Cloud Architecture: Advanced Concepts (2019)

Explore the business and tech-related basics of how to create, orchestrate, and manage an effective cloud architecture.

Introduction

• Orchestrating your cloud architecture
• Course audience
• Intricacies of cloud architecture

1. Cloud Types and Structures

• Public, private, and hybrid cloud
• Multicloud and polycloud
• Selecting the right cloud type

2. Microservices

• Understanding microservices
• Why use microservices?
• Types of services
• Running microservices in the cloud

3. Data and Data Management

• Data storage in the cloud
• Data across services
• Selecting the right data model

4. Serverless Computing

• Advantages of serverless computing
• Disadvantages of serverless computing
• Serverless computing and your applications

5. Cloud Security

• Cloud vs. on-premises security
• Leveraging cloud provider expertise
• Security zones
• Identity and permissions in the cloud

6. Constructing a Cloud Infrastructure

• Dynamic infrastructures
• Infrastructures brick by brick
• Infrastructure as code

7. Managing the Cloud

• Single Team Oriented Service Architecture (STOSA) organizations
• Effective devops in the cloud
• Understanding automation

Conclusion

• Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE)
• Additional resources