enterprise topology, using Network Connectivity Center to link multi-cloud networks, VPCs, and site-to-site HA-VPNs. Complete with two realistic challenge labs, this simulation equips you to eliminate access blind spots, secure cross-cloud traffic, and build a fortress-grade network on Google Cloud.
Since last month's Arcade Trail wrapped up earlier than expected, we’re opening up this bonus game only for this month so you can grab that missed Arcade Point! You'll start on the vault side with Google Cloud Storage—managing buckets, exploring APIs, and locking down sensitive data with Bucket Lock. Then, you'll shift to event-driven vectors at the command line, triggering Cloud Run Functions and routing real-time messages through Pub/Sub. Complete with two hands-on challenge labs, this trail gets your streak back on track while building real-world storage and serverless skills.
Complete the introductory Orchestrate Multi-Agent Workflows with Gemini Enterprise skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: using agentic assistants powered by Gemini Enterprise to unify data across first- and third-party sources, develop multimedia marketing materials, and automate business actions across systems. Skill badges validate your practical knowledge on specific products through hands-on labs and challenge assessments. Earn a badge by completing a course or jump straight into the challenge lab to get your badge today. Badges prove your proficiency, enhance your professional profile, and ultimately lead to increased career opportunities. Visit your profile to track badges you’ve earned. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
Complete the intermediate Engineer AI Agents with Agent Development Kit (ADK) skill badge by completing this course to demonstrate skills in the following: formulating real-world language model research problems; building a simple tokenizer; preparing a dataset for training a transformer language model; running the training loop of a small language model. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
Create your first Gemini Enterprise application to earn a skill badge! Connect diverse data sources to your application to build a powerful, unified search and analysis engine. Master advanced capabilities like deep research agents, multi-agent ideation, and Gemini Notebook for focused analysis. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
Data is one of the most valuable assets an organization owns, making its safe handling and governance essential. In this voyage, you will master Cloud Storage fundamentals by automating bucket management via APIs and the CLI, while enforcing compliance with Bucket Lock. You will then advance to automated security, configuring Sensitive Data Protection Discovery to scan and catalog risks across BigQuery and Cloud Storage. Complete with two challenge labs, this journey equips you to secure assets across your entire cloud ecosystem.
Complete the intermediate Discover and Protect Sensitive Data Across Your Ecosystem skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: using Sensitive Data Protection services (including the Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API) to discover, inspect, redact, and de-identify sensitive data across your Google Cloud ecosystem including Cloud Storage files, BigQuery data, and Gen AI model responses.
Keeping your cloud resources secure and making your apps smarter are two essential skills for any cloud developer. In this voyage, you’ll start with the security fundamentals, learning how to configure service accounts, manage IAM permissions using gcloud, and set up custom roles. Once you've secured your environment, you'll work with Google Cloud's pre-trained AI tools—converting text to synthetic speech, translating languages on the fly, and transcribing audio files into text. Complete with two practical challenge labs to test your skills, you'll walk away knowing how to safely manage access to your cloud project while adding powerful language and speech features to your applications.
Raw data is only useful if it is clean, structured, and secure. In this track, you’ll start by processing and preparing data using Dataprep, Dataflow templates, and Apache Spark. You'll learn how to clean up datasets so they are ready for machine learning models. From there, you'll focus on security by working with tools that find and mask sensitive information like personal IDs and credentials. You'll practice redacting critical details and creating safe, de-identified copies of your data in Cloud Storage. By finishing the hands-on challenge labs, you’ll show you can handle big data workflows while keeping confidential information completely safe.
Writing code is just the first step; you also need to know how to deploy it smoothly and keep it running at its best. In this adventure, you’ll get started with serverless setups by running code on Cloud Run Functions and connecting your services using Google Cloud Pub/Sub. From there, you'll work on the operations side—building out clean development environments, keeping tabs on multiple projects at once, and setting up smart alerts so you can spot and fix issues early. With a couple of challenge labs thrown into the mix, you’ll walk away with the skills needed to build, monitor, and scale apps on Google Cloud.
Building a reliable platform for data analysis requires structured data modeling and clean, maintainable code. In this challenge, you’ll start with the building blocks of LookML, creating custom dimensions, measures, and derived tables to shape your data exactly how you need it. From there, you'll work on making your platform faster and easier to use by setting up caching, defining datagroups, and modularizing your code using extends. By following these development best practices, you'll walk away knowing how to build efficient, scalable data models that your team can easily rely on.
Building and running applications on Google Cloud can take many forms—and this adventure brings them together. Get hands-on with App Engine, Cloud Run, Kubernetes Engine, and Compute Engine as you deploy applications, manage scaling, and explore modern architectures, including the shift from monolithic to microservices.
Working with data and applications requires the right balance of governance and agility. In this voyage, you’ll use Dataplex to organize, secure, and assess data quality while exploring concepts like data mesh. Alongside, you’ll get hands-on with Firebase—building serverless apps, working with Firestore, and managing data in real time—bringing together modern data management and application development.
Complete the introductory Build a Data Mesh with Knowledge Catalog skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: building a data mesh with Knowledge Catalog to facilitate data security, governance, and discovery on Google Cloud. You practice and test your skills in tagging assets, assigning IAM roles, and assessing data quality in Knowledge Catalog.
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
A season to build, experiment, and grow—one skill at a time. You’ll start with the fundamentals of networking, creating the foundation that connects everything together. From there, you’ll step into automation and application development using Cloud Scheduler, App Engine, and machine learning APIs. By the end, you’ll have a more confident, hands-on understanding of how modern applications are built, connected, and run on the cloud.
On Google Cloud, building an app usually means handling more than just the code. You’ll need to deploy it, connect services, and keep things running properly. In this voyage, you’ll host a web app, set up a deployment pipeline, and build a REST API with Cloud Run. You’ll also try out Flutter and set up a Python development environment. You’ll work with VPC networks, load balancing, and clean up unused resources along the way. It’s a practical set of tasks that reflects how apps are actually run on Google Cloud.
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
78%—or nearly 8 in 10—business leaders say Google Cloud helps them stay ahead in the age of AI. A big part of that comes down to how teams build and connect intelligent systems. Here, you’ll build and manage conversational agents, and use speech-to-text and translation APIs to handle different types of input. You’ll also move from monolithic apps to microservices on GKE, connect workflows using webhooks, and use observability tools to keep track of what’s happening. IAM comes in as well to manage access where needed. It’s a practical look at how these pieces are used together in real setups.
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is all about running and managing containerized applications without worrying too much about the underlying setup. In this adventure, you’ll get hands-on with how things actually work—managing workloads, debugging issues, and trying out autoscaling. You’ll also explore Autopilot, run load tests, and work with private clusters and network access. By the end, you’ll have a clearer sense of how GKE setups are put together and handled in practice.
Over 85% of enterprises are accelerating AI and cloud adoption to stay ahead. In this voyage, you’ll prepare and protect data using Dataprep and the Cloud Data Loss Prevention API, scan for vulnerabilities, and validate workloads. You’ll also build and deploy modern applications using Cloud Build, GKE pipelines, App Engine Flexible, and Artifact Registry — while creating AI-powered solutions with Vertex AI, Gemini, and Speech-to-Text. Together, these labs help you secure data, deploy confidently, and build intelligent cloud applications at scale.
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
Over 80% of security breaches are linked to misconfigurations and weak access controls — which is why mastering cloud security and automation matters. In this adventure, you’ll detect and investigate threats with Security Command Center, create IAM custom roles, and secure digital transactions using Confidential Space. You’ll also strengthen your data and infrastructure skills by working with Datastore, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage APIs, data joins and warehousing techniques, load balancers, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins on Kubernetes Engine. Together, these labs help you build secure, reliable, and scalable cloud environments with confidence.
This month's Arcade Sprint 2 is live! It's designed for quick learning. Since the labs are open all month, there's no rush; just jump in when you have the time. You'll earn 1 Arcade Point and a new skill with each step. It's that simple: grab your point and keep the momentum going!
Modern cloud teams rely on automation and strong platform knowledge to move faster and smarter. In this trail, you’ll deploy Kubernetes Load Balancers and Cloud SQL using Terraform, strengthen observability with Cloud Logging, and customize analytics experiences in Looker using Liquid. You’ll also put your knowledge to the test through role-based Arcade Quizzes — from Data Practitioner and Database Engineer to Workspace Administrator — sharpening both your technical confidence and real-world readiness.
This month's Arcade Sprint 4 is live! It's designed for quick learning. Since the labs are open all month, there's no rush; just jump in when you have the time. You'll earn 1 Arcade Point and a new skill with each step. It's that simple: grab your point and keep the momentum going!
This month's Arcade Sprint 3 is live! It's designed for quick learning. Since the labs are open all month, there's no rush; just jump in when you have the time. You'll earn 1 Arcade Point and a new skill with each step. It's that simple: grab your point and keep the momentum going!
This month's Arcade Sprint 1 is live! It's designed for quick learning. Since the labs are open all month, there's no rush; just jump in when you have the time. You'll earn 1 Arcade Point and a new skill with each step. It's that simple: grab your point and keep the momentum going!
Holi is all about bringing different colors together — and that’s exactly what this challenge does with technology. You’ll package applications with Docker, manage deployments using Kubernetes Engine, secure access with IAM and VPN, and deploy apps on App Engine. You’ll also store data in Cloud Storage and explore how AI APIs can analyze, classify, and translate text. It’s a hands-on way to see how different cloud pieces come together to build something reliable, secure, and smart.
Over 70% of cloud professionals say hands-on practice is the most effective way to build real-world skills. In this adventure, you’ll develop hands-on skills across data analytics, automation, security, networking, and application deployment using Google Cloud and Workspace tools. You’ll create dashboards and alerts in Looker, analyze security findings, work with AI-powered services, deploy CI/CD pipelines, and manage network access and traffic insights—strengthening your ability to design, monitor, and operate reliable, scalable cloud solutions.
Google Cloud Certifications provide a tangible way for you to demonstrate your skills to potential or current employers. These certifications incorporate performance-based questions, testing your hands-on expertise through practical tasks. Begin your journey towards becoming a Google Certified Professional with the help of the Arcade Cert Zone.
Getting started with cloud and data tools is all about building strong fundamentals. In this voyage, you’ll gain hands-on skills by working with Google Cloud APIs, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, networking, and serverless services. You’ll also explore how to collect, validate, analyze, and visualize data using Google Sheets and Forms, while learning how to manage secure access with Vault policies. Together, these labs help you build confidence with core cloud services and everyday data workflows that support efficient, secure, and scalable solutions.
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
Developers using managed cloud services can reduce infrastructure management effort by up to 60%, allowing more time to focus on building features that matter. In this level, you’ll gain hands-on experience with Cloud SQL, containerized workloads, and cloud-native application development through the Arcade ACE App Dev series, helping you design, deploy, and manage scalable applications more efficiently.
This month's Arcade Sprint 4 is live! It's designed for quick learning. Since the labs are open all month, there's no rush; just jump in when you have the time. You'll earn 1 Arcade Point and a new skill with each step. It's that simple: grab your point and keep the momentum going!
This month's Arcade Sprint 3 is live! It's designed for quick learning. Since the labs are open all month, there's no rush; just jump in when you have the time. You'll earn 1 Arcade Point and a new skill with each step. It's that simple: grab your point and keep the momentum going!
This month's Arcade Sprint 2 is live! It's designed for quick learning. Since the labs are open all month, there's no rush; just jump in when you have the time. You'll earn 1 Arcade Point and a new skill with each step. It's that simple: grab your point and keep the momentum going!
This month's Arcade Sprint 1 is live! It's designed for quick learning. Since the labs are open all month, there's no rush; just jump in when you have the time. You'll earn 1 Arcade Point and a new skill with each step. It's that simple: grab your point and keep the momentum going!
Pup and Kit’s World Cup journey highlights how the right skills quietly power great experiences. As they plan, adapt, and stay in sync using data, automation, and cloud-based tools, the story nudges you to step into their shoes and build those capabilities yourself. Each lab mirrors a moment from their adventure, encouraging you to explore, experiment, and strengthen skills that help you stay prepared, move faster, and make smarter choices-whatever the situation demands.
As Pup and Kit move through the city between matches—booking plans on the fly, exploring structures built to last, and navigating busy streets—the story reflects what it takes to keep systems running smoothly behind the scenes. From securing storage and shaping networks to improving performance, reliability, and cost efficiency, these labs echo the quiet work that makes flexibility possible. Along the way, hands-on challenges and quizzes sharpen decision-making, so when it’s time for the next big play, everything is ready to perform.
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Google Skills Arcade Trivia for January Week 2! Play throughout the month and boost your cloud learning journey. Every week, we'll release a new set of questions to test your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Get started now and earn the January Trivia Week 2 badge!
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Google Skills Arcade Trivia for January Week 4! Play throughout the month and boost your cloud learning journey. Every week, we'll release a new set of questions to test your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Get started now and earn the January Trivia Week 4 badge!
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.
Google processes over 2 trillion data operations a day—and now you’ll tap into the skills behind that scale on your path to your next Winter Win. You’ll streamline collaboration with Google Workspace, prep insight-ready data for Looker, build secure networks, launch compute resources, and keep everything steady with smart monitoring. Then you’ll bring it all together by deploying a website, building an AppSheet app, and managing data across Google Cloud. By the time you’re through, you won’t just reach your next Winter Win—you’ll feel like you earned every bit of it.
Every day, millions of apps depend on fast data reads, stable networks, and reliable backend logic to keep users connected. Delivering that experience starts with strong development and foundational skills. In this challenge, you’ll level up through ACE App Dev labs, write to Firestore using Python and TypeScript, and build confidence with essential Linux commands. You’ll also strengthen your networking basics. These labs give you the core abilities every cloud developer needs—clean app logic, solid network understanding, and command-line fluency.
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Google Skills Arcade Trivia for December Week 2! Play throughout the month and boost your cloud learning journey. Every week, we'll release a new set of questions to test your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Get started now and earn the December Trivia Week 2 badge!
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Google Skills Arcade Trivia for December Week 4! Play throughout the month and boost your cloud learning journey. Every week, we'll release a new set of questions to test your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Get started now and earn the December Trivia Week 4 badge!
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.
Complete the intermediate Implement DevOps Workflows in Google Cloud skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating and managing Git repositories, launching, managing, and scaling deployments on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and architecting CI/CD pipelines that automate container image builds and deployments to GKE.
Complete the introductory Build Real World AI Applications with Gemini and Imagen skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: image recognition, natural language processing, image generation using Google's powerful Gemini and Imagen models, deploying applications on the Google Cloud Agent Platform. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
Complete the intermediate Secure Software Delivery skill badge to demonstrate your proficiency in proactively integrating security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) with DevSecOps principles. You'll learn how to utilize Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud Run for secure container image deployment, implement automated vulnerability scanning to proactively identify risks, and streamline application development with Artifact Registry while maintaining a focus on security. Additionally, you'll gain skills in integrating Cloud Build for robust development processes and implementing Admission Control Policies for fine-grained control over your environment.
Complete the introductory Prompt Design in Agent Platform skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: prompt engineering, image analysis, and multimodal generative techniques, within Agent Platform. Discover how to craft effective prompts, guide generative AI output, and apply Gemini models to real-world marketing scenarios. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Deploy and Manage Apigee X skill badge course, where you learn about the Apigee X architecture, how to provision an Apigee X organization within a Google Cloud project, the management of Apigee X using the Apigee API and UI, and the use of Cloud Armor and Apigee threat protection policies to protect your APIs.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Kickstarting Application Development with Gemini Code Assist course, where you will learn to leverage the power of Google's AI coding assistant and multiple development tech
Complete the intermediate Privileged Access with IAM skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: custom roles using Identity and Access Management (IAM), the principle of least privilege, Just-in-Time (JIT) temporary elevated access, and security for web applications using Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP).
Earn a skill badge by completing the Share Data Using Google Data Cloud skill badge course, where you will gain practical experience with Google Cloud Data Sharing Partners, which have proprietary datasets that customers can use for their analytics use cases. Customers subscribe to this data, query it within their own platform, then augment it with their own datasets and use their visualization tools for their customer facing dashboards.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Build Google Cloud Infrastructure for AWS Professionals course, where you learn how to configure IAM permission, orchestrate workloads using Kubernetes, host a web application using compute engine, and configure load balancing.
Complete the intermediate Explore Generative AI in Agent Platform skill badge to demonstrate skills in text generation, image and video analysis for enhanced content creation, and applying function calling techniques within the Gemini API. Discover how to leverage sophisticated Gemini techniques, explore multimodal content generation, and expand the capabilities of your AI-powered projects. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
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.
Complete the intermediate Mitigate Threats and Vulnerabilities with Security Command Center skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: preventing and managing environment threats, identifying and mitigating application vulnerabilities, and responding to security anomalies.
Complete the intermediate Inspect Rich Documents with Gemini Multimodality and Multimodal RAG skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: using multimodal prompts to extract information from text and visual data, generating a video description, and retrieving extra information beyond the video using multimodality with Gemini; building metadata of documents containing text and images, getting all relevant text chunks, and printing citations by using Multimodal Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Gemini. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
Earn the intermediate skill badge by completing the Implement CI/CD Pipelines on Google Cloud skill badge course where you learn how to use Artifact Registry, Cloud Build, and Cloud Deploy. You interact with the Google Cloud console, Google Cloud CLI, Cloud Run, and GKE. This course teaches you how to build continuous integration pipelines, store and secure artifacts, scan for vulnerabilities, attest to the validity of approved releases. Additionally, you get hands-on experience deploying applications to both GKE and Cloud Run.
Complete the intermediate Perform Predictive Data Analysis in BigQuery skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: creating datasets in BigQuery by importing CSV and JSON files; harnessing the power of BigQuery with sophisticated SQL analytical concepts, including using BigQuery ML to train an expected goals model on soccer event data and evaluate the impressiveness of World Cup goals.
Complete the intermediate Manage Kubernetes in Google Cloud skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: managing deployments with kubectl, monitoring and debugging applications on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and continuous delivery techniques.
Complete the advanced Google DeepMind: Train A Small Language Model skill badge by completing this course to demonstrate skills in the following: formulating real-world language model research problems; building a simple tokenizer; preparing a dataset for training a transformer language model; running the training loop of a small language model. Access this lab at no-cost by signing up for the no-cost subscription. Receive 35 free credits each month!
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.
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.
Complete the intermediate Enhance Gemini Model Capabilities skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: leveraging advanced features of Gemini models, including code generation and execution, grounding, controlled content generation, and synthetic data creation, to build more powerful and sophisticated AI applications.
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.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Develop and Secure APIs with Apigee X skill badge course, where you learn how to modernize your APIs, use service accounts and Google Authentication to securely access backend services from Apigee API proxies, productize APIs using API products and developer portals, secure APIs using features like API keys, OAuth, private variables and fault handling, integrate Apigee with Google Cloud services like Pub/Sub and Cloud Logging, and call Google Cloud APIs like the Natural Language API and the Geocoding API.
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 Data Studio by connecting to BigQuery data.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Build Custom Processors with Document AI course. You learn how to extract data and classify documents by creating custom ML models specific to your business needs. This course teaches the foundation skills of building your own processors, working with optical character recognition, form parsing, processor creation, and uptraining the DocumentAI model.
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
Complete the intermediate Develop Gen AI Apps with Gemini and Streamlit skill badge course to demonstrate skills in text generation, applying function calls with the Python SDK and Gemini API, and deploying a Streamlit application with Cloud Run. In this course, you learn Gemini prompting, test Streamlit apps in Cloud Shell, and deploy them as Docker containers in Cloud Run. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
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.
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.
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.
Complete the intermediate Implement Multimodal Vector Search with BigQuery skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: using Gemini in BigQuery to generate and debug SQL, conduct sentiment analysis, summarize text and identify keywords, generate embeddings, create a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline, and implement multimodal vector search.
Complete the Implement Sensitive Data Protection on Google Cloud Skill Badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: using Sensitive Data Protection services (including the Cloud Data Loss Prevention API) to inspect, redact, and de-identify sensitive data in Google Cloud.
Earn a Skill Badge by completing the Build Event-Driven Applications with Eventarc course. In this course, you use Eventarc to create event triggers for different resources, including Pub/Sub topics and Cloud Storage buckets.
Complete the intermediate Develop Serverless Applications on Cloud Run skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: integrating Cloud Run with Cloud Storage for data management, architecting resilient asynchronous systems using Cloud Run and Pub/Sub, constructing REST API gateways powered by Cloud Run, and building and deploying services on Cloud Run.
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.
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.
Earn the intermediate Skill Badge by completing the Connecting Cloud Networks with NCC where you will learn how to use the Network Connectivity Center to connect your on-premises, cloud enterprise networks, and hybrid networks, and manage them as spokes through a single, centralized hub on Google Cloud. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this Skill Badge and the final assessment challenge lab, to receive a digital badge that you can share with your network.
Earn a skill badge by completing the App Building with AppSheet course, where you learn how to build, configure, and publish apps using AppSheet.
Earn the introductory skill badge by completing the Automate Data Capture at Scale with Document AI course. In this course, you learn how to extract, process, and capture data using Document AI.
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.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Analyze Sentiment with Natural Language API quest, where you learn how the API derives sentiment from text.
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.
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.
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.
Complete the introductory Build LookML Objects in Looker skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: building new dimensions and measures, views, and derived tables; setting measure filters and types based on requirements; updating dimensions and measures; building and refining Explores; joining views to existing Explores; and deciding which LookML objects to create based on business requirements.
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.
Innovation today depends on how data, intelligence, and automation come together. With over 70% of organizations adopting cloud-native tools to accelerate development, this challenge will help you learn the technologies shaping that shift. In the first section, you’ll build dynamic dashboards in Looker, manage APIs through API Gateway, and design engaging Conversational Agents that make user interactions smarter and more intuitive. The second section focuses on bringing ideas to life at scale—deploying apps with Cloud Run and Compute Engine, streamlining workflows with Pub/Sub, managing artifacts efficiently, and adding real-time intelligence with tools like Speech-to-Textand Google Sheets charts. Together, these labs prepare you to create intelligent, connected systems that learn, respond, and scale effortlessly.
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.
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.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Monitor Environments with Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus skill badge course, where you learn Kubernetes Monitoring with Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus.
Complete the intermediate Optimize Costs for Google Kubernetes Engine skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: creating and managing multi-tenant clusters, monitoring resource usage by namespace, configuring cluster and pod autoscaling for efficiency, setting up load balancing for optimal resource distribution, and implementing liveness and readiness probes to ensure application health and cost-effectiveness.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Protect Cloud Traffic with Chrome Enterprise Premium Security skill badge course, where you learn how to leverage Chrome Enterprise Premium to provide secure access to critical apps and services, improve your security posture with a modern Zero Trust platform, securely provide access to resources using identity and context-aware access control, and support hybrid cloud workloads using Client Connector.
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.
Complete the Enrich Metadata and Discovery of Lakehouse Data skill badge course to demonstrate skills in BigQuery, Lakehouse, and Knowledge Catalog. You create Lakehouse tables and enrich metadata management and discovery of the table data.
Complete the intermediate Analyze and Reason on Multimodal Data with Gemini skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: analyzing text, image, audio, and video data using Gemini, and reasoning about this combined information to draw conclusions and extract insights.
From code to cloud, automation drives reliable, repeatable deployment. With over 80% of enterprises adopting DevOps practices, this challenge will guide you through building and managing secure, scalable infrastructure on Google Cloud. You’ll create Artifact Registries for Go, Python, Maven, and more—managing dependencies securely—and deploy static sites using Nginx, Traefik, and Caddy V2 on Cloud Run. Then you will dive into into Terraform Essentials, where you’ll define cloud resources as code—from VPCs and firewall rules to Compute Engine and Cloud Storage—and safeguard configurations with Secret Manager. Together, these labs give you hands-on experience in automating deployments and strengthening cloud infrastructure from the ground up.
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Google Skills Arcade Trivia for November Week 3! Play throughout the month and boost your cloud learning journey. Every week, we'll release a new set of questions to test your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Get started now and earn the November Trivia Week 3 badge!
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Modern applications rely on scalable infrastructure, secure identity management, and real-time monitoring to perform reliably. In this challenge, you’ll learn to configure Cloud Storage buckets for website hosting, deploy containers with Google Kubernetes Engine, and manage authentication and authorization with Vault. Explore Cloud Spanner for highly available databases, troubleshoot data models in Looker, and improve LookML projects for usability. You’ll also monitor logs, create alerts, and dive into Cloud Functions across Go, Node.js, .NET, and PHP to build responsive, secure, and scalable cloud applications.
Every minute, people upload more than 500 hours of video to YouTube, while apps worldwide handle millions of users at once. Managing that kind of demand requires powerful, scalable cloud solutions. In this challenge, you’ll store and serve media in Cloud Storage, deploy apps on Kubernetes Engine, and connect networks with VPC peering. You’ll also explore Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, IAM, and load balancing for secure, reliable systems—plus dive into Dataproc and Video Intelligence for smarter data insights. These labs show how today’s apps scale, stay secure, and keep delivering when demand never slows down!
Google Cloud Certifications provide a tangible way for you to demonstrate your skills to potential or current employers. These certifications incorporate performance-based questions, testing your hands-on expertise through practical tasks. Begin your journey towards becoming a Google Certified Professional with the help of the Arcade Cert Zone.
Nearly 1 in 3 people worldwide already use AI chatbots in their daily lives, and more than 90% of companies are exploring generative AI for work and learning. In this challenge, you’ll chat with bots that can talk about movies and music, and help you practise French, Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin, and Portuguese. You’ll also explore AI study partners designed for cloud roles like architect, engineer, and digital leader. These labs show how AI can make learning easier, more interactive, and a lot more fun.
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
This Diwali, trade the fireworks for fun chats! Hang out with Arcade Chatbots to brush up on cloud skills, from Cloud Architect to Machine Learning, then race through football stadiums and Olympic events—sprints, BMX, swimming, you name it. Every chat is a little spark that makes learning feel festive, fun, and totally worth it!
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This Diwali, it’s not just lights—it’s your brain that gets to sparkle! Take on quizzes and challenges across cloud building blocks, firewalls, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Networking, and Identity & Access. Test your knowledge on roles like Cloud Digital Leader, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Developer, and Data Practitioner. Each question is a little spark, every correct answer lights up your skills!
Google Cloud Certifications provide a tangible way for you to demonstrate your skills to potential or current employers. These certifications incorporate performance-based questions, testing your hands-on expertise through practical tasks. Begin your journey towards becoming a Google Certified Professional with the help of the Arcade Cert Zone.
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.
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.
Data-driven decisions fuel growth, but research shows over 80% of enterprise workloads still juggle complex integrations across systems. These labs walk you through Cloud Spanner, Cloud SQL, Dataproc, and Dataflow—giving you hands-on practice in managing, processing, scaling data the way modern businesses do and a chance to earn an exclusive Google Cloud credential!
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Data complexity slows innovation, with studies showing that nearly 70% of organizations struggle to unify siloed data and apply AI effectively. This challenge takes you end-to-end—starting with solving data join pitfalls, building warehouses, and governing assets with Dataplex, then moving into automation with Document AI and hands-on generative AI. You’ll practice ingesting healthcare data, managing cloud storage, customizing AI models, and even building a chat app with the Gemini API—skills that reflect the real-world shift toward data-driven and AI-powered solutions.
Jot down new skills as you automate tasks, build smart tools, secure data, and sketch insights with Looker. In this challenge, you’ll learn to set up automation with Cloud Scheduler, create Gmail add-ons and chatbots, move apps into containers with GKE, and strengthen security with the Cloud Data Loss Prevention API and Security Command Center—wrapping it up by turning data into clear insights with Looker.
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
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.
From containerization with Docker to scalable databases on Firebase, developer success starts with mastering the essentials. These labs guide you through core skills like container networking and volumes, static site hosting on Cloud Storage, database operations with Firestore in multiple languages, and Linux command-line basics—helping you strengthen the foundation every modern developer needs and earn an exclusive Google Cloud credential!
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This course acquaints learners with the benefits of using Google Cloud to create large-scale visual effects rendering for image and video content. These benefits include creating a rendering infrastructure on-demand in a cost-effective manner by using partner solutions or your own custom solution. The course also covers Compute Engine, managed instance groups, and storage.
In this course, you learn how Gemini, a generative AI-powered collaborator from Google Cloud, helps network engineers create, update, and maintain VPC networks. You learn how to prompt Gemini to provide specific guidance for your networking tasks, beyond what you would receive from a search engine. Using a hands-on lab, you experience how Gemini makes it easier for you to work with Google Cloud VPC networks. Duet AI was renamed to Gemini, our next-generation model.
Welcome to Data Governance, where we discuss how to implement data governance on Google Cloud.
In this course, you learn how Gemini, a generative AI-powered collaborator from Google Cloud, helps administrators provision infrastructure. You learn how to prompt Gemini to explain infrastructure, deploy GKE clusters and update existing infrastructure. Using a hands-on lab, you experience how Gemini improves the GKE deployment workflow. Duet AI was renamed to Gemini, our next-generation model.
In this course, you learn how Gemini, a generative AI-powered collaborator from Google Cloud, helps you secure your cloud environment and resources. You learn how to deploy example workloads into an environment in Google Cloud, identify security misconfigurations with Gemini, and remediate security misconfigurations with Gemini. Using a hands-on lab, you experience how Gemini improves your cloud security posture. Duet AI was renamed to Gemini, our next-generation model.
This course introduces important topics of AI privacy and safety. It explores practical methods and tools to implement AI privacy and safety recommended practices through the use of Google Cloud products and open-source tools.
This course discusses how environments are managed in Apigee hybrid, and how runtime plane components are secured. You will also learn how to deploy and debug API proxies in Apigee hybrid, and about capacity planning and scaling.
This course provides an introduction to databases and summarized the differences in the main database technologies. This course will also introduce you to Looker and how Looker scales as a modern data platform. In the lessons, you will build and maintain standard Looker data models and establish the foundation necessary to learn Looker's more advanced features.
Moving to the cloud creates numerous opportunities to start working in a new way and it empowers the workforce to better collaborate and innovate. But it’s also a big change. Sometimes the success of the change hinges not on the change itself, but on how it’s managed. This course will help people managers to understand some of the key challenges associated with cloud adoption, and provide them with a verified in-the-field framework that will assist them in supporting their teams on the change journey. By addressing the human factor of moving to the cloud, organizations increase their chances of realizing business objectives and investing in their future talent.
Welcome to Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Foundations with Anthos! This is the first course of the Architecting Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure with Anthos path. Anthos enables you to build and manage modern applications, and gives you the freedom to choose where to run them. Anthos gives you one consistent experience in both your on-premises and cloud environments. During this course, you will be presented with modules that will take you through skills that you will use as an architect or administrator running Anthos environments. The modules in this course include videos, hands-on labs, and links to helpful documentation.
In this course, we introduce you to Google Chat, Google’s chat software included with Google Workspace. You will learn about messaging individuals and groups in Google Chat. You will also discover customization options, collaboration features and how Google Chat integrates with other Google Workspace products. We will explore the use of spaces in Google Chat, showing you how to create, manage, search, and join them. Additionally, you will understand the distinctions between using a space and a group chat. You also explore Google Chat apps and learn how to search for and use apps within Google Chat. Aside from course videos, you will complete hands-on activities to practice what you’ve learned. Consider inviting a colleague or two to interact with you in Google Chat as you complete the activities.
This course will introduce you to the attention mechanism, a powerful technique that allows neural networks to focus on specific parts of an input sequence. You will learn how attention works, and how it can be used to improve the performance of a variety of machine learning tasks, including machine translation, text summarization, and question answering. This course is estimated to take approximately 45 minutes to complete.
This course introduces you to the Transformer architecture and the Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) model. You learn about the main components of the Transformer architecture, such as the self-attention mechanism, and how it is used to build the BERT model. You also learn about the different tasks that BERT can be used for, such as text classification, question answering, and natural language inference.This course is estimated to take approximately 45 minutes to complete.
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.
This course introduces diffusion models, a family of machine learning models that recently showed promise in the image generation space. Diffusion models draw inspiration from physics, specifically thermodynamics. Within the last few years, diffusion models became popular in both research and industry. Diffusion models underpin many state-of-the-art image generation models and tools on Google Cloud. This course introduces you to the theory behind diffusion models and how to train and deploy them on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
This course teaches you how to create an image captioning model by using deep learning. You learn about the different components of an image captioning model, such as the encoder and decoder, and how to train and evaluate your model. By the end of this course, you will be able to create your own image captioning models and use them to generate captions for images
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.
This course gives you a synopsis of the encoder-decoder architecture, which is a powerful and prevalent machine learning architecture for sequence-to-sequence tasks such as machine translation, text summarization, and question answering. You learn about the main components of the encoder-decoder architecture and how to train and serve these models. In the corresponding lab walkthrough, you’ll code in TensorFlow a simple implementation of the encoder-decoder architecture for poetry generation from the beginning.
Google Workspace with Gemini provides customers with generative AI features in Google Workspace. Here, you will learn about the key features of Gemini and how they can be used to improve productivity and efficiency. Continue building your skills in the full Google Workspace with Gemini learning path, and explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
This course covers how to use Gemini in Gmail to optimize your email management. Learn to summarize lengthy threads, retrieve information using natural language, draft professional responses, and organize communication strategies directly inside your inbox. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
This course covers how to use Gemini in Google Sheets to automate data organization and crunch complex numbers. Learn to structure tables from raw text, auto-populate data using natural language, generate native spreadsheet formulas on demand, and rapidly extract high-level insights or visualizations without needing advanced spreadsheet expertise. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
In this course, you learn how Gemini, a generative AI-powered collaborator from Google Cloud, helps engineers manage infrastructure. You learn how to prompt Gemini to find and understand application logs, create a GKE cluster, and investigate how to create a build environment. Using a hands-on lab, you experience how Gemini improves the DevOps workflow. Duet AI was renamed to Gemini, our next-generation model.
In this course, you learn how Gemini, a generative AI-powered collaborator from Google Cloud, helps you use Google products and services to develop, test, deploy, and manage applications. With help from Gemini, you learn how to develop and build a web application, fix errors in the application, develop tests, and query data. Using a hands-on lab, you experience how Gemini improves the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Duet AI was renamed to Gemini, our next-generation model.
This course covers how to use Gemini in Google Docs to streamline your writing and content creation. Learn to draft documents from scratch, refine writing tone and clarity with interactive tools, summarize complex files, and seamlessly transform long-form text into structured assets for other Google Workspace applications. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
This course covers how to use Gemini in Google Slides to transform concepts into visually compelling presentations. Learn to generate structured decks from a single prompt or existing source document, refine slide layouts using automated design enhancement, create custom vector graphics and photos, and dynamically craft on-slide copy alongside precise speaker notes.
This course covers how to use Gemini in Google Meet to enhance video collaboration. Learn to automate note-taking, utilize real-time text and speech translation, privately catch up on missed discussions, and instantly optimize your audio and video quality. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
Specifically designed for healthcare professionals, this course demystifies generative AI, the latest breakthrough in artificial intelligence, and the large language models (LLMs) that drive it. Discover real-world applications of generative AI in healthcare settings and master the art of crafting effective prompts tailored to your goals. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
This course explores the foundational principles of conversation design to craft engaging and effective chatbot experiences that emulate human-like experiences. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
This course covers the baseline skills needed for the Google Security Operations Platform. The modules will cover specific actions and features that security engineers should become familiar with to start using the toolset.
This course covers how to use Gemini in Google Drive to manage and retrieve files. Learn to locate assets using natural language, extract specific facts via AI Overviews without opening files, instantly summarize multiple media formats, and save file collections as Projects for repeatable research. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
Learn about the fundamental features of Security Command Center on Google Cloud. Spend time in this course to understand assets, detection and compliance. Security Command Center is a key part of your Google Cloud security journey, complete these modules and quiz to earn a completion badge.
Complete the introductory Create and Manage AlloyDB Instances skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: performing core AlloyDB operations and tasks, migrating to AlloyDB from PostgreSQL, administering an AlloyDB database, and accelerating analytical queries using the AlloyDB Columnar Engine.
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 .
Complete the introductory Create a Secure Data Lake on Cloud Storage skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: securing and configuring a Cloud Storage bucket, using Gemini for text generation, managing IAM access control, and establishing a Knowledge Catalog lake for data governance.
Complete the introductory Create and Manage Bigtable Instances skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating instances, designing schemas, querying data, and performing administrative tasks in Bigtable including monitoring performance and configuring node autoscaling and replication.
Complete the introductory Create and Manage Cloud Spanner Instances skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating and interacting with Cloud Spanner instances and databases; loading Cloud Spanner databases using various techniques; backing up Cloud Spanner databases; defining schemas and understanding query plans; and deploying a Modern Web App connected to a Cloud Spanner instance.
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.
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.
Earn an introductory skill badge by completing the Implement Cloud Collaboration and Productivity Workflows course, where you will get introduced to Google's collaborative platform and learn to use Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Drive, Sheets, and AppSheet.
This course reviews the essential security features of Model Armor and equips you to work with the service. You’ll learn about the security risks associated with LLMs and how Model Armor protects your AI apps. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers transformative possibilities, but it also introduces new security challenges. This course equips security and data protection leaders with strategies to securely manage AI within their organizations. Learn a framework for proactively identifying and mitigating AI-specific risks, protecting sensitive data, ensuring compliance, and building a resilient AI infrastructure. Pick use cases from four different industries to explore how these strategies apply in real-world scenarios.
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.
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.
This course demonstrates how to use AI/ML models for generative AI tasks in BigQuery. Through a practical use case involving customer relationship management, you learn the workflow of solving a business problem with Gemini models. To facilitate comprehension, the course also provides step-by-step guidance through coding solutions using both SQL queries and Python notebooks.
Earn the Introductory Skill Badge by completing the Implement Speech and Language Solutions with Pre-trained APIs course, where you learn how to use speech related API tools to synthesise and transcribe speech.
Earn a Skill Badge by completing the Deploy and Manage Applications on Google App Engine course, where you learn how to use App Engine with Python, Go, and PHP.
Google Cloud Certifications provide a tangible way for you to demonstrate your skills to potential or current employers. These certifications incorporate performance-based questions, testing your hands-on expertise through practical tasks. Begin your journey towards becoming a Google Certified Professional with the help of the Arcade Cert Zone.
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.
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.
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.
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
Complete the introductory Organize and Govern Data with Knowledge Catalog skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating Knowledge Catalog assets, creating aspect types, and applying aspects to entries in Knowledge Catalog.
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.
Over 90% of enterprises now rely on APIs to accelerate innovation and deliver intelligent digital experiences. In this lab challenge, you'll build and deploy intelligent apps using Flutter, Java, and Kubernetes. Integrate speech and image recognition with Cloud ML APIs, streamline delivery with Jenkins on GKE, and manage access securely with Vault. You'll also automate infrastructure with Terraform and steer traffic using Cloud DNS. A hands-on path to smarter, scalable cloud solutions, and an exclusive Google Cloud Credential.
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.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Implement Event-Driven Messaging and Automation Workflows skill badge course, where you learn how to use Pub/Sub through the Cloud console, how Cloud Scheduler jobs can save you effort, and when Pub/Sub Lite can save you money on high-volume event ingestion.
Cloud roles are evolving fast—and staying future-ready means knowing more than just code. According to industry reports, over 70% of cloud professionals now work across app development, data engineering, and network management. This challenge is designed to equip you with skills across all three. You'll build dynamic apps with Flutter and Node.js, work with modern data tools like Firestore, LookML, and Cloud SQL, and strengthen your networking fundamentals with Cloud NAT, HA-VPN, and Private Google Access. There’s even a hands-on intro to machine learning with TensorFlow. These are the skills that don’t just meet today’s demands—they prepare you for what’s next!
Ready to get started with AI Hypercomputer? This course makes it easy! We'll cover the basics of what they are and how they help AI with AI workloads. You'll learn about the different components inside a hypercomputer, like GPUs, TPUs, and CPUs, and discover how to pick the right deployment approach for your needs.
This course will equip you with the tools to develop complex conversational experiences in Dialogflow CX capable of identifying the user intent and routing it to the right self service flow.
Get hands-on with building apps using Flutter, Dart, and AppSheet, and automate tasks with Document AI and Python. Learn to validate infrastructure with Terraform, monitor performance using Prometheus, and process data with Dataproc. You’ll also explore enterprise tools like Media CDN, Neo4j, and SAP integration while earning an exclusive Google Cloud Credential!
This course explores using enterprise design patterns to build scalable, reliable, and secure agents within CX Agent Studio. Additionally, it covers navigating the complete development lifecycle by deploying multi-layered application security and locking down cloud infrastructure perimeters. It details the core pillars of multi-turn session persistence and real-time audio supervision to facilitate safe, continuous conversational experiences.
In this course you will learn how to use the new generative AI features in Dialogflow CX to create virtual agents that can have more natural and engaging conversations with customers. Discover how to deploy generative fallback responses to gracefully handle errors and omissions in customer conversations, deploy generators to increase intent coverage, and structure, ingest, and manage data in a data store. And explore how to deploy and maintain generative AI agents using your data, and deploy and maintain hybrid agents in combination with existing intent-based design paradigms.
Gen AI Agents: Transform Your Organization is the fifth and final course of the Gen AI Leader learning path. This course explores how organizations can use custom gen AI agents to help tackle specific business challenges. You gain hands-on practice building a basic gen AI agent, while exploring the components of these agents, such as models, reasoning loops, and tools. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
This course equips learners with the essential knowledge and practical tools to develop and implement artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly. Through an exploration of ethical considerations, best practices, and governance procedures, participants will gain an understanding of how to navigate the complex landscape of AI while upholding ethical standards and minimizing potential risks.
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.
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. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
Transform Your Work With Gen AI Apps is the fourth course of the Gen AI Leader learning path. This course introduces Google’s gen AI applications, such as Google Workspace with Gemini and Gemini Notebook. It guides you through concepts like grounding, retrieval augmented generation, constructing effective prompts and building automated workflows.
Gen AI: Navigate the Landscape is the third course of the Gen AI Leader learning path. Gen AI is changing how we work and interact with the world around us. But as a leader, how can you harness its power to drive real business outcomes? In this course, you explore the different layers of building gen AI solutions, Google Cloud’s offerings, and the factors to consider when selecting a solution.
With Google Calendar, you can quickly schedule meetings and events and create tasks, so you always know what’s next. Google Calendar is designed for teams, so it’s easy to share your schedule with others and create multiple calendars that you and your team can use together. In this course, you’ll learn how to create and manage Google Calendar events. You will learn how to update an existing event, delete and restore events, and search your calendar. You will understand when to apply different event types such as tasks and appointment schedules. You will explore the Google Calendar settings that are available for you to customize Google Calendar to suit your way of working. During the course you will learn how to create additional calendars, share your calendars with others, and access other calendars in your organization.
In this course we will introduce you to Google Sheets, Google’s cloud-based spreadsheet software, included with Google Workspace. With Google Sheets, you can create and edit spreadsheets directly in your web browser—no special software is required. Multiple people can work simultaneously, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is saved automatically. You will learn how to open Google Sheets, create a blank spreadsheet, and create a spreadsheet from a template. You will add, import, sort, filter and format your data using Google Sheets and learn how to work across different file types. Formulas and functions allow you to make quick calculations and better use your data. We will look at creating a basic formula, using functions, and referencing data. You will also learn how to add a chart to your spreadsheet. Google Sheets spreadsheets are easy to share. We will look at the different ways you can share with others. We will also discuss how to track changes…
In this course, we introduce you to Google Meet, Google’s video conference software included with Google Workspace. You learn how to create and manage video conference meetings using Google Meet. You explore different ways to open Google Meet and add people to a video conference. You also learn how to join meetings from different sources like calendar events or meeting links. We discuss how Google Meet can help you better communicate, exchange ideas, and share resources with your team wherever they are. You learn how to customize the Google Meet environment to fit your needs and how to effectively use chat messages during a video conference. You also explore different ways to share resources, such as by using calendar invites or attachments. You learn about using host controls in Google Meet to manage participants and utilize interactive moderation features. You also learn how to record and live stream video conferences.
With Google Slides, you can create and present professional presentations for sales, projects, training modules, and much more. Google Slides presentations are stored safely in the cloud. You build presentations right in your web browser—no special software is required. Even better, multiple people can work on your slides at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is automatically saved. You will learn how to open Google Slides, create a blank presentation, and create a presentation from a template. You will explore themes, layout options, and how to add and format content, and speaker notes in your presentations. You will learn how to enhance your slides by adding tables, images, charts, and more. You will also learn how to use slide transitions and object animations in your presentation for visual effects. We will discuss how to organize slides and explore some of the options, including duplicating and ordering your slides, importi…
With Google Docs, your documents are stored in the cloud, and you can access them from any computer or device. You create and edit documents right in your web browser; no special software is required. Even better, multiple people can work at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is saved automatically. In this course, you will learn how to open Google Docs, create and format a new document, and apply a template to a new document. You will learn how to enhance your documents using a table of contents, headers and footers, tables, drawings, images, and more. You will learn how to share your documents with others. We will discuss your sharing options and examine collaborator roles and permissions. You will learn how to manage versions of your documents. Google Docs allows you to work in real time with others on the same document. You will learn how to create and manage comments and action items in your documents. We will review a few of the G…
Google Drive is Google’s cloud-based file storage service. Google Drive lets you keep all your work in one place, view different file formats without the need for additional software, and access your files from any device. In this course, you will learn how to navigate your Google Drive. You will learn how to upload files and folders and how to work across file types. You will also learn how you can easily view, arrange, organize, modify, and remove files in Google Drive. Google Drive includes shared drives. You can use shared drives to store, search, and access files with a team. You will learn how to create a new shared drive, add and manage members, and manage the shared drive content. Google Workspace is synonymous with collaboration and sharing. You will explore the sharing options available to you in Google Drive, and you will learn about the various collaborator roles and permissions that can be assigned. You’ll also explore ways to ensure consistency and save time…
Used by over 70% of DevOps teams globally, Terraform has become the go-to tool for provisioning and managing infrastructure as code. In this hands-on challenge, you'll use Terraform to automate the setup of Google Cloud resources—Firestore, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPCs, and more. You'll also manage secure configurations with Service Accounts, Firewall Rules, and Secret Manager. Build a strong foundation for scalable, repeatable deployments and earn an exclusive Google Cloud Credential!.
As organizations move their data and applications to the cloud, they must address a rapidly evolving landscape of security challenges. This course explores the foundations of cloud security, the value of Google Cloud’s secure-by-design infrastructure, and the defense-in-depth strategy, while highlighting how AI-driven operations and compliance tools help organizations meet strict global regulatory requirements. As 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.
Gen AI: Beyond the Chatbot is the first course of the Gen AI Leader learning path and has no prerequisites. This course aims to move beyond the basic understanding of chatbots to explore the true potential of generative AI for your organization. You explore concepts like foundation models and prompt engineering, which are crucial for leveraging the power of gen AI. The course also guides you through important considerations you should make when developing a successful gen AI strategy for your organization.
Gen AI: Unlock Foundational Concepts is the second course of the Gen AI Leader learning path. In this course, you unlock the foundational concepts of generative AI by exploring the differences between AI, ML, and gen AI, and understanding how various data types enable generative AI to address business challenges. You also gain insights into Google Cloud strategies to address the limitations of foundation models and the key challenges for responsible and secure AI development and deployment.
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. As 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.
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. This course explores the fundamental concepts of modern operations, reliability, and resilience in the cloud, and how Google Cloud can help support these efforts. As 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.
Many traditional enterprises use legacy systems and apps that can't stay up-to-date with modern customer expectations. Business leaders often have to choose between maintaining their aging IT systems and investing in new products and services. This course explores these challenges and offers solutions to overcome them by using cloud technology. As 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.
Cloud technology is a powerful asset, and when paired with data, it becomes a catalyst for innovation and enhanced customer experiences. Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud examines how organizations can leverage the cloud to make their data more accessible, actionable, and valuable. As 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.
Digital transformation is a critical journey for modern organizations, and establishing a strong baseline in cloud computing is the first step toward driving meaningful innovation. Digital Transformation with Google Cloud introduces the core technologies and strategic frameworks that help organizations modernize their operations. This course explores fundamental cloud concepts, global network infrastructure, and the shared responsibility model to help leaders navigate their path to the cloud with confidence. As 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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This course introduces concepts of AI interpretability and transparency. It discusses the importance of AI transparency for developers and engineers. It explores practical methods and tools to help achieve interpretability and transparency in both data and AI models.
Build and deploy modern apps the smart way. These labs walk you through containerization with Kubernetes, serverless with Cloud Run, and continuous delivery with Cloud Deploy. Learn to scale, secure, and automate—then earn a Google Cloud credential to show you’ve got it covered.
Build reliable systems that can handle real-world demands. These labs focus on automated deployments, smart traffic management, and resilient architecture using GKE, Cloud Run, and Cloud Deploy. Finish strong and earn a Google Cloud credential that highlights your operational edge.
Google Cloud Certifications provide a tangible way for you to demonstrate your skills to potential or current employers. These certifications incorporate performance-based questions, testing your hands-on expertise through practical tasks. Begin your journey towards becoming a Google Certified Professional with the help of the Arcade Cert Zone.
This course introduces concepts of responsible AI and AI principles. It covers techniques to practically identify fairness and bias and mitigate bias in AI/ML practices. It explores practical methods and tools to implement Responsible AI best practices using Google Cloud products and open source tools.
This course equips machine learning practitioners with the essential tools, techniques, and best practices for evaluating both generative and predictive AI models. Model evaluation is a critical discipline for ensuring that ML systems deliver reliable, accurate, and high-performing results in production. Participants will gain a deep understanding of various evaluation metrics, methodologies, and their appropriate application across different model types and tasks. The course will emphasize the unique challenges posed by generative AI models and provide strategies for tackling them effectively. By leveraging Google Cloud's Agent Platform, participants will learn how to implement robust evaluation processes for model selection, optimization, and continuous monitoring.
This course is dedicated to equipping you with the knowledge and tools needed to uncover the unique challenges faced by MLOps teams when deploying and managing Generative AI models, and exploring how Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform empowers AI teams to streamline MLOps processes and achieve success in Generative AI projects.
This course explores Gemini in BigQuery, a suite of AI-driven features to assist data-to-AI workflow. These features include data exploration and preparation, code generation and troubleshooting, and workflow discovery and visualization. Through conceptual explanations, a practical use case, and hands-on labs, the course empowers data practitioners to boost their productivity and expedite the development pipeline.
Every great app starts with a solid foundation—and that’s exactly what you’ll build here. Spin up VMs, deploy SQL Server, and move data with confidence. But it doesn't stop there. As threats loom and traffic spikes, you’ll step up—locking buckets, defending with Cloud Armor, and scanning for vulnerabilities. It’s your mission to launch fast, stay secure, and keep everything running smoothly—all while working towards an exclusive Google Cloud credential!
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Google runs over 4 billion containers each week—and now, you’ll learn how it’s done. Get started with containerization using Docker, deploy seamlessly on Kubernetes, and set up smart alerts to stay ahead of the unknown. Then, tune into your data: process massive workloads with Dataproc, sharpen your LookML skills, and explore machine learning with BigQuery, TensorFlow, and reinforcement learning. This level is where you will go ExtraSkillestrial!
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
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Complete the 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 Managed Service for Apache Spark, and calling ML APIs including the Cloud Natural Language API, Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API, and Video Intelligence API.
Google Cloud Certifications provide a tangible way for you to demonstrate your skills to potential or current employers. These certifications incorporate performance-based questions, testing your hands-on expertise through practical tasks. Begin your journey towards becoming a Google Certified Professional with the help of the Arcade Cert Zone. Be one of the first 50 people to complete the challenge and earn a 50% discount voucher for your next Google Cloud Generative AI Leader certification exam. Welcome!
In this course, you learn how Gemini, a generative AI-powered collaborator from Google Cloud, helps analyze customer data and predict product sales. You also learn how to identify, categorize, and develop new customers using customer data in BigQuery. Using hands-on labs, you experience how Gemini improves data analysis and machine learning workflows.
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.
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
This set of labs helps you explore, manage, and visualize data effectively while also diving into task automation and performance testing on Google Cloud. You’ll work with tools like Looker and Looker Studio to model data, create derived tables, and build compelling dashboards for insights into billing and usage. You’ll also explore data governance with Data Catalog and service discovery using Service Directory. On the automation front, you’ll set up scheduled jobs with Cloud Scheduler and use Kubernetes for distributed load testing. Additionally, you'll learn how to test network latency between VMs and earn an exclusive Google Cloud Credential!
This set of labs helps you get practical experience deploying applications and managing cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud. You’ll start by launching apps using App Engine and Dataflow across languages like PHP, Go, and Python. Then, you’ll explore how to design and manage Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networks, control access, and use tools like internal load balancers and Cloud CDN to optimize performance and cost. As you go, you'll gain hands-on experience with Terraform to automate infrastructure deployment and maintain state across environments. Whether you're new to cloud deployment or looking to sharpen your networking and automation skills, these labs provide a strong foundation for building scalable, efficient applications.
Lace up for the Learn-a-Thon, your ultimate endurance challenge to master Google Cloud! This game features dynamic, hands-on labs where you'll conquer advanced topics like Terraform for robust load balancing, extract deep insights using Cloud ML APIs for perceptive text analysis, explore the fundamentals of EOSIO blockchain, and deploy Jenkins on Kubernetes for seamless CI/CD. Rack up points, earn a prestigious badge, and truly accelerate your cloud expertise.
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Thinking about certifications or just want to see how far you've come? This challenge is your chance to sharpen your skills with help from Generative AI. Start by reflecting on where you stand in the digital space, then jump into Gen AI-powered reviews tailored to key Google Cloud certifications like Generative AI Digital, Data Practitioner, Cloud Developer, and DevOps Engineer. Wrap things up with fun, fast quizzes to test what you’ve learned and spot areas to improve. Its a smarter, more focused way to prep—and a great way to keep your journey in the cloud going strong!
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This challenge is designed to help you get comfortable working with data across tools like Google Sheets, BigQuery, Looker, and even Google Docs. You’ll start by learning how to find, filter, and visualize data in Sheets, and run quick-start projects using Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Dataplex, and Cloud Filestore from the command line. From there, you’ll dive deeper—writing SQL to explore real-world datasets, spotting common query errors, and troubleshooting data models in Looker. You’ll also pick up best practices to make your LookML projects easier to use and maintain. Whether you're just exploring or solving tricky issues, these labs give you the practical skills to work smarter with your data.
This set of labs is all about helping you get hands-on with Looker and Google Cloud to turn raw data into clear, useful insights. You’ll learn how to build and organize your data models using LookML, create custom metrics and dimensions, and use derived tables to clean and shape your data. Along the way, you'll explore best practices like modularizing your code and improving query performance with caching and datagroups. Once the data’s in shape, you’ll move into Looker Studio to build reports, schedule dashboards, and set up alerts—making it easier to share what matters with your team.
Get hands-on with the core tools behind modern app development on Google Cloud. Start by exploring Artifact Registry to securely store, organize, and manage your container images and packages. You’ll explore key tasks like setting up repositories, configuring authentication, applying tags, and automating cleanups. Then, transition to Cloud Run to deploy stateless, containerized applications with ease. Learn how to work with environment variables, manage secrets, control traffic, and build scalable, event-driven services and earn an exclusive Google Cloud Credential!
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