In this course, you’ll learn how to apply the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework to design resilient, production-grade cloud environments. You’ll analyze real-world challenges across six distinct industries to balance competing priorities like low-latency performance, ironclad security, and carbon efficiency. By the end, you'll possess a practical architectural playbook and the critical thinking skills needed to lead reviews and optimize cloud workloads in the field.
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.
Welcome to the sixth course in our Networking and Google Cloud series, Hybrid and Multicloud. The first module will walk you through various cloud connectivity options, with a deep dive into Cloud Interconnect, exploring its different types and functionalities. In the second module, we'll cover Cloud VPN, discussing its implementation, high availability, VPN topologies, and the Network Connectivity Center for streamline management. By the end of this course, you will be able to explain the different connectivity options available to extend your on-premises and other cloud networks to Google Cloud, and analyze the suitability of different Google Cloud hybrid and multicloud connectivity services for specific use cases.
This accelerated on-demand course introduces participants to the comprehensive and flexible infrastructure and platform services provided by Google Cloud with a focus on Compute Engine. Through a combination of video lectures, demos, and hands-on labs, participants explore and deploy solution elements, including infrastructure components such as networks, systems and applications services. This course also covers deploying practical solutions including customer-supplied encryption keys, security and access management, quotas and billing, and resource monitoring.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
In this video, you'll learn to use Gemini in Google Sheets for advanced data analysis. You'll learn how to create data visualizations, like a scatter plot, using a simple prompt. You'll also learn how to ask Gemini to analyze your data for strategic insights and recommendations, such as how to save money.
In this video, you'll learn to use Gemini in Google Sheets to automatically generate organized trackers from unstructured data. You'll learn how to write a prompt that references other Google Drive files using the "@" symbol. You'll also see how Gemini builds a fully formatted, color-coded table with drop-down menus based on the data in your notes, saving you significant manual effort.
This video covers how to use Gemini in Gmail to manage your Google Calendar by asking about your schedule in the side panel and using the one-click "add to calendar" feature for events detected in emails.
In this video, you'll learn to use Gemini in Google Slides to build polished presentations efficiently. You'll see how to create slides by referencing content directly from your Google Drive files using the "@" symbol. You'll also learn to generate custom, professional images from a simple text prompt to visually enhance your presentation.
In this video, you'll learn to use the "Ask Gemini" feature in Google Sheets to manage your data with natural language. You'll see how to ask Gemini to create dropdowns, highlight sales data, create a pivot table, filter by month, and sort by revenue.
In this video, you'll learn to use the =AI() function in Google Sheets to automate your work. You'll see how to generate text like slogans, summarize paragraphs of customer feedback, and categorize data by classifying inquiries and analyzing sentiment.
In this video, you'll learn to create "what if" scenarios using AI's reasoning. You'll see how to set a "before" scene with a person holding a cake, prompt an action by asking "what would happen if they tripped?", and let the AI generate the plausible "after" image of the cake falling.
This video covers a technique for creating 'mashup' images by generating a subject and scene separately, then using a final prompt to fuse them into one new image.
In this video, you'll learn to art direct your images in the Gemini app. You'll see how to use multi-turn editing to furnish an empty room step-by-step, and how to "remix" a photo by applying the color and texture of a butterfly's wings to a pair of rainboots.
In this video, you'll learn to create imaginative portraits in the Gemini app that maintain your likeness. You'll see how to use the "Subject, Action, Scene, Style" formula for better prompts, transport yourself into a vintage photo, and combine a photo of yourself and your dog into one new image.
In this video, you'll learn to use NotebookLM to manage a large-scale research project. You'll see how to upload all your documents to get summaries, ask deeper strategic questions to find key insights, and use the audio feature to listen to your findings on the go.
In this video, you'll learn to use NotebookLM to analyze raw data and find compelling stories. You'll see how to ground the AI in your specific documents, prompt it to generate newsworthy PR claims, and ask it to find hidden correlations between different data points to uncover new insights.
In this video, you'll learn to use an AI assistant to streamline large-scale event planning. You'll see how to prompt an AI to brainstorm off-site ideas, create fair groups for icebreakers, build a shuttle schedule based on arrival times, and analyze survey feedback for gains and losses.
In this video, you'll learn pro tips for conducting thorough competitive research with Gemini Deep Research. You'll see how to enhance a basic prompt by assigning a persona, specifying a table format for the output, and directing the AI to search specific sources like Reddit for richer insights.
In this video, you'll learn to use Gemini Deep Research to make complex purchasing decisions with confidence. You'll see how to write a nuanced, personal prompt about your specific needs and receive a synthesized, comparative report that cuts through the clutter of online reviews.
This video covers how to use a simple text prompt in Gemini Canvas to transform data into an engaging, animated bar chart race visualization.
In this video, you'll learn to create complex animated art using Gemini Canvas. You'll see how to write a descriptive prompt to generate a kinetic typography animation with distortion effects, and then use a follow-up prompt to completely change its color style.
In this video, you'll learn to build a reusable, custom "Study Guide Gem." You'll see how to write the core instructions for your Gem once, and then use it again and again to transform messy notes and articles into a perfectly structured study guide with a summary, outline, and glossary.
In this video, you'll learn to turn your study guides into interactive quizzes using Gemini Canvas. You'll see how to upload your notes and use a simple prompt to generate a quiz with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions that provide immediate feedback.
In this video, you'll learn to use Gemini Deep Research to conduct competitive marketing analysis. You'll see how to submit a research prompt, approve the personalized research plan Gemini creates, and receive a detailed, synthesized report on competitor campaigns to inform your strategy.
In this video, you'll learn to build a working prototype of a personalized weather app using Gemini Canvas. You'll see how to specify the cities for a 7-day forecast and then use a follow-up prompt to change the app's theme to a minimal, dark mode interface.
This video covers how to use simple text prompts in Gemini Canvas to build an interactive 3D solar system simulation and add educational features to it.
In this video, you'll learn to build a custom personal utility app using Gemini Canvas. You'll see how to write a detailed prompt to create a Pomodoro timer tailored to your specific needs, and then use follow-up prompts to adjust its visual design.
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.
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 video covers how to use the Guided Learning experience in Gemini, a collaborative AI partner that helps you build deep understanding through questions and interactive tools.
This video covers how to use a simple prompt in Gemini Canvas to build, customize, and share your own playable game, like Tic-Tac-Toe.
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!
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.
It begins with a simple question: Where to next? Inspired by Agoda’s AI-powered travel platform, this challenge shows how AI helps turn preferences into vivid destinations, detailed itineraries, and stunning visuals. You’ll build intelligent apps that understand intent, generate rich content, and deliver real-time recommendations — supported by cloud-native services that keep everything fast, reliable, and seamless. The result: planning that feels effortless, inspiring, and part of the journey itself.
In this video, you'll learn to build a working music synthesizer using a simple text prompt in Gemini Canvas. You'll see how to specify controls like waveform, attack, and sustain, and then interact with the generated instrument to create and experiment with your own unique sounds.
This video covers how to use Gemini Deep Research with creative prompts to turn complex information into a fun, personalized analysis, like a sports scouting report and bracket.
In this video, you'll learn to use the Create menu in Gemini Canvas to instantly convert a block of text into a variety of visual formats. You’ll see how to take a brainstormed marketing campaign and turn it into both a shareable infographic and an internal webpage with just one click.
This video covers how to use Gemini Canvas to transform a simple drawing of an app into a functional prototype using a technique called "vibe coding."
This video covers how NotebookLM's Reports feature dynamically suggests formats to help you create customized, trustworthy analyses of your documents with ease.
This video covers how to build a personalized "Work with Me" agent using Gemini Gems, which helps streamline foundational feedback and makes your meetings more strategic and efficient.
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 video covers how to use Gemini Advanced to research a topic, create a presentation outline, and then use Gemini in Google Docs to generate talking points.
This video covers how to create a 'project notebook' in NotebookLM by adding all relevant sources to build a central, searchable knowledge hub for your team.
This video covers how to use NotebookLM for common marketing tasks like analyzing customer feedback, conducting market research, and generating content ideas.
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.
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!
This video covers how to use the Video Overviews feature in NotebookLM to automatically generate a short explainer video based on your source documents.
This video covers how to use the 'Discover Sources' feature in NotebookLM to find and import relevant web-based sources directly into your research project.
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!
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.
This video covers how to use the Mind Maps feature in NotebookLM to automatically create a visual representation of your sources, helping you understand connections and key concepts.
This video covers how to use NotebookLM as a personal research assistant by adding sources, asking questions, and generating new content formats based on your documents.
This video covers how to use Gemini in Gmail to draft new emails, refine their tone, respond with context from Drive files, and use smart reply suggestions.
This video covers how to use the 'Help me create' feature in Google Docs to generate a complete, formatted document by referencing content from other files in your Drive.
This video covers five key ways to use Google's AI tools, including Gemini in Workspace, the Gemini app, and NotebookLM, to enhance your daily productivity.
This video covers how to use Gemini in Gmail to summarize emails, find information, and draft replies, helping you manage your inbox more efficiently.
This video covers how to use Gemini in Slides to automatically generate meeting recaps and draft follow-up emails, which can streamline your post-meeting workflow and save you time.
This video covers how you can leverage Gemini's advanced AI capabilities within Google Sheets to effortlessly pull data and generate insights in minutes, all without the need for any technical or coding background.
This video will cover how to leverage Gemini Gems to create authentic social media posts in your leader's unique voice. Learn to overcome the challenge of scaling executive social presence by training a Gem with writing samples and clear instructions. Discover how to generate engaging posts quickly, saving time while amplifying thought leadership and ensuring authenticity.
This video covers how you can create your own Brevity Gem to summarize and transform messy notes or long documents into clear, concise, executive-ready summaries.
This video covers how to use Gemini and Apps Script to automate manual tasks across Google Workspace. You'll learn to prompt Gemini to generate Apps Script code that automatically drafts email reminders in Google Sheets for tasks not marked 'Complete.' Automate your workflow with little to no technical expertise, freeing up time for more important work and eliminating manual follow-ups.
This video covers how you can leverage Notebook LM to "eat the frog" on your to-do list by automating complex tasks like summarizing legislation and mapping services, saving you hours of work.
This video covers how to eliminate tedious manual data entry using Gemini. Learn how to take a picture or screenshot of data (from PDFs, paper, or images) and prompt Gemini to instantly convert it into a structured Google Sheet. Discover this simple hack to save countless hours transcribing data, turning Gemini into your personal data entry assistant. Just snap, prompt, and export!
This video covers using AI to identify weaknesses and hidden assumptions in your strategy. You'll learn the "Poke Holes" method, a simple way to pressure-test your plans with AI prompts, uncovering gaps and strengthening your strategic thinking.
This video will cover how to use NotebookLM to gather and analyze publicly available information, combine it with internal documents, and extract key competitive insights.
This video covers how to personalize your Gemini results in Google Workspace. Learn to incorporate documents and research papers directly into your prompts using the "@" symbol to get more targeted and relevant AI output tailored to your needs.
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.
This video covers how you can use Gemini to summarize long documents in Google Workspace, so you can quickly get the information you need and save time. You'll learn how to use Gemini to summarize entire documents or just selected text, as well as how to use Gemini in Drive to summarize across multiple files.
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.
This video covers prompt engineering fundamentals for effective AI communication. Learn a simple framework (Persona, Task, Context, Format) to craft clear prompts, getting better, faster results from Gemini in Google Workspace. Discover how to use natural language, be specific, and iterate for optimal AI assistance.
This video will cover how you can leverage Gemini's advanced AI capabilities in Google Docs to brainstorm ideas, draft various marketing content, and collaborate with your team.
This video covers how NotebookLM can revolutionize customer insight gathering from call or chat transcripts. You'll learn to upload PDF transcripts of hundreds of conversations (even multilingual ones!) and quickly extract key themes, trending topics, and actionable insights without listening for hours. Discover how to save findings, share notebooks, and even generate interactive podcast summaries of your data.
This video covers how to create your own Gemini Gems, advanced AI capabilities that can automate repetitive tasks and supercharge your productivity.
This course introduces Google Cloud's AI and machine learning (ML) capabilities, with a focus on developing both generative and predictive AI projects. It explores the various technologies, products, and tools available throughout the data-to-AI lifecycle, empowering data scientists, AI developers, and ML engineers to enhance their expertise through interactive exercises.
Welcome to the two-part course on Logging, Monitoring, and Observability in Google Cloud. The core operations tools in Google Cloud break down into two major categories. The operations-focused components and the application performance management tools. This course, Logging and Monitoring in Google Cloud, covers the operations-focused components including Logging, Monitoring, and Service Monitoring. After taking this course, it is suggested that you complete part 2, Observability in Google Cloud, to learn about the available application performance management tools.
The Google Cloud Computing Foundations courses are for individuals with little to no background or experience in cloud computing. They provide an overview of concepts central to cloud basics, big data, and machine learning, and where and how Google Cloud fits in. By the end of the series of courses, learners will be able to articulate these concepts and demonstrate some hands-on skills. The courses should be completed in the following order: 1. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Cloud Computing Fundamentals 2. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Infrastructure in Google Cloud 3. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Networking and Security in Google Cloud 4. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Data, ML, and AI in Google Cloud This final course in the series reviews managed big data services, machine learning and its value, and how to demonstrate your skill set in Google Cloud further by earning Skill Badges.
The Google Cloud Computing Foundations courses are for individuals with little to no background or experience in cloud computing. They provide an overview of concepts central to cloud basics, big data, and machine learning, and where and how Google Cloud fits in. By the end of the series of courses, learners will be able to articulate these concepts and demonstrate some hands-on skills. The courses should be completed in the following order: 1. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Cloud Computing Fundamentals 2. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Infrastructure in Google Cloud 3. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Networking and Security in Google Cloud 4. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Data, ML, and AI in Google Cloud This third course covers cloud automation and management tools and building secure networks.
The Google Cloud Computing Foundations courses are for individuals with little to no background or experience in cloud computing. They provide an overview of concepts central to cloud basics, big data, and machine learning, and where and how Google Cloud fits in. By the end of the series of courses, learners will be able to articulate these concepts and demonstrate some hands-on skills. The courses should be completed in the following order: 1. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Cloud Computing Fundamentals 2. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Infrastructure in Google Cloud 3. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Networking and Security in Google Cloud 4. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Data, ML, and AI in Google Cloud
This 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!
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Skills Boost Arcade Trivia for June Week 1! 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 June Trivia Week 1 badge!
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.
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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!
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!
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.
This is the first course of a four-course series for cloud architects and engineers with existing AWS knowledge, and it compares Google Cloud and AWS solutions and guides professionals on their use. This course focuses on Identity and Access Management (IAM) and networking in Google Cloud. The learners apply the knowledge of access management and networking in AWS to explore the similarities and differences with access management and networking in Google Cloud. Learners get hands-on practice building and managing Google Cloud resources.
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 the intermediate skill badge by completing the Build and Deploy Machine Learning Solutions on Vertex AI skill badge course, where you learn how to use Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform, AutoML, and custom training services to train, evaluate, tune, explain, and deploy machine learning models.
Complete the intermediate Manage Data Models in Looker skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: maintaining LookML project health; utilizing SQL runner for data validation; employing LookML best practices; optimizing queries and reports for performance; and implementing persistent derived tables and caching policies.
Getting from point A to B quickly is Rapido’s promise—but delivering on that takes more than just two wheels. In this challenge, you’ll see how Rapido used Google Cloud to scale from a bike-taxi service to launching delivery solutions for people and businesses, all while handling real-time demand across 100+ cities. You’ll explore how tools like Kubernetes, Cloud Vision, Firebase, and BigQuery help manage microservices, onboard drivers in minutes, and personalize user experiences. From rapid app releases to smarter route planning, discover how cloud technology keeps Rapido moving fast—on the road and in the backend.
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.
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.
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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!
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.
Modern apps don’t just need to run—they need to run smart, fast, and secure. With these labs, you'll get hands-on with the foundational tools that power today's connected experiences. You'll configure VPC networks, manage identity with IAM and IAP, and monitor systems using Prometheus and Cloud Monitoring. You’ll also deploy serverless apps with Cloud Run and generate PDFs with Go. It’s everything you need to sharpen your networking know-how—fast!
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!
Booking a hotel online often comes down to what you see—and for Goibibo, making those visuals accurate and timely is key. In this challenge, you’ll explore how Goibibo sped up the process of moderating and publishing thousands of hotel images each day using tools like Cloud Vision and AutoML. Through hands-on labs, you’ll learn how to classify and analyze images, work with cloud storage, manage networks, and explore data using BigQuery and Looker. You’ll also get a closer look at how cloud infrastructure supports fast, reliable user experiences. Whether it’s processing photos or managing traffic, you’ll see how technology helps keep things running smoothly behind the scenes!
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.
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Complete the intermediate Discover and Protect Sensitive Data Across Your Ecosystem skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: using Sensitive Data Protection services (including the Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP) API) to discover, inspect, redact, and de-identify sensitive data across your Google Cloud ecosystem including Cloud Storage files, BigQuery data, and Gen AI model responses.
Complete the introductory Prepare Data for Looker Dashboards and Reports skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: filtering, sorting, and pivoting data; merging results from different Looker Explores; and using functions and operators to build Looker dashboards and reports for data analysis and visualization.
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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!
Learn how to streamline healthcare data management with cloud technology. In these hands-on labs, you'll work with FHIR and HL7v2 data using the Healthcare API, de-identify medical images, and build a secure data lake on Cloud Storage. You'll also explore ways to cut cost and process large datasets with Cloud Dataproc. Whether it's managing patient records or securing sensitive data, these labs will equip you with the skills to enhance healthcare technology.
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Build smarter, more connected applications while keeping security at the forefront. These hands-on labs take you through creating dynamic Gmail Add-ons, Google Chat Bots, and AI-powered document tools. You'll also explore securing cloud environments with Binary Authorization, detecting threats with Security Command Center, and monitoring performance with Google Cloud’s managed services. Get ready to develop, secure, and optimize with confidence!
Get hands-on with Google Cloud’s core infrastructure and API capabilities. These labs walk you through deploying virtual machines, setting up network load balancers, and provisioning services through Cloud Marketplace. You'll also explore API management with API Gateway and enhance security with Cloud Data Loss Prevention and earn an exclusive Google Cloud Credential!
Welcome to the Arcade Quiz, where every question is a chance to learn, explore, and challenge yourself. Explore a variety of intriguing topics, put your cloud knowledge to the test, and complete all the challenges to earn an exclusive Google Cloud Credential!
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Skills Boost Arcade Trivia for April Week 1! 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 April Trivia Week 1 badge!
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.
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.
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!
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.
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Skills Boost Arcade Trivia for March 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 March Trivia Week 4 badge!
Every year, tons of food go to waste—but what if technology could change that? In this challenge, you’ll explore how cloud computing, AI, and automation are helping businesses like Karma to track, manage, and reduce food waste more efficiently than ever. Get hands-on experience with tools like Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, and BigQuery ML to build real-time monitoring systems, optimize supply chains, and make data-driven sustainability decisions. Whether it’s using AI to predict demand or automating workflows to cut down on waste, you’ll see firsthand how technology is shaping a zero-waste future!
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.
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Color your learning journey with new skills this March! Get hands-on with Looker, BigQuery, and Cloud Storage to organize, analyze, and present data in fresh new ways. Whether you're creating dashboards or mapping insights, these labs help you turn raw data into clear, meaningful information. No experience? No problem!
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.
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.
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.
Complete the introductory Create a Secure Data Lake on Cloud Storage skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: securing and configuring a Cloud Storage bucket, using Gemini for text generation, managing IAM access control, and establishing a Knowledge Catalog lake for data governance.
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Securing data and managing cloud applications doesn’t have to be complicated. These hands-on labs guide you through protecting sensitive information, strengthening cloud security, and automating reports with Looker Studio Pro. You'll gain practical experience in safeguarding AI model responses, securing software supply chains, and managing distributed services with GKE.
Staying ahead of threats and ensuring secure cloud environments requires the right tools and expertise. These hands-on labs help you detect and investigate security risks, protect sensitive data, and monitor cloud infrastructure effectively. You'll explore Security Command Center, Vault, Chronicle SIEM, and Google Cloud Managed Service for Prometheus to strengthen your security posture. Whether it’s securing applications, managing identities, or optimizing network security, these labs provide practical experience to help you build a more resilient cloud environment!
Complete the introductory Secure Lakehouse Data skill badge course to demonstrate skills with IAM, BigQuery, Lakehouse, and Knowledge Catalog to create and secure Lakehouse tables.
Learn how to build and deploy cloud applications with hands-on practice and pick up essential skills like automation, optimization, and scalability. Get real-world experience to create efficient, high-performing apps and earn an exclusive Google Cloud Credential!
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Earn the intermediate skill badge by completing the Implement CI/CD Pipelines on Google Cloud skill badge course where you learn how to use Artifact Registry, Cloud Build, and Cloud Deploy. You interact with the Google Cloud console, Google Cloud CLI, Cloud Run, and GKE. This course teaches you how to build continuous integration pipelines, store and secure artifacts, scan for vulnerabilities, attest to the validity of approved releases. Additionally, you get hands-on experience deploying applications to both GKE and Cloud Run.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
Explore how AI is transforming manufacturing efficiency with these hands-on labs. You’ll get hands-on experience with tools like Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud Build, learning how businesses are using hybrid cloud technology to cut costs and increase productivity. Discover how AI is making a real impact, and gain practical skills that are shaping the future of work at Toyota—all in an engaging, interactive way.
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Earn a skill badge by completing the Build Google Cloud Infrastructure for Azure 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. 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 Cloud Architecture: Design, Implement, and Manage to demonstrate skills in the following: deploy a publicly accessible website using Apache web servers, configure a Compute Engine VM using startup scripts, configure secure RDP using a Windows Bastion host and firewall rules, build and deploy a Docker image to a Kubernetes cluster and then update it, and create a CloudSQL instance and import a MySQL database. This skill badge is a great resource for understanding topics that will appear in the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect certification exam.
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.
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.
The Google Cloud Computing Foundations courses are for individuals with little to no background or experience in cloud computing. They provide an overview of concepts central to cloud basics, big data, and machine learning, and where and how Google Cloud fits in. By the end of the series of courses, learners will be able to articulate these concepts and demonstrate some hands-on skills. The courses should be completed in the following order: 1. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Cloud Computing Fundamentals 2. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Infrastructure in Google Cloud 3. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Networking and Security in Google Cloud 4. Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Data, ML, and AI in Google Cloud This first course provides an overview of cloud computing, ways to use Google Cloud, and different compute options.
Fall in love with data this Valentine's. Get hands-on with labs that teach you everything from data exploration and filtering to dashboard alerts and Looker Studio magic. No prior experience needed—Game on!
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Complete the intermediate Perform Predictive Data Analysis in BigQuery skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: creating datasets in BigQuery by importing CSV and JSON files; harnessing the power of BigQuery with sophisticated SQL analytical concepts, including using BigQuery ML to train an expected goals model on soccer event data and evaluate the impressiveness of World Cup goals.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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 a skill badge by completing the Detect Manufacturing Defects using Visual Inspection AI course, where you learn how to use Visual Inspection AI to deploy a solution artifact and test that it can successfully identify defects in a manufacturing process.
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.
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.
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Earn a skill badge by completing the Analyze Speech and Language with Google APIs quest, where you learn how to use the Natural Language and Speech APIs in real-world settings.
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 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 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.
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 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 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.
Earn a skill badge by completing the App Building with AppSheet course, where you learn how to build, configure, and publish apps using AppSheet.
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.
Complete the intermediate Deploy Kubernetes Applications on Google Cloud skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: Configuring and building Docker container images.Creating and managing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters.Utilizing kubectl for efficient cluster management.Deploying Kubernetes applications with robust continuous delivery (CD) practices.
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Getting started in the cloud doesn’t have to be complicated. With these hands-on building blocks, you’ll explore essential Google Cloud services like Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and IAM. You’ll learn how to store and manage data, set up secure networks, and even deploy apps with Cloud Run and Firestore. Whether you're new to the cloud or just brushing up on the basics, these labs provide real, practical experience—no prior experience needed!
Cloud deployment and security are at the heart of modern app management. Whether you’re deploying websites with Kubernetes, managing data in BigQuery, or securing your cloud with CFT Scorecard, these hands-on labs will guide you through every step. With tools like Cloud Run and Dialogflow monitoring, you’ll gain practical experience and real-world skills that are in high demand—no prior experience required!
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.
Turn your app ideas into reality with Google Cloud in 2025! Whether you're a beginner or looking to level up, these hands-on labs will guide you through building and deploying apps. Set up your development environment, store and manage data, and launch scalable, serverless applications—all with real-world challenges designed to boost your skills. No experience? No problem!
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 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.
Earn the intermediate Skill Badge by completing the Classify Images with TensorFlow on Google Cloud skill badge course where you learn how to use TensorFlow and Vertex AI to create and train machine learning models. You primarily interact with Vertex AI Workbench user-managed notebooks.
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
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.
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 Engineer Data for Predictive Modeling with BigQuery ML skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: building data transformation pipelines to BigQuery using Dataprep by Trifacta; using Cloud Storage, Dataflow, and BigQuery to build extract, transform, and load (ETL) workflows; and building machine learning models using BigQuery ML.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
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 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 .
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.
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.
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.
Earn your first Google Cloud Credential in 2025 by learning data operations and workflow optimization. Get hands-on with tools like Cloud Dataprep, BigLake, and Config Sync to simplify data management, reduce costs, and automate tasks. Whether you're analyzing BigQuery logs or organizing data in BigLake, these labs are designed to improve your workflow—no experience needed!
Earn your latest Google Cloud Credential by exploring AI, machine learning, and data analysis. With AI expected to add $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, now is the perfect time to get hands-on with tools like Gemini, Looker BI, TensorFlow, and Document AI. You'll work on real-world tasks like analyzing reviews, detecting fraud, and optimizing workflows. No experience needed—just a passion for learning and leveling up your skills!
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Stay true to your learning goals this year by earning an exclusive Google Cloud credential and picking up essential skills like automating workflows, managing resources, solving technical issues, and strengthening security. Game on to boost your Skillsresolve!
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.
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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.
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Complete the Enrich Metadata and Discovery of Lakehouse Data skill badge course to demonstrate skills in BigQuery, Lakehouse, and Knowledge Catalog. You create Lakehouse tables and enrich metadata management and discovery of the table data.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Analyze Sentiment with Natural Language API quest, where you learn how the API derives sentiment from text.
Level up your cloud skills with hands-on labs covering everything from storage and BigQuery to VPCs, Pub/Sub, and Artifact Registry for Python and Go. No experience needed—explore, learn, and earn your Google Cloud Credential on your journey to becoming an Arcade Hero!
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 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.
In this course you will learn how Contact Center AI Agent Assist can enhance the productivity of human agents while interacting with customers through the Voice channel, as well as the options available for integration with other platforms in the CCAI ecosystem.
In this course you will learn how Contact Center AI Agent Assist can help distill complex customer interactions into concise and clear summaries.
Transform your understanding of customer service with this course on Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (GECX) and its powerful generative AI capabilities. You'll start by tracing the journey of contact centers, understanding how they've evolved and where gen AI is propelling them next. Then, you'll gain a deep understanding of the core building blocks within the GECX solution, seeing how each component contributes to delivering exceptional customer experiences. The course concludes by exploring the robust business case for GECX, along with practical use cases and the various user personas that benefit from this innovative solution. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.
In this course, you will be learning from ML Engineers and Trainers who work with the state-of-the-art development of ML pipelines here at Google Cloud. The first few modules will cover about TensorFlow Extended (or TFX), which is Google’s production machine learning platform based on TensorFlow for management of ML pipelines and metadata. You will learn about pipeline components and pipeline orchestration with TFX. You will also learn how you can automate your pipeline through continuous integration and continuous deployment, and how to manage ML metadata. Then we will change focus to discuss how we can automate and reuse ML pipelines across multiple ML frameworks such as tensorflow, pytorch, scikit learn, and xgboost. You will also learn how to use another tool on Google Cloud, Cloud Composer, to orchestrate your continuous training pipelines. And finally, we will go over how to use MLflow for managing the complete machine learning life cycle.
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.
Complete the introductory Migrate MySQL Data to Cloud SQL Using Database Migration Service skill badge course to demonstrate skills in the following: migrating MySQL data to Cloud SQL using different job types and connectivity options available in Database Migration Service and migrating MySQL user data when running Database Migration Service jobs.
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.
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 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.
Hey there! You're invited to game on with the 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!
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Hey there! You're invited to game on with the 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 the Arcade Trivia for December Week 1! 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 1 badge!
Cloud Monitoring helps you keep an eye on your cloud setup, making sure everything runs smoothly. Whether you're just getting started or already working in the cloud, this tool is perfect for managing your infrastructure and apps. Jump in, get hands-on experience, and earn your newest Google Cloud Credential—no prior knowledge required!
Tis snowing challenges heavily in the Arcade! Join the Arcade Snowdown Challenge and earn your latest Google Cloud credential! Take on hands-on labs like Traffic Blocklisting, Redacting Sensitive Data, and Cloud Logging & Monitoring. Secure your cloud with Audit Logs, Alerts, and Service Monitoring. Don’t let the snow slow you down—protect your cloud and boost your skills today!
The demand for cloud skills has surged by 30% in the past year, and this set of hands-on labs is designed to help you gain them and earn an exclusive Google Cloud credential! Learn how to migrate databases with Cloud SQL, explore AI using Gemini, deploy apps with Cloud Run Canary Deployments, analyze data in BigQuery, and more. All with no prior experience needed!
Start your next Arcade Adventure that will set you on the path to becoming a Professional Cloud Database Engineer. Pick up essential BigQuery and Firebase skills, and earn an exclusive Google Cloud credential along the way!
Learn how to use Gemini Notebook to create a personalized study guide for the Professional Machine Learning Engineer (PMLE) certification exam. You'll review Gemini Notebook features, create a notebook, and use the study guide to practice for a certification exam.
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.
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 20 people to complete the challenge and earn a 100% discount voucher for your next Google Cloud Digital Leader Examination. Welcome!
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 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.
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.
In this course, you will learn the advanced conversational design principles for both the Voice and Caht channels to craft engaging and effective end-to-end experiences that emulate human-like interactions.
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 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.
Learn about building conversational AI voice and chat integrations, including how telephony systems can connect with Google to enable phone-based interactions within the Conversational AI ecosystem. Explore key topics such as the differences between chat and voice conversations, the writing process for creating conversation scripts, and the beginning of the interrogative series and closing sequence.
This course explores the fundamentals of the feedback loop process for Virtual Agent development and introduces the native capabilities within Dialogflow CX that support it
In this course, you will learn about advanced methods and tools to monitor the performance of your virtual agents in Dialogflow CX
This course explores advanced technical considerations to optimize Webhook connectivity for comprehensive, end-to-end, Virtual Agent self-service experiences.
In this course, you will learn the important role that different types of webhooks play in Dialogflow CX development, and how to effectively integrate them into your routine configuration of a Virtual Agent.
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 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.
Hey there! You're invited to game on with the Arcade Trivia for November 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 November Trivia Week 2 badge!
Hey there! You're invited to game on with the Arcade Trivia for November Week 1! 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 1 badge!
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.
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, learn image classification with AutoML, uncover insights with Looker, bring images to life with the Vision API, and more! Celebrate the festival of lights by earning an exclusive Google Cloud Credential and brighten your cloud skills—no prior experience needed!
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 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 Networking Fundamentals on Google Cloud quest, where you learn how to work with VPC networks and load balancers on Google Cloud. A skill badge is an exclusive digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your proficiency with Google Cloud products and services and tests your ability to apply your knowledge in an interactive hands-on environment. Complete this Skill Badge, and the final assessment challenge lab, to receive a digital badge that you can share with your network.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.