Course curriculum

  • 1

    What is Cloud Computing

    • What is Cloud Computing

    • Containers

    • More Containers & Virtualalization

    • What is a Container and Kubernetes

    • Serverless Pros and Cons

    • Infrastructure as Code

    • Three Tier Architecture

    • Monolith vs Microservices

    • Optional Content from Class Recordings

    • Quiz What is Cloud Computing

  • 2

    Cloud Basic Principles

    • Cloud Basic Principles

    • Private Lines, Virtual Private Networks, and Software Defined Networks

    • Load Balancers

    • Domain Name System (DNS)

    • High Availability

    • Proprietary vs Open Standards

    • Hybrid Cloud Benefits

    • Multi Cloud Benefits

    • When A Single Cloud is OK

    • 6 R's of Cloud Migration

    • Lift and Shift

    • Why the Datacenter Performs Better than the Cloud

    • Market Place Solutions

    • Cloud Disaster Recovery Options

    • What is Caching

    • Optional Content from Class Recordings

    • Quiz Cloud Basic Principles
  • 3

    Storage

    • Intro TO Storage Area Networks

    • Intro to RAID

    • Intro to Databases

    • Optional Content from Class Recordings

    • Quiz Storage
  • 4

    Security

    • Intro to Security

    • Stateful vs Stateless

    • What Is a Next Generation Firewall

    • What is DMZ

    • What is IAM

    • Why the Cloud Is Not More Secure

    • Why Layered Security is Important

    • Optional Content from Class Recordings

    • Quiz Security
  • 5

    Networking

    • Intro to Networking

    • How a Host Obtains and IP Address

    • How TCP Sets Up a Connection

    • TCP vs UDP

    • Switch vs Router

    • LAN vs WAN

    • VLANs

    • IGP, BGP, and IBGP

    • Intro to BGP

    • Optional Content from Class Recordings

    • Quiz Networking
  • 6

    You Can Move On

    • You Must Do This to Move On

    • Move on to the Career Development Program
  • 7

    Required Reading from the Industry

    • Required Technology/Service Documentation Reading