Balaji Ambaldhage
Member since 2025
Member since 2025
From containerization with Docker to scalable databases on Firebase, developer success starts with mastering the essentials. These labs guide you through core skills like container networking and volumes, static site hosting on Cloud Storage, database operations with Firestore in multiple languages, and Linux command-line basics—helping you strengthen the foundation every modern developer needs and earn an exclusive Google Cloud credential!
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Earn a skill badge by completing the Streaming Analytics into BigQuery quest, where you use Pub/Sub, Dataflow and BigQuery together to stream data for analytics. 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.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Analyze Images with the Cloud Vision API quest, where you learn how to use the Cloud Vision API to many things, like read text that is part in an image. 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.
Complete the introductory Get Started with Dataplex skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: creating Dataplex assets, creating aspect types, and applying aspects to entries in Dataplex.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Secure BigLake Data quest, where you use IAM, BigQuery, BigLake, and Data Catalog within Dataplex to create and secure BigLake tables. 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.
Complete the intermediate Privileged Access with IAM skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: custom roles using Identity and Access Management (IAM), the principle of least privilege, Just-in-Time (JIT) temporary elevated access, and security for web applications using Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP).
Earn a skill badge by completing the Get Started with API Gateway quest, where you learn how to use API Gateway to deploy, secure, and manage APIs with a fully managed gateway. 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.
Complete the intermediate Inspect Rich Documents with Gemini Multimodality and Multimodal RAG skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: using multimodal prompts to extract information from text and visual data, generating a video description, and retrieving extra information beyond the video using multimodality with Gemini; building metadata of documents containing text and images, getting all relevant text chunks, and printing citations by using Multimodal Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Gemini. 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 skill badge that you can share with your network.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Get Started with Looker quest, where you learn how to analyze, visualize, and curate data using Looker Studio and Looker. 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.
Earn the Introductory skill badge by completing the Configure Service Accounts and IAM Roles for Google Cloud course, where you learn about service accounts, custom roles, and how to set permissions using gcloud .
Earn a skill badge by completing the Get Started with Eventarc quest, where you use Eventarc to create event triggers for different resources including Pub/Sub topics and Cloud Storage buckets. 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.
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.
Earn the introductory skill badge by completing the Automate Data Capture at Scale with Document AI quest, where you learn how to extract, process, and capture data using Document AI 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 quest, and the final assessment challenge lab, to receive a skill badge that you can share with your network.
With Connected Sheets, you can access, analyze, visualize, and share billions of rows of BigQuery data from your Google Sheets spreadsheet. In this skill badge you will learn how use Google Sheets, BigQuery, and bring it all together with Connected Sheets.
Earn a skill badge by completing the App Building with AppSheet quest, where you learn how to build, configure, and publish apps using AppSheet. 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.
Earn a skill badge by completing the App Engine: 3 ways quest, where you learn how to use App Engine with Python, Go, and PHP. 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.
Earn the introductory skill badge by completing the Monitoring in Google Cloud course, where you learn how to use Cloud Monitoring tools.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Get Started with Cloud Storage quest, where you learn how to create a Cloud Storage bucket, how to use the Cloud Storage command line, and how to use Bucket Lock to protect objects in a bucket. 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.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Tag and Discover BigLake Data quest, where you use BigQuery, BigLake, and Data Catalog within Dataplex to create, tag, and discover BigLake tables. 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.
Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Pub/Sub are all Google Cloud Platform services that can be used to store, process, and manage data. All three services can be used together to create a variety of data-driven applications. In this skill badge you will use Cloud Storage to store images, Cloud Functions to process the images, and Cloud Pub/Sub to send the images to another application.
Complete the introductory Get Started with Sensitive Data Protection skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: using Sensitive Data Protection services (including the Cloud Data Loss Prevention API) to inspect, redact, and de-identify sensitive data in 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 the skill badge course, and final assessment challenge lab, to receive a digital badge that you can share with your network.
Complete the introductory Monitor and Log with Google Cloud Observability skill badge to demonstrate skills in the following: monitoring virtual machines in Compute Engine, utilizing Cloud Monitoring for multi-project oversight, extending monitoring and logging capabilities to Cloud Functions, creating and sending custom application metrics, and configuring Cloud Monitoring alerts based on custom metrics. 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 skill badge that you can share with your network.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Use APIs to Work with Cloud Storage quest, where you learn how APIs work in Google, and how to use the Cloud Storage API specifically. 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.
Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Pub/Sub are all Google Cloud Platform services that can be used to store, process, and manage data. All three services can be used together to create a variety of data-driven applications. In this skill badge you will use Cloud Storage to store images, Cloud Functions to process the images, and Cloud Pub/Sub to send the images to another application.
Complete the intermediate Secure Software Delivery skill badge to demonstrate your proficiency in proactively integrating security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) with DevSecOps principles. You'll learn how to utilize Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud Run for secure container image deployment, implement automated vulnerability scanning to proactively identify risks, and streamline application development with Artifact Registry while maintaining a focus on security. Additionally, you'll gain skills in integrating Cloud Build for robust development processes and implementing Admission Control Policies for fine-grained control over your environment.
הקורס בוחן ניהול עלויות, אבטחה ותפעול בענן. ראשית, מוסבר איך עסקים יכולים לרכוש שירותי IT מספק שירותי ענן ולשמר חלק מהתשתית שלהם או לבחור לא לשמר אותה בכלל. שנית, הקורס מתאר איך האחריות על אבטחת נתונים מתחלקת בין ספק שירותי הענן לעסק, וסוקר את אבטחת ההגנה לעומק (defense-in-depth) שמובנית ב-Google Cloud. לבסוף, הקורס מתייחס לכך שצוותי IT ומנהלי העסק צריכים לשנות את החשיבה על ניהול משאבי IT בענן, ונוגע באופן שבו כלי ניטור המשאבים ב-Google Cloud יכולים לסייע להם לשמור על שליטה וניראות בסביבת הענן שלהם.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Develop your Google Cloud Network course, where you learn multiple ways to deploy and monitor applications including how to: explore IAM rols 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. A skill badge is an exclusivedigital 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 skill badge that you can share with your network.
Earn a skill badge by completing the Analyze Speech & Language with Google APIs quest, where you learn how to use the Natural Language and Speech APIs in real-world settings. 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.
בארגונים מסורתיים רבים משתמשים במערכות ובאפליקציות מדורות קודמים, וקשה לבצע באמצעותן התאמה לעומס ופעולות מהירות הדרושות כדי לעמוד בציפיות מודרניות של לקוחות. מנהיגים עסקיים וקובעי מדיניות IT צריכים כל הזמן לבחור בין תחזוקה של מערכות מדורות קודמים לבין השקעה במוצרים ובשירותים חדשים. בקורס הזה נבחן את האתגרים הנובעים משימוש בתשתית IT מיושנת, ואיך בעלי עסקים יכולים לבצע מודרניזציה של תשתיות בעזרת טכנולוגיית ענן. הקורס מתחיל בהבנה מעמיקה של אפשרויות המחשוב השונות הזמינות בענן ופירוט היתרונות של כל אחת מהאפשרויות. לאחר מכן נבחן את האפשרויות למודרניזציה של האפליקציות ושל ממשקי API (ממשק תכנות יישומים). בקורס מתוארים גם מגוון פתרונות של Google Cloud שיכולים לשפר את תהליך פיתוח המערכות וניהולן בעסקים שונים, כמו Compute Engine, App Engine ו-Apigee.
טכנולוגיית הענן לבדה מספקת לעסק חלק קטן בלבד מהערך האמיתי שלה. כשהיא משולבת עם נתונים בנפח רב מאוד, נוצרת העוצמה שמאפשרת להפיק ערך וליצור חוויות חדשות ללקוחות. במסגרת הקורס הזה תלמדו מהם נתונים, איך השתמשו בהם בעבר בחברות לצורך קבלת החלטות ולמה הם קריטיים כל כך ללמידה חישובית. בנוסף, בקורס הזה יוצגו ללומדים מושגים טכניים כמו נתונים מובְנים ולא מובְנים, מסד נתונים, מחסן נתונים (data warehouse) ואגמי נתונים (data lakes). בהמשך, הקורס יעסוק במוצרי Google Cloud הנפוצים ביותר בתחום הנתונים, ובמוצרים כאלה ששיעור השימוש בהם גדל במהירות הרבה ביותר.
מהי טכנולוגיית ענן ומהו מדע הנתונים? וחשוב יותר, איך הם יכולים לעזור לכם, לצוות שלכם ולעסק שלכם? קורס המבוא הזה בנושא טרנספורמציה דיגיטלית מתאים למי שרוצה ללמוד על טכנולוגיית הענן כדי להתמקצע ולהצטיין בעבודתו וכדי לעזור בפיתוח העתיד של העסק. בקורס יוגדרו מונחי יסוד כגון הענן, נתונים וטרנספורמציה דיגיטלית. בנוסף, נבחן דוגמאות של חברות מרחבי העולם שמשתמשות בטכנולוגיית הענן כדי לבצע טרנספורמציה בעסק. הקורס כולל סקירה של סוגי ההזדמנויות שיש לחברות ושל האתגרים הנפוצים שחברות מתמודדות איתם במהלך טרנספורמציה דיגיטלית. הקורס גם מדגים איך עמודי התווך של פתרונות Google Cloud יכולים לעזור בתהליך. חשוב לומר: טרנספורמציה דיגיטלית לא קשורה רק לשימוש בטכנולוגיות חדשות. כדי הטרנספורמציה תהיה מלאה, ארגונים צריכים גם ליישם חדשנות ולפתח דפוס חשיבה שמקדם חדשנות בכל התחומים והצוותים. השיטות המומלצות המתוארות בקורס יעזרו לכם להשיג את המטרה הזו.
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Skills Boost Arcade Trivia for August Week 1! Play throughout the month and boost your cloud learning journey. Every week, we'll release a new set of questions to test your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Get started now and earn the August Trivia Week 1 badge!
Cloud roles are evolving fast—and staying future-ready means knowing more than just code. According to industry reports, over 70% of cloud professionals now work across app development, data engineering, and network management. This challenge is designed to equip you with skills across all three. You'll build dynamic apps with Flutter and Node.js, work with modern data tools like Firestore, LookML, and Cloud SQL, and strengthen your networking fundamentals with Cloud NAT, HA-VPN, and Private Google Access. There’s even a hands-on intro to machine learning with TensorFlow. These are the skills that don’t just meet today’s demands—they prepare you for what’s next!
Used by over 70% of DevOps teams globally, Terraform has become the go-to tool for provisioning and managing infrastructure as code. In this hands-on challenge, you'll use Terraform to automate the setup of Google Cloud resources—Firestore, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPCs, and more. You'll also manage secure configurations with Service Accounts, Firewall Rules, and Secret Manager. Build a strong foundation for scalable, repeatable deployments and earn an exclusive Google Cloud Credential!.
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Skills Boost Arcade Trivia for August Week 4! Play throughout the month and boost your cloud learning journey. Every week, we'll release a new set of questions to test your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Get started now and earn the August Trivia Week 4 badge!
Get hands-on with building apps using Flutter, Dart, and AppSheet, and automate tasks with Document AI and Python. Learn to validate infrastructure with Terraform, monitor performance using Prometheus, and process data with Dataproc. You’ll also explore enterprise tools like Media CDN, Neo4j, and SAP integration while earning an exclusive Google Cloud Credential!
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Skills Boost Arcade Trivia for August Week 3! Play throughout the month and boost your cloud learning journey. Every week, we'll release a new set of questions to test your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Get started now and earn the August Trivia Week 3 badge!
Hey there! You're invited to game on with Skills Boost Arcade Trivia for August Week 2! Play throughout the month and boost your cloud learning journey. Every week, we'll release a new set of questions to test your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Get started now and earn the August Trivia Week 2 badge!
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.
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 Gemini for Workspace and NotebookLM. It guides you through concepts like grounding, retrieval augmented generation, constructing effective prompts and building automated workflows.
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.
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.
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.
Google Cloud Certifications provide a tangible way for you to demonstrate your skills to potential or current employers. These certifications incorporate performance-based questions, testing your hands-on expertise through practical tasks. Begin your journey towards becoming a Google Certified Professional with the help of the Arcade Cert Zone.
Build reliable systems that can handle real-world demands. These labs focus on automated deployments, smart traffic management, and resilient architecture using GKE, Cloud Run, and Cloud Deploy. Finish strong and earn a Google Cloud credential that highlights your operational edge.
Every great app starts with a solid foundation—and that’s exactly what you’ll build here. Spin up VMs, deploy SQL Server, and move data with confidence. But it doesn't stop there. As threats loom and traffic spikes, you’ll step up—locking buckets, defending with Cloud Armor, and scanning for vulnerabilities. It’s your mission to launch fast, stay secure, and keep everything running smoothly—all while working towards an exclusive Google Cloud credential!
Welcome to Base Camp, where you’ll develop key Google Cloud skills (available in Spanish and Portuguese too!) and earn an exclusive credential that will open doors to the cloud for you. No prior experience is required!
זהו קורס מבוא ממוקד שמטרתו להסביר מהי אתיקה של בינה מלאכותית, למה היא חשובה ואיך Google נוהגת לפי כללי האתיקה של הבינה המלאכותית במוצרים שלה. מוצגים בו גם 7 עקרונות ה-AI של Google.
זהו קורס מבוא ממוקד שבוחן מהם מודלים גדולים של שפה (LLM), איך משתמשים בהם בתרחישים שונים לדוגמה ואיך אפשר לשפר את הביצועים שלהם באמצעות כוונון של הנחיות. הוא גם כולל הסבר על הכלים של Google שיעזרו לכם לפתח אפליקציות בינה מלאכותית גנרטיבית משלכם.
זהו קורס מבוא ממוקד שמטרתו להסביר מהי בינה מלאכותית גנרטיבית, איך משתמשים בה ובמה היא שונה משיטות מסורתיות של למידת מכונה. הוא גם כולל הסבר על הכלים של Google שיעזרו לכם לפתח אפליקציות בינה מלאכותית גנרטיבית משלכם.