Google Professional Cloud Architect - Master Study Guide

Compute Engine

A service provided by Google Cloud Platform that lets you create and run virtual machines (VMs) on Google's infrastructure

Google Kubernetes Engine

An open-source platform that automates containerized application deployment, scaling, and management

Google App Engine

A fully managed platform for building and running applications on Google's infrastructure

Cloud Run

A serverless computing platform. The cloud allows you to run your applications without having to manage the underlying infrastructure.

Cloud Functions

A serverless execution environment for building and connecting cloud services.

Sole Tenant Node

A server dedicated to hosting VM instances for a specific project, so that the VMs running isolated from those in other projects.

Cloud Storage

A scalable object storage service that allows users to store and access their data from anywhere in the world.

Firestore

A managed service that allows users to transfer data to and from Google Cloud Storage

Firebase

A simple and cost-effective way to store and serve user-generated content, such as images and videos, for mobile and web applications.

Persistent Disk

A durable and high-performance block storage service that provides a simple and cost-effective way to store persistent data for virtual machine instances in the cloud.

Virtual Private Cloud

A private network hosted on GCP that allows users to create and manage their own isolated network configuration, including IP addresses, subnets, and routes to securely connect their resources and services.

Load Balancing

Automates and distributes incoming traffic across multiple instances and regions, helping users achieve high availability, scalability, and reliability.

Interconnect

Allows users to connect their on-premises network directly to GCP through a dedicated, low-latency connection

Cloud DNS

A scalable and reliable DNS service that provides users with low-latency, high-performance name resolution for their applications and services.

Cloud CDN

A content delivery network that caches and delivers static and dynamic content from GCP to users around the world, reducing latency and improving performance.

Cloud VPN

A secure and reliable way to connect on-premises networks to GCP. It uses the IPsec protocol to encrypt data in transit and provides high-performance connectivity over the internet.

Anthos

A cloud application management platform that allows businesses to run their applications anywhere — on Google Cloud, on other cloud providers, or on their own premises.

Identity & Access Management

Manages the identities of users and controls access to resources. Ensures that only authorized users are granted access to your cloud resources, enhancing security.

Cloud Identity Aware Proxy

Adds an additional layer of security to your GCP-based web applications. Instead of relying solely on network-based controls, it allows you to enforce access control policies based on user identity and context.

Security Scanner

Applications deployed on GCP can be scanned for web vulnerabilities.

Cloud Armor

A GCP service that provides a web application firewall (WAF) for your applications running on GCP.

Cloud Key Management Service (KMS)

Enables you to manage and control encryption keys used to secure your data in GCP. The tool allows you to create, rotate, and manage cryptographic keys from a central repository.

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Cloud Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

A service that helps identify and protect sensitive data in GCP

VPC Service Controls

A GCP service that provides an additional layer of security for your resources running on GCP, defining access boundaries for your resources and restricting traffic to and from your resources based on policies you set.

Cloud Security Command Center (SCC)

A centralized security management and data risk platform for GCP. The software provides visibility into the security risks, vulnerabilities, and threats associated with your cloud resources

BigQuery

A fully managed, server less data warehouse that allows you to analyze petabyte-scale data using SQL-like queries.

Dataflow

A managed service for processing and enriching data in stream (real-time) and batch (historical) modes, ideal for ETL (extract, transform, load) tasks and real-time analytics.

Dataproc

A managed Spark and Hadoop service that simplifies running big data frameworks for processing and analyzing large datasets. It provides scalability and flexibility for big data processing.

Dataprep

A fully managed, cloud-based data preparation service that helps you clean, transform, and prepare your data for analysis.

Data Fusion

Enables you to build and manage data pipelines using cloud-native, fully managed data integration services.

Dataplex

A data fabric that helps you unify and manage your data across on-premises and cloud data sources, and offers a variety of features to help you analyze your data, including data profiling, data quality checks, and data lineage.

Looker

An analytics and visualization platform used for exploring, analyzing, and visualizing your business intelligence data. A powerful tool for building interactive dashboards.

DataStudio

A data visualization tool that helps you create interactive dashboards and reports, can connect to a variety of data sources, including BigQuery, Cloud SQL, and Google Sheets.

Cloud Pub/Sub

A messaging service that provides reliable, scalable, and real-time messaging between applications.

Cloud Spanner

A distributed relational database service. Combines the best of both worlds: a traditional database with its simplicity and structure, with the capacity to grow and meet the demands of customers worldwide.

Auto ML

Developers with limited machine learning expertise can train high-quality models specific to their business needs

AI Platform

Vision API

Allows developers to integrate vision detection features within applications.

Speech to Text API

For converting spoken language into written text.

Text to Speech API

Transforms text into natural-sounding speech

Translation API

Video Intelligence API

AI Infrastructure

Bigtable

A distributed, scalable NoSQL database offered by Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It has been designed to handle massive amounts of data (petabytes) at a low latency and with high throughput.

Cloud SQL

A fully-managed relational database service for setting up, maintaining, managing, and administering your relational databases.

Memorystore

Stores frequently accessed data in memory, making it much faster to access than storing it on a traditional hard drive or even in the cloud.

Apigee

Vertex AI