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Professional Cloud Architect
A re-certification program and workshop for Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect (PCA)
Professional Cloud Architect
A re-certification program and workshop for Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect (PCA)
Join us for a 3-Day Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect (PCA) Re-certification Workshop
Agenda - Day 1
AM: Renewing your certification / What's new on the certification
AM: Computing on Google Cloud
Google Compute Engine (GCE)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Cloud Run / Cloud Run Functions
PM: Storage on Google Cloud
Cloud Storage
Filestore and other options
PM: Databases on Google Cloud
Transaction SQL: Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Spanner
NoSQL: Memorystore, Firestore, BigTable
Analytic SQL: BigQuery
Agenda - Day 2
AM: Networking on Google Cloud
VPC Design
Load Balancer Concepts
On-Premise to Google Connectivity: VPN and Interconnects
PM: Security on Google Cloud
Firewall Rules and Policies
Security Command Center
VPC Service Controls
PM: Workshop: Designing the Exam Case Studies (based on current Exam Case Studies)
Agenda - Day 3
AM: Exam Case Studies Review
PM: Exam Analysis, Strategies and Practice Question Review
PM: Identifying areas for additional study
Case Studies used on Exam (October 2024)
Exam Sections and Breakdown (October 2024)
Section 1: Designing data processing systems (~22% of the exam)
Section 2: Managing and provisioning a solution infrastructure (~15% of the exam)
Section 3: Designing for security and compliance (~18% of the exam)
Section 4: Analyzing and optimizing technical and business processes (~18% of the exam)
Section 5: Managing implementation (~11% of the exam)
Section 6: Ensuring solution and operations reliability (~14% of the exam)