Cloud Architecture: Core Concepts (2022)

Course details

Are you new to cloud computing? If so, this course can help you build your cloud computing skill set by familiarizing you with the business and tech-related basics of creating a cloud architecture. Join cloud-computing luminary David Linthicum as he discusses what cloud architecture is and why a strong architecture is crucial. After covering the fundamentals, he moves on to identifying the business and technical requirements of building a cloud architecture and goes over cloud parts and how to work from requirements to a solution. The course concludes by leading you through how to build your first architecture.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - What is cloud architecture
02 - What you should know

1. Introduction to Cloud Architecture

03 - Cloud architecture basics
04 - Cloud architecture - Example 1
05 - Cloud architecture - Example 2
06 - Skills, tools, and processes
07 - Bringing it all together

2. Understanding Business Needs

08 - What problems need to be solved
09 - The as is state
10 - The to be state
11 - The value of architecture optimization
12 - Cloud architecture and security

3. It s All about the Cloud Parts

13 - Cloud storage
14 - Cloud compute
15 - Cloud databases
16 - Cloud security
17 - Cloud operations (CloudOps)
18 - Additional cloud services

4. From Requirements to Solution

19 - Storage level
20 - Data level
21 - Compute level
22 - Network level
23 - Security level
24 - Operations level
25 - Application level
26 - Making sense of it all

5. Building Your First Architecture

27 - Step 1 - Define your requirements
28 - Step 2 - Define your desired end state
29 - Step 3 - Mapping as is to to be
30 - Step 4 - Create your final architecture

Conclusion

31 - Learning more about cloud architecture

Cloud Architecture: Core Concepts (2022)

Authors

David Linthicum