15 Cloud Computing Online Courses

I am sure you would have heard the term – Cloud Computing.

It’s not new but trending faster than ever. Organization from startup to an enterprise is moving to cloud like AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, etc.

If you are supporting, administering, managing traditional infrastructure, and looking to explore cloud computing for your next job, then the following online courses will help you.

Why choose cloud computing?

It was in number one demand in top 10 skills reports shared by LinkedIn earlier this year.

There are multiple areas you can focus on security, operation, development, DevOps, solution architecture, advanced networking, big data, etc. Let’s explore the following some of the best online courses.

Getting Started
Getting Started with Cloud Computing – Level 1 is a course for those of you who are new to the cloud computing concept and want to start from scratch. The course covers not only the fundamentals and the evolution from traditional IT to cloud services but also its major characteristics. You will learn about cloud computing service models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), cloud deployment models (private, public, hybrid, community), and the benefits of public cloud services.

AWS Certification
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a top certification for any cloud expert. One of the best courses in this area is the AWS Certified Solutions Architect by Ryan Kooneburg.

It helps if you have AWS experience, but even an absolute beginner can do fine. The course material is updated for the 2020 AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam. You will learn the details of the AWS platform and how to use AWS to design highly resilient and scalable applications. You will explore Route53, EC2, S3, CloudFront, Auto Scaling, Load Balancing, RDS, RedShift, DynamoDB, EMR, VPC, etc.

To prepared the certification, you may also consider taking a practice test by Whizlabs.

Azure Exam Prep
If Microsoft Azure is your thing, then don’t skip the AZ-300 Azure Architecture Technologies Exam Prep 2020 course.

The course will teach you how to design solutions for the Microsoft Azure platform. The course is targeted at techies with some Azure experience. The updated version includes new content about Virtual WAN, Dedicated Hosts, RBAC access to storage, Azure Front Door Service, Storage Account Failover, and Application Security Groups.

Google Cloud Certification
Google Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Certification is a must for anybody who is serious about Google Cloud.

The course starts with the basics, such as how to set up a Google Cloud environment (billing accounts, projects, tools, access, and security). Then you will learn how to plan, configure, implement, deploy, monitor, and manage solutions in the Google Cloud. Be prepared, you will use both the console and the command-line, as per the requirements of the Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification exam.

Linux Academy
Linux Academy Cloud Courses is another stop on your journey to becoming a cloud guru.

Linux Academy offers a huge selection of courses – both general introductory courses and specific detailed ones tied to particular cloud technology. Some of the courses worth considering are:

Amazon Connect Essentials
Preparing for the AZ-400 Azure DevOps Exam
AWS Operating Optimal Hybrid Environments
Google Certified Professional Cloud Network Engineer Exam Prep
Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka (CCDAK)
Linux Academy offers a 7-day free trial, so you can get an idea if their courses are OK for you without paying a dime.

Cloud Engineering
Associate Cloud Engineer certification from Coursera is an alternative if you plan a career in the Google Cloud area. The course teaches how to set up, configure, and deploy a solution in the Google Cloud. This is an intermediate course – it requires some experience with virtual machines, IP networking, and Web servers. Some previous experience with GCP is also essential.

The course is in English, but it comes with subtitles in English, French, Portuguese (Brazilian), German, Indonesian, Spanish, and Japanese.

Cloud Infrastructure
If you are looking for a general cloud computing course (with a slight tint towards AWS and IaaS), then Cloud Computing Infrastructure, in partnership with the University of Maryland, could be your best option.

The course is part of the Cloud Computing MicroMaster’s program from UMGC. You will learn how to design, configure, and manage a cloud, mostly an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) type of cloud with its components (compute, storage, network, and auxiliary services). The class will also discuss the most popular cloud IaaS deployment architectures.

Introduction to Cloud
If you prefer to take an introductory course on cloud technology with experts from The Linux Foundation, then this Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure Technologies course is for you. You will learn about the fundamentals of cloud tech, cloud, and container technologies like Docker, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, OpenStack, DevOps, and continuous integration practices.

If you don’t require a certificate, the course is free.

Cloud Foundry and Cloud-Native
If you are interested in Cloud Foundry, here is a specialized course for you. Introduction to Cloud Foundry and Cloud-Native Software Architecture teaches you how to use the command-line interface, how to deploy applications, the function of services within the context of the system, as well as basic debugging practices.

You will learn about the runtime, security, and network of Cloud Foundry, how to build runtime and framework support with buildpacks, explore Services, and Marketplace.

Cloud for Business People
Cloud computing is not for geeks only.

Also, not everybody who is interested in the cloud needs to know all the technical details behind AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. If you (or somebody you know) is a business person, yet wants to learn more about cloud computing, Cloud Computing for Business People: Azure, AWS, GCP [Video] is exactly what you need.

You will explore the benefits of cloud computing, as well as its pitfalls and how to avoid them. You will also learn some of the cloud technical jargon – this will help you communicate in a better way with your cloud tech team.

The Big Picture
As you can guess from the name, Cloud Computing: The Big Picture is again an introduction to cloud computing. The course is mostly about Software as a Service (SaaS). It offers an overview of cloud applications and SaaS, SaaS examples, users, software vendors, and the impact of SaaS. The course discusses Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud briefly. You will also learn about private cloud platforms.

Google Cloud Architect
Google: Professional Cloud Architect is a great course if you want to get certified. The course covers all the basic and advanced stuff around Google Cloud, such as Compute, Storage, Google App Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Google Cloud Functions.

You will also deal with load balancing, logging, monitoring, and debugging networking, and VPC’s. Managed Instance Groups, deployment, billing, security, and architectural patterns are also included in the curriculum.

Cloud Computing for IoT
Leveraging Cloud Computing for IoT is for everybody who wants to learn more about how you can use The Internet of Things (IoT) in conjunction with cloud computing. The course covers both the fundamentals of IoT and its devices, as well as how to put them in the cloud. The focus of the course is on IoT-related tools from AWS and Azure.

Certification Courses
The last resource on this list is a collection of Cloud Computing Certification Courses from Edureka!

They offer standard courses, such as AWS Architect Certification Training, Google Cloud Certification Training, Microsoft Azure 103, 203, 303 Expert, Developer, and Admin courses, AWS Development Certification Training, as well as not so widely offered courses on Salesforce and IoT on Azure.

Different courses require different skill levels, so before you enroll in a course, check if you meet the requirements.

Serverless Concepts
Take your cloud skills to the next level by learning Serverless. It’s a hot technology, as the name indicates you don’t have to bother about server capacity instead focus on the application code.

It’s a FREE course provided by Linux Academy covering the following.

1. What are serverless and game-changer?
2. Traditional vs. serverless architecture
3. Serverless solutions by Google, AWS, Azure, Bluemix
4. Benefits and production examples
Conclusion
I hope the above online courses help you learn something new in Cloud Computing to take your career one level up. After all, cloud computing is one of the hottest areas of IT, and it’s here to stay in the years to come.