Cloud Architecture: Core Concepts

1h 20mBeginner2025-05-23

Authors

David Linthicum

Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte Consulting

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 computing 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.

Skills covered

Cloud FoundationsCloud SecurityNetwork SecurityCybersecurityCloud ComputingDeep Dive (X:Y)

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 - Building a framework

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
13 - Cloud architecture and AI
14 - Challenge - Approaching architecture planning for Atlas Inc.
15 - Solution - Approaching architecture planning for Atlas Inc.

3. It's All about the Cloud Parts

16 - Cloud storage
17 - Cloud compute
18 - Cloud databases
19 - Cloud security
20 - Cloud operations (CloudOps)
21 - Cloud AI
22 - Additional cloud services

4. From Requirements to Solutions

23 - Storage level
24 - Data level
25 - Compute level
26 - Network level
27 - Security level
28 - Operations level
29 - Application level
30 - AI level
31 - Creating a winning cloud architecture

5. Building Your First Architecture

32 - Step 1 - Define your requirements
33 - Step 2 - Define your desired end state
34 - Step 3 - Mapping as is to to be
35 - Step 4 - Create your final architecture

Conclusion

36 - Learning more about cloud architecture
37 - Next steps