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Google Cloud Skills Boost

Apply your skills in Google Cloud console

Akshay Kogde

Member since 2019

Bronze League

1200 points
Cloud Hero Speedrun: Leap Day Earned Feb 29, 2020 EST
DEPRECATED BigQuery Basics for Data Analysts Earned Feb 22, 2020 EST
Baseline: Deploy & Develop Earned Feb 19, 2020 EST
Databases on AWS for Windows Earned Feb 14, 2020 EST
Corporate Apps on AWS for Windows Earned Feb 13, 2020 EST
Programming Windows on AWS Earned Feb 13, 2020 EST
Baseline: Infrastructure Earned Feb 13, 2020 EST
Security on AWS Earned Feb 5, 2020 EST
Google Cloud Essentials Earned Jan 28, 2020 EST
Cloud Hero: Application Development Proficient Earned Dec 8, 2019 EST
Cloud Hero: Application Development Earned Dec 7, 2019 EST

Welcome Gamers! Are you a developer? Get hands-on practice with the state-of-the-art tools for developing applications in Google Cloud. The skills you learn align with the Professional Cloud Developer Certification exam. You will work with two different languages, Java and Python, and get 4 labs closer to earning the Cloud Development badge. Complete the game labs one by one to score points. Earn the most 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. Ready to play?

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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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In this introductory-level quest, you will learn the fundamentals of developing and deploying applications on the Google Cloud Platform. You will get hands-on experience with the Google App Engine framework by launching applications written in languages like Python, Ruby, and Java (just to name a few). You will see first-hand how straightforward and powerful GCP application frameworks are, and how easily they integrate with GCP database, data-loss prevention, and security services.

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Learn how to deploy and administer databases running on Microsoft Windows Server in Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS.

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Learn how to deploy Microsoft Windows Server-based applications in the AWS cloud, including Microsoft Exchange, Dynamics CRM and SharePoint.

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Learn how to develop applications in Microsoft Visual Studio leveraging AWS services.

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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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This quest is designed to teach you how to apply AWS Identity and Access Management, in concert with several other AWS Services, to address real-world application and service security management scenarios.

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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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Welcome Gamers, Here's a fun opportunity for you to get yourself familiarized with Isitio. Earn the most 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. Challenge yourself to complete each task as quickly and accurately as possible to score points and earn badges!

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Have fun with this interesting game and get some hands on Stackdriver, Docker and Python. Challenge yourself to complete each task as quickly and accurately as possible to score points and earn badges!

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