Course Overview
Cloud computing will be discussed from both a business and technical perspective in this course. The cloud will be explained to you in terms of adopting, operating, and governing it. You can become CompTIA Cloud Essentials certified by successfully completing this course. Using scenario-driven learning, you will learn how to apply the principles in a realistic setting. In role-play activities, real-life situations can be used to connect the lesson to real-life experiences. As well as being accredited by the Cloud Credential Council, the materials are also CompTIA-approved quality content, and they are registered with the Project Management Institute. On the last day of class, the students will have the opportunity to take the web-based certification exam.
Certifications
Course Syllabus
- Common terms and definitions of cloud computing
- Relationship between cloud computing and virtualization
- Early examples of cloud computing
- Common definitions of cloud computing and their commonalities/differences
- Types organizations that may and may not benefit from cloud computing
- Different types of clouds, including XaaS, IaaS, and PaaS
- Comparing cloud computing and outsourcing
- Characteristics of clouds and cloud services from a business perspective:
- Scalability
- Security
- Hardware independence
- Variable costs
- Time to market
- Distribution over the Internet
- How the characteristics of cloud computing enhance business value
- Differences between private and public types of clouds from a technical perspective
- Important techniques and methods for cloud computing deployment:
- Networking
- Automation and self service
- Federation
- The role of standardization
- Technical challenges and risks for cloud computing and methods to mitigate them for:
- Cloud storage
- Application performance
- Data integration
- Security
- The impact of cloud computing on application architecture and the application-development process
- Typical steps that lead to a successful adoption of cloud computing services:
- Understand selection criteria for a pilot
- Relate SaaS, PaaS, IaaS deployment to organizational goals
- Roles and capabilities of cloud computing vendors and dependencies on the vendors
- Organizational capabilities that are relevant for realizing cloud benefits:
- Skills that are required in an organization adopting cloud computing
- Critical success factors
- Multiple approaches for migrating applications
- Impact and changes cloud computing on IT service management in a typical organization:
- Service strategy
- Service design
- Service operation
- Service transition
- Structured approach based on ITIL to explore the potential impact of cloud computing in your organization
- Issues associated with integrating cloud computing into an organization’s existing compliance risk and regulatory framework:
- Security, legal, compliance, and privacy risks
- Implications for direct cost and cost allocations
- How to maintain strategic flexibility
Skills Gained
- Cloud Concepts
- Business Principles of Cloud Environments
- Management and Technical Operations
- Governance, Risk, Compliance and Security for the Cloud
Comptia certification career pathway
The course can benefit who?
- How to maintain strategic flexibility
- Cloud computing benefits and considerations
- Techniques, methods, challenges, and types of cloud computing from a technical perspective
- The impact and changes of cloud computing on IT service management
- Cloud computing adoption steps and implications for organizations
- Cloud computing and its financial and strategic implications in terms of compliance, risk, and regulation
Soft skills
Soft skills are important to business continuity and growth of an organization and if employees lack essential soft skills, they might not be able to adequately fulfill the responsibilities of leadership or team collaboration, even if they possess the necessary technical proficiency. Considering this, and the industry requirement to address, we are focusing on building some of these below mentioned soft skills of our learners based on the level of education, work experience and role.
- Interview handling
- Stress and Conflict management
- Importance of global communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Setting the priority
- Delightful Customer experience
- Communicating etiquette
- Working with teams
- Customer allegiance
Training methods
IRDM
Certified instructor's session
Extensive hands-on labs
The official training content
Participation in interactive sessions
Certification recognized by industry
