• Those with little to no experience with Cloud.
• Business user and others interested in Cloud.

• To ensure success in this course, basic knowledge of working with computers and familiarization with the core functioning of an organization is highly recommended.

Course Outline:

The course includes presentations, demonstrations, and activities.

PART ONE

Module 1: Understanding the value of Cloud

• The economy of cloud computing/terminology
• Pros and Cons of moving to the Cloud

Module 2: Organizational Readiness

• The “garage” or “innovation” mindset.
• Business and culture challenges of the new cloud paradigm.
• Príncipes and best practices to scale the innovation mindset.
• Walkthrough: Do and don’t for Organization’s cloud readiness

Module 3: Introduction to Cloud Computing

• Cloud Computing—An Overview
• Cloud Components
• Comparison of Cloud platforms
• Is it possible to have hybrid environment vs. all in the cloud?
• Will we always continue having some data on prem and some in the cloud – what does that mean for us?
• Walkthrough: Success stories

 Module 4: Differentiating Cloud Services

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) – An Overview
• Platform as a Service (PaaS) – An Overview
• Software as a Service (SaaS) – An Overview
• Walkthrough: Cloud Computing use case

Module 5: Cloud Pillars

• Scale – Agility and Speed
• Capability – Range of services
• Operational excellence – High availability
• Security – privacy, availability, security, and compliance.
• Cost optimization
• Quizzes

PART TWO

Module 6: Cloud Offerings

• Understand various Cloud Services
• Explain the key characteristics of Cloud like On-demand service, horizontal scalability, pay as you go etc.
• Understand pricing models on cloud

Module 7: Compute Service

• Compute service overview
• Cloud Compute options
• Pricing
• How to decide on which computer option is right for you?

Module 8: Storage Service

• Storage Service overview
• Cloud Storage options
• How to decide on which Storage option is right for your use case?

Module 9: Cloud Security

• How is security managed?
• Understanding Cloud Security – privacy, availability, security, and compliance.

Module 10: AI and Machine Learning Service

• AI and Machine Learning overview
• AI Cloud options
• AI use cases

Module 11: Reference Material and next steps

• Reference Material and next steps

Training material provided:

Yes (Digital format)