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GCP Associate Cloud Engineer - Google Cloud Certification

4.6(37,290) on Udemy·190K enrolled
Beginner 19 hours English Course Certificate
SkillsGoogle CloudCloud engineeringComputeStorageNetworkingDeployment

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{"A structured, affordable path to the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certification, and an alternative to Google's own Skills Boost training. With over 189,000 students it is a well-taken GCP prep course.

Good for: beginners with some cloud basics preparing for the GCP Associate Cloud Engineer exam.

Skip if: you are completely new to computing, or you do not plan to sit the exam.

Ranga Karanam builds GCP from the ground up — Compute Engine, the gcloud CLI, managed services like App Engine, Cloud Functions and Cloud Run, and cost optimisation — with hands-on labs on free-tier credits, and frames GCP relative to AWS and Azure, which he is also certified in.

What it does not do is teach computing from scratch — it expects some cloud basics — so a complete newcomer should skip this and start with an intro course instead; and the certification itself is a separate paid exam. Karanam keeps it updated; on price, wait for a Udemy sale.",NULL}

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About this course

This course builds GCP fundamentals from the ground up: cloud computing concepts, regions and zones, Compute Engine (VMs, instance groups, load balancing), the gcloud CLI, managed services (App Engine, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run), and cost optimization (sustained/committed use discounts, preemptible VMs) — all reinforced with hands-on labs using real GCP free-tier credits.

Instructor

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Ranga Karanam
Udemy instructor

Ranga Karanam is the founder of in28Minutes, multi-cloud certified (Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, Associate Cloud Engineer, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Azure Fundamentals), with 20+ years of technology architecture and programming experience.

Frequently asked questions

The Google Associate Cloud Engineer exam is $125, booked separately from the course.

Some cloud or IT familiarity helps. Google recommends around six months of hands-on experience before the exam.

This is an affordable Udemy prep course; Google's Skills Boost offers hands-on labs by subscription. Either can prepare you for the $125 exam.

Yes as affordable preparation for a valued entry-level cloud certification, if you plan to sit the exam.

The course is about 19 hours; most people study several weeks with hands-on practice.
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