Cloud Skills Essentials
Core cloud ideas for any provider: compute, storage, networking, identity, a safe free-tier VM and cost control.
Cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure share the same core ideas, even though their product names differ. This vendor-neutral course introduces those ideas, explains the main building blocks, and walks through a safe first virtual machine, with examples from each provider. It also covers the controls that keep costs and risks under control.
What you'll learn
- Regions, availability zones and the shared responsibility model
- Compute, storage and networking basics
- Identity and access management, and least privilege
- How to launch a free-tier virtual machine safely
- How to control cost and apply basic security habits