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.
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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 NotebookLM. It guides you through concepts like grounding, retrieval augmented generation, constructing effective prompts and building automated workflows.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Unite Google’s expertise in search and AI with Google Agentspace, an enterprise tool designed to help employees find specific information from document storage, email, chats, ticketing systems, and other data sources, all from a single search bar. The Google Agentspace assistant can also help brainstorm, research, outline documents, and take actions like inviting coworkers to a calendar event to accelerate knowledge work and collaboration of all kinds.
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Transition your legacy applications to modern architectures using Google Cloud's containerization, serverless, and managed Kubernetes solution.
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This course introduces the AI and machine learning (ML) offerings on Google Cloud that build both predictive and generative AI projects. It explores the technologies, products, and tools available throughout the data-to-AI life cycle, encompassing AI foundations, development, and solutions. It aims to help data scientists, AI developers, and ML engineers enhance their skills and knowledge through engaging learning experiences and practical hands-on exercises.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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In the last installment of the Dataflow course series, we will introduce the components of the Dataflow operational model. We will examine tools and techniques for troubleshooting and optimizing pipeline performance. We will then review testing, deployment, and reliability best practices for Dataflow pipelines. We will conclude with a review of Templates, which makes it easy to scale Dataflow pipelines to organizations with hundreds of users. These lessons will help ensure that your data platform is stable and resilient to unanticipated circumstances.
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This course is part 1 of a 3-course series on Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow. In this first course, we start with a refresher of what Apache Beam is and its relationship with Dataflow. Next, we talk about the Apache Beam vision and the benefits of the Beam Portability framework. The Beam Portability framework achieves the vision that a developer can use their favorite programming language with their preferred execution backend. We then show you how Dataflow allows you to separate compute and storage while saving money, and how identity, access, and management tools interact with your Dataflow pipelines. Lastly, we look at how to implement the right security model for your use case on Dataflow.
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Incorporating machine learning into data pipelines increases the ability to extract insights from data. This course covers ways machine learning can be included in data pipelines on Google Cloud. For little to no customization, this course covers AutoML. For more tailored machine learning capabilities, this course introduces Notebooks and BigQuery machine learning (BigQuery ML). Also, this course covers how to productionalize machine learning solutions by using Vertex AI.
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In this course you will get hands-on in order to work through real-world challenges faced when building streaming data pipelines. The primary focus is on managing continuous, unbounded data with Google Cloud products.
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In this intermediate course, you will learn to design, build, and optimize robust batch data pipelines on Google Cloud. Moving beyond fundamental data handling, you will explore large-scale data transformations and efficient workflow orchestration, essential for timely business intelligence and critical reporting.
Get hands-on practice using Dataflow for Apache Beam and Serverless for Apache Spark (Dataproc Serverless) for implementation, and tackle crucial considerations for data quality, monitoring, and alerting to ensure pipeline reliability and operational excellence. A basic knowledge of data warehousing, ETL/ELT, SQL, Python, and Google Cloud concepts is recommended.
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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.
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Complete the introductory Build a Data Mesh with Dataplex skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: building a data mesh with Dataplex 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 Dataplex.
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While the traditional approaches of using data lakes and data warehouses can be effective, they have shortcomings, particularly in large enterprise environments. This course introduces the concept of a data lakehouse and the Google Cloud products used to create one. A lakehouse architecture uses open-standard data sources and combines the best features of data lakes and data warehouses, which addresses many of their shortcomings.
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This course helps learners create a study plan for the PDE (Professional Data Engineer) certification exam. Learners explore the breadth and scope of the domains covered in the exam. Learners assess their exam readiness and create their individual study plan.
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Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure introduces important concepts and terminology for working with Google Cloud. Through videos and hands-on labs, this course presents and compares many of Google Cloud's computing and storage services, along with important resource and policy management tools.
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Organizations of all sizes are embracing the power and flexibility of the cloud to transform how they operate. However, managing and scaling cloud resources effectively can be a complex task.
Scaling with Google Cloud Operations explores the fundamental concepts of modern operations, reliability, and resilience in the cloud, and how Google Cloud can help support these efforts.
Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.
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Many traditional enterprises use legacy systems and applications that can't stay up-to-date with modern customer expectations. Business leaders often have to choose between maintaining their aging IT systems or investing in new products and services. "Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud" explores these challenges and offers solutions to overcome them by using cloud technology.
Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.
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Cloud technology can bring great value to an organization, and combining the power of cloud technology with data has the potential to unlock even more value and create new customer experiences.
“Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud” explores the value data can bring to an organization and ways Google Cloud can make data useful and accessible.
Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.
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As organizations move their data and applications to the cloud, they must address new security challenges. The Trust and Security with Google Cloud course explores the basics of cloud security, the value of Google Cloud's multilayered approach to infrastructure security, and how Google earns and maintains customer trust in the cloud.
Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) represent an important evolution in information technologies that are quickly transforming a wide range of industries. “Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence” explores how organizations can use AI and ML to transform their business processes.
Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.
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Gemini for Google Workspace provides customers with access to generative AI features. This course delves into the capabilities of Gemini in Google Meet. Through video lessons, hands-on activities and practical examples, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the Gemini features in Google Meet. You learn how to use Gemini to generate background images, improve your video quality, and translate captions. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and skills to confidently utilize Gemini in Google Meet to maximize the effectiveness of your video conferences.
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Gemini for Google Workspace provides customers with generative AI features in Google Workspace. In this mini-course, you learn about the key features of Gemini and how they can be used to improve productivity and efficiency in Google Sheets.
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Gemini for Google Workspace provides customers with generative AI features in Google Workspace. In this mini-course, you learn about the key features of Gemini and how they can be used to improve productivity and efficiency in Google Slides.
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Gemini for Google Workspace provides customers with access to generative AI features. This course delves into the capabilities of Gemini in Google Docs using video lessons, hands-on activities and practical examples. You learn how to use Gemini to generate written content based on prompts. You also explore using Gemini to edit text you’ve already written, helping you improve your overall productivity. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and skills to confidently utilize Gemini in Google Docs to improve your writing.
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Gemini for Google Workspace provides customers with generative AI features in Google Workspace. In this mini-course, you learn about the key features of Gemini and how they can be used to improve productivity and efficiency in Gmail.
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Gemini for Google Workspace provides customers with generative AI features in Google Workspace. In this learning path, you learn about the key features of Gemini and how they can be used to improve productivity and efficiency in Google Workspace.
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This course helps you structure your preparation for the Associate Cloud Engineer exam. You will learn about the Google Cloud domains covered by the exam and how to create a study plan to improve your domain knowledge.
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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.
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Complete the intermediate Manage Data Models in Looker skill badge 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. 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 course, and the final assessment challenge lab, to receive a digital badge that you can share with your network.
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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 Dataproc, and calling ML APIs including the Cloud Natural Language API, Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API, and Video Intelligence API.
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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.
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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.
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There's much excitement about cloud technology and digital transformation, but often many unanswered questions.
For example: What is cloud technology? What does digital transformation mean? How can cloud technology help your organization? Where do you even begin?
If you've asked yourself any of these questions, you're in the right place. This course provides an overview of the types of opportunities and challenges that companies often encounter in their digital transformation journey. If you want to learn about cloud technology so you can excel in your role and help build the future of your business, then this introductory course on digital transformation is for you. This course is part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path.
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Earn a skill badge by completing the Introduction to Generative AI, Introduction to Large Language Models and Introduction to Responsible AI courses. By passing the final quiz, you'll demonstrate your understanding of foundational concepts in generative AI.
A skill badge is a digital badge issued by Google Cloud in recognition of your knowledge of Google Cloud products and services. Share your skill badge by making your profile public and adding it to your social media profile.
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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.
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In this beginner-level course, you will learn about the Data Analytics workflow on Google Cloud and the tools you can use to explore, analyze, and visualize data and share your findings with stakeholders. Using a case study along with hands-on labs, lectures, and quizzes/demos, the course will demonstrate how to go from raw datasets to clean data to impactful visualizations and dashboards. Whether you already work with data and want to learn how to be successful on Google Cloud, or you’re looking to progress in your career, this course will help you get started. Almost anyone who performs or uses data analysis in their work can benefit from this course.
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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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This course empowers you to develop scalable, performant LookML (Looker Modeling Language) models that provide your business users with the standardized, ready-to-use data that they need to answer their questions. Upon completing this course, you will be able to start building and maintaining LookML models to curate and manage data in your organization’s Looker instance.
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In this course, you learn how to do the kind of data exploration and analysis in Looker that would formerly be done primarily by SQL developers or analysts. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to leverage Looker's modern analytics platform to find and explore relevant content in your organization’s Looker instance, ask questions of your data, create new metrics as needed, and build and share visualizations and dashboards to facilitate data-driven decision making.
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In this course, you will get hands-on experience applying advanced LookML concepts in Looker. You will learn how to use Liquid to customize and create dynamic dimensions and measures, create dynamic SQL derived tables and customized native derived tables, and use extends to modularize your LookML code.
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In this quest, you will get hands-on experience with LookML in Looker. You will learn how to write LookML code to create new dimensions and measures, create derived tables and join them to Explores, filter Explores, and define caching policies in LookML.
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Get hands-on practice with Google Cloud! You will compete with your peers to see who can finish this game with the most points. Earn points by completing the labs accurately and receive bonus points for speed! Be sure to click “End” where you’re done with each lab to be rewarded your points.
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Welcome Gamers! Learn Google Cloud Dataprep, create a streaming pipeline using a Google-Provided Cloud Dataflow template, work with gcloud Command Line, all while having fun! Extract entities from a snippit of text using the Cloud Natural Language API You will compete to see who can finish the game with the highest score. Earn the points by completing the steps in the lab.... and get bonus points for speed! Be sure to click "End" when you're done with each lab to get the maximum points. All players will be awarded the game badge.
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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.
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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.
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This course introduces you to the Transformer architecture and the Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) model. You learn about the main components of the Transformer architecture, such as the self-attention mechanism, and how it is used to build the BERT model. You also learn about the different tasks that BERT can be used for, such as text classification, question answering, and natural language inference.This course is estimated to take approximately 45 minutes to complete.
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This course will introduce you to the attention mechanism, a powerful technique that allows neural networks to focus on specific parts of an input sequence. You will learn how attention works, and how it can be used to improve the performance of a variety of machine learning tasks, including machine translation, text summarization, and question answering. This course is estimated to take approximately 45 minutes to complete.
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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.
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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.
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Organizations of all sizes are embracing the power and flexibility of the cloud to transform how they operate. However, managing and scaling cloud resources effectively can be a complex task.
Scaling with Google Cloud Operations explores the fundamental concepts of modern operations, reliability, and resilience in the cloud, and how Google Cloud can help support these efforts.
Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.
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Many traditional enterprises use legacy systems and applications that can't stay up-to-date with modern customer expectations. Business leaders often have to choose between maintaining their aging IT systems or investing in new products and services. "Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud" explores these challenges and offers solutions to overcome them by using cloud technology.
Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.
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Cloud technology can bring great value to an organization, and combining the power of cloud technology with data has the potential to unlock even more value and create new customer experiences.
“Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud” explores the value data can bring to an organization and ways Google Cloud can make data useful and accessible.
Part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.
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Flex your Google Clout! Each week unlocks a new cloud puzzle. How fast can you find the solution? Share your score on your choice of social networks and join the conversation over in the Google Cloud Community.
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Flex your Google Clout! Each week unlocks a new cloud puzzle. How fast can you find the solution? Share your score on your choice of social networks and join the conversation over in the Google Cloud Community.
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Flex your Google Clout! Each week unlocks a new cloud puzzle. How fast can you find the solution? Share your score on your choice of social networks and join the conversation over in the Google Cloud Community.
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Flex your Google Clout! Each week unlocks a new cloud puzzle. How fast can you find the solution? Share your score on your choice of social networks and join the conversation over in the Google Cloud Community.
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There's much excitement about cloud technology and digital transformation, but often many unanswered questions.
For example: What is cloud technology? What does digital transformation mean? How can cloud technology help your organization? Where do you even begin?
If you've asked yourself any of these questions, you're in the right place. This course provides an overview of the types of opportunities and challenges that companies often encounter in their digital transformation journey. If you want to learn about cloud technology so you can excel in your role and help build the future of your business, then this introductory course on digital transformation is for you. This course is part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path.
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Flex your Google Clout! Each week unlocks a new cloud puzzle. How fast can you find the solution? Share your score on your choice of social networks and join the conversation over in the Google Cloud Community.
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Flex your Google Clout! Each week unlocks a new cloud puzzle. How fast can you find the solution? Share your score on your choice of social networks and join the conversation over in the Google Cloud Community.
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Flex your Google Clout! Each week unlocks a new cloud puzzle. How fast can you find the solution? Share your score on your choice of social networks and join the conversation over in the Google Cloud Community.
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Flex your Google Clout! Each week unlocks a new cloud puzzle. How fast can you find the solution? Share your score on your choice of social networks and join the conversation over in the Google Cloud Community.
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Flex your Google Clout! Each week unlocks a new cloud puzzle. How fast can you find the solution? Share your score on your choice of social networks and join the conversation over in the Google Cloud Community.
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Flex your Google Clout! Each day unlocks a new cloud puzzle. Complete all five and you’ll earn the inaugural Google Cloud badge! Share your score on your choice of social networks and join the conversation over in the Google Cloud Community.
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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.
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This Quest is most suitable for those working in a technology or finance role who are responsible for managing Google Cloud costs. You’ll learn how to set up a billing account, organize resources, and manage billing access permissions. In the hands-on labs, you'll learn how to view your invoice, track your Google Cloud costs with Billing reports, analyze your billing data with BigQuery or Google Sheets, and create custom billing dashboards with Looker Studio. References made to links in the videos can be accessed in this Additional Resources document.
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This fundamental-level quest is unique amongst the other quest offerings. The labs have been curated to give IT professionals hands-on practice with topics and services that appear in the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Certification. From IAM, to networking, to Kubernetes engine deployment, this quest is composed of specific labs that will put your Google Cloud knowledge to the test. Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your skills and abilities, we recommend that you also review the exam guide and other available preparation resources.
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Get hands-on practice with Google Cloud! You will compete with your peers to see who can finish this game with the most points. Speed and accuracy will be used to calculate your scores — earn points by completing the labs accurately and bonus points for speed! Be sure to click “End” where you’re done with each lab to be rewarded your points.
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Welcome to the Learn To Earn Cloud Challenge data plus track! "The Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer certification is associated with the highest paying salary in IT," according to the most recent Global Knowledge skills and salary report (published August 2021). Complete this game to earn the Data Plus game badge, and be eligible for a +bonus+ prize in the Learn to Earn Cloud Challenge. See "what's next" below for details and requirements; you’ll need to earn at least 2 additional challenge badges to qualify. You'll learn next-level data skills to add to your resume. Race the clock to increase your score and watch your name rise on the leaderboard. Good luck!
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Mission: Planet Zorg needs a LOT of dam power. The populace runs on energy harnessed from massive dams, built generations ago. Oh no! Monitoring caught an alert that a crack has appeared in the ancient infrastructure! Can BLOX fix it in time? Race the clock and learn how to debug infrastructure snafus with this mission’s labs. The more points you score, the better chance you and BLOX have of repairing the dam issues....
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Kubernetes is the most popular container orchestration system, and Google Kubernetes Engine was designed specifically to support managed Kubernetes deployments in Google Cloud. In this course, you will get hands-on practice configuring Docker images, containers, and deploying fully-fledged Kubernetes Engine applications.
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Earn a skill badge by completing the Build Interactive Apps with Google Assistant quest, where you will learn how to build Google Assistant applications, including how to: create an Actions project, integrate Dialogflow with an Actions project, test your application with Actions simulator, build an Assistant application with flash cards template, integrate customer MP3 files with your Assistant application, add Cloud Translation API to your Assistant application, and use APIs and integrate them into your applications. 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 the skill badge quest, and final assessment challenge lab, to receive a digital badge that you can share with your network.
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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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It's time to roll up your sleeves and dig into some data to get hands-on practice in Looker the self-service data analytics platform! Complete every activity AND post a screenshot of your newly minted Skill Badge in the Learning Forum area of the Community (https://bit.ly/gcc-looker1) to earn a special Community Badge. The Community member* at the top of the scoreboard at the time the game is closed will be rewarded with something objectively cool. (*You must be a registered Community member to be included in the running for top dog.)
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Google Cloud, in partnership with Harvard Global Health Institute, released the COVID-19 Public Forecasts to serve as an additional resource for healthcare, the public sector, and other organizations responding to the pandemic. In this edition of the Work and Play Series, we are going to learn how to use that data to make predictions and visualizations. You’ll get hands-on experience with exactly the same tools being used to help solve complex problems and keep people safe and healthy.
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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.
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If you are a novice cloud developer looking for hands-on practice beyond Google Cloud Essentials, this course is for you. You will get practical experience through labs that dive into Cloud Storage and other key application services like Monitoring and Cloud Functions. You will develop valuable skills that are applicable to any Google Cloud initiative. 1-minute videos walk you through key concepts for these labs.
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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.
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This fundamental-level quest is unique amongst the other quest offerings. The labs have been curated to give IT professionals hands-on practice with topics and services that appear in the Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Certification. From IAM, to networking, to Kubernetes engine deployment, this quest is composed of specific labs that will put your Google Cloud knowledge to the test. Be aware that while practice with these labs will increase your skills and abilities, we recommend that you also review the exam guide and other available preparation resources.
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This course demonstrates the power of integrating Google Cloud services and tools with Workspace applications - like using Node.js to build a survey bot, the Natural Language API to recognize sentiment in a Google Doc, and building a chat bot with Apps Script.
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Looking to build or optimize your data warehouse? Learn best practices to Extract, Transform, and Load your data into Google Cloud with BigQuery. In this series of interactive labs you will create and optimize your own data warehouse using a variety of large-scale BigQuery public datasets. BigQuery is Google's fully managed, NoOps, low cost analytics database. With BigQuery you can query terabytes and terabytes of data without having any infrastructure to manage or needing a database administrator. BigQuery uses SQL and can take advantage of the pay-as-you-go model. BigQuery allows you to focus on analyzing data to find meaningful insights. Looking for a hands on challenge lab to demonstrate your skills and validate your knowledge? On completing this quest, enroll in and finish the additional challenge lab at the end of this quest to receive an exclusive Google Cloud digital badge.
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Want to learn the core SQL and visualization skills of a Data Analyst? Interested in how to write queries that scale to petabyte-size datasets? Take the BigQuery for Analyst Quest and learn how to query, ingest, optimize, visualize, and even build machine learning models in SQL inside of BigQuery.
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Want to turn your marketing data into insights and build dashboards? Bring all of your data into one place for large-scale analysis and model building. Get repeatable, scalable, and valuable insights into your data by learning how to query it and using BigQuery. BigQuery is Google's fully managed, NoOps, low cost analytics database. With BigQuery you can query terabytes and terabytes of data without having any infrastructure to manage or needing a database administrator. BigQuery uses SQL and can take advantage of the pay-as-you-go model. BigQuery allows you to focus on analyzing data to find meaningful insights.
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Data Catalog is deprecated and will be discontinued on January 30, 2026. You can still complete this course if you want to. For steps to transition your Data Catalog users, workloads, and content to Dataplex Catalog, see Transition from Data Catalog to Dataplex Catalog (https://cloud.google.com/dataplex/docs/transition-to-dataplex-catalog). Data Catalog is a fully managed and scalable metadata management service that empowers organizations to quickly discover, understand, and manage all of their data. In this quest you will start small by learning how to search and tag data assets and metadata with Data Catalog. After learning how to build your own tag templates that map to BigQuery table data, you will learn how to build MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLServer to Data Catalog Connectors.
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In this series of labs you will learn how to use BigQuery to analyze NCAA basketball data with SQL. Build a Machine Learning Model to predict the outcomes of NCAA March Madness basketball tournament games.
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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 Looker Studio by connecting to BigQuery data.
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Want to scale your data analysis efforts without managing database hardware? Learn the best practices for querying and getting insights from your data warehouse with this interactive series of BigQuery labs. BigQuery is Google's fully managed, NoOps, low cost analytics database. With BigQuery you can query terabytes and terabytes of data without having any infrastructure to manage or needing a database administrator. BigQuery uses SQL and can take advantage of the pay-as-you-go model. BigQuery allows you to focus on analyzing data to find meaningful insights.
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With Google Assistant part of over a billion consumer devices, this quest teaches you how to build practical Google Assistant applications integrated with Google Cloud services via APIs. Example apps will use the Dialogflow conversational suite and the Actions and Cloud Functions frameworks. You will build 5 different applications that explore useful and fun tools you can extend on your own. No hardware required! These labs use the cloud-based Google Assistant simulator environment for developing and testing, but if you do have your own device, such as a Google Home or a Google Hub, additional instructions are provided on how to deploy your apps to your own hardware.
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For everyone using Google Cloud Platform for the first time, getting familar with gcloud, Google Cloud's command line, will help you get up to speed faster. In this quest, you'll learn how to install and configure Cloud SDK, then use gcloud to perform some basic operations like creating VMs, networks, using BigQuery, and using gsutil to perform operations.
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In this introductory-level course, you get hands-on practice with the Google Cloud’s fundamental tools and services. Optional videos are provided to provide more context and review for the concepts covered in the labs. Google Cloud Essentials is a recommendeded first course for the Google Cloud learner - you can come in with little or no prior cloud knowledge, and come out with practical experience that you can apply to your first Google Cloud project. From writing Cloud Shell commands and deploying your first virtual machine, to running applications on Kubernetes Engine or with load balancing, Google Cloud Essentials is a prime introduction to the platform’s basic features.
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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.
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Gen AI: Beyond the Chatbot
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Accelerate Knowledge Exchange with Google Agentspace
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Modernization Quiz: Modernize my existing applications
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Introduction to AI and Machine Learning on Google Cloud
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Build a Secure Google Cloud Network
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Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Data, ML, and AI in Google Cloud
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Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Networking & Security in Google Cloud
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Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Cloud Computing Fundamentals
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Google Cloud Computing Foundations: Infrastructure in Google Cloud
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Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Operations
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Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Foundations
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Smart Analytics, Machine Learning, and AI on Google Cloud
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Build Streaming Data Pipelines on Google Cloud
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Build Batch Data Pipelines on Google Cloud
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Engineer Data for Predictive Modeling with BigQuery ML
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Build a Data Mesh with Dataplex
Earned Aug 14, 2024 EDT
Build Data Lakes and Data Warehouses on Google Cloud
Earned Aug 9, 2024 EDT
Preparing for your Professional Data Engineer Journey
Earned Aug 6, 2024 EDT
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Earned Feb 20, 2024 EST
Scaling with Google Cloud Operations
Earned Feb 7, 2024 EST
Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud
Earned Feb 7, 2024 EST
Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud
Earned Feb 7, 2024 EST
Trust and Security with Google Cloud
Earned Feb 7, 2024 EST
Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence
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Gemini in Google Meet
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Gemini in Google Sheets
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Gemini in Google Slides
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Gemini in Google Docs
Earned Jan 29, 2024 EST
Gemini in Gmail
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Introduction to Gemini for Google Workspace
Earned Jan 29, 2024 EST
Preparing for Your Associate Cloud Engineer Journey
Earned Jan 19, 2024 EST
Create ML Models with BigQuery ML
Earned Jan 17, 2024 EST
Manage Data Models in Looker
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Prepare Data for ML APIs on Google Cloud
Earned Jan 17, 2024 EST
Build LookML Objects in Looker
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Responsible AI: Applying AI Principles with Google Cloud
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Digital Transformation with Google Cloud
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Generative AI Fundamentals
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Introduction to Responsible AI
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Introduction to Data Analytics on Google Cloud
Earned Jan 13, 2024 EST
Deploy Kubernetes Applications on Google Cloud
Earned Jan 13, 2024 EST
Developing Data Models with LookML
Earned Jan 11, 2024 EST
Analyzing and Visualizing Data in Looker
Earned Jan 10, 2024 EST
Applying Advanced LookML Concepts in Looker
Earned Jan 10, 2024 EST
Understanding LookML in Looker
Earned Jan 3, 2024 EST
Cloud Hero BigQuery Skills
Earned Aug 30, 2023 EDT
Cloud Hero Data Skills
Earned Aug 21, 2023 EDT
Create a Streaming Data Lake on Cloud Storage
Earned Jun 12, 2023 EDT
Streaming Analytics into BigQuery
Earned May 29, 2023 EDT
Transformer Models and BERT Model
Earned May 11, 2023 EDT
Attention Mechanism
Earned May 10, 2023 EDT
Introduction to Large Language Models
Earned May 10, 2023 EDT
Introduction to Generative AI
Earned May 10, 2023 EDT
Scaling with Google Cloud Operations
Earned Oct 7, 2022 EDT
Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud
Earned Sep 29, 2022 EDT
Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud
Earned Sep 26, 2022 EDT
#GoogleClout Set 11 (10/10)
Earned Sep 12, 2022 EDT
#GoogleClout Set 10 (9/10)
Earned Sep 6, 2022 EDT
#GoogleClout Set 9 (8/10)
Earned Aug 31, 2022 EDT
#GoogleClout Set 8 (7/10)
Earned Aug 25, 2022 EDT
Digital Transformation with Google Cloud
Earned Aug 18, 2022 EDT
#GoogleClout Set 7
Earned Aug 17, 2022 EDT
#GoogleClout Set 6 (5/10)
Earned Aug 3, 2022 EDT
#GoogleClout Set 5 (4/10)
Earned Jul 27, 2022 EDT
#GoogleClout Set 4 (3/10)
Earned Jul 20, 2022 EDT
#GoogleClout Set 3 (2/10)
Earned Jul 18, 2022 EDT
#GoogleClout Set 2, 1/10
Earned Jul 12, 2022 EDT
Build a Data Warehouse with BigQuery
Earned Jun 13, 2022 EDT
Understand Your Google Cloud Costs
Earned May 24, 2022 EDT
DEPRECATED Cloud Architecture
Earned May 23, 2022 EDT
Cloud Hero Infra II Skills
Earned Dec 2, 2021 EST
Learn to Earn Cloud Challenge: Data+
Earned Oct 2, 2021 EDT
Mission: Patch the dam infrastructure
Earned Sep 9, 2021 EDT
Kubernetes in Google Cloud
Earned Sep 2, 2021 EDT
[DEPRECATED] Build Interactive Apps with Google Assistant
Earned Sep 2, 2021 EDT
Prepare Data for Looker Dashboards and Reports
Earned Aug 25, 2021 EDT
Looker Challenge - Part 1
Earned Aug 24, 2021 EDT
Work and Play: Healthcare with Google Cloud
Earned Mar 5, 2021 EST
Set Up an App Dev Environment on Google Cloud
Earned Aug 12, 2020 EDT
Baseline: Infrastructure
Earned Aug 12, 2020 EDT
Develop Your Google Cloud Network
Earned Aug 11, 2020 EDT
Cloud Engineering
Earned Aug 11, 2020 EDT
Workspace: Add-ons
Earned Aug 5, 2020 EDT
DEPRECATED BigQuery for Data Warehousing
Earned Jul 31, 2020 EDT
DEPRECATED BigQuery for Data Analysis
Earned Jul 31, 2020 EDT
DEPRECATED BigQuery for Marketing Analysts
Earned Jul 30, 2020 EDT
Data Catalog Fundamentals
Earned Jul 28, 2020 EDT
NCAA® March Madness®: Bracketology with Google Cloud
Earned Jul 22, 2020 EDT
Derive Insights from BigQuery Data
Earned Jul 21, 2020 EDT
DEPRECATED BigQuery Basics for Data Analysts
Earned Jul 20, 2020 EDT
[DEPRECATED] OK Google: Build Interactive Apps with Google Assistant
Earned Jul 20, 2020 EDT
Using the Cloud SDK Command Line
Earned Jul 16, 2020 EDT
Google Cloud Essentials
Earned Jul 16, 2020 EDT
Implementing Cloud Load Balancing for Compute Engine
Earned Jul 3, 2020 EDT