Cloud Architecture: Advanced Concepts

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

8. AI and the Cloud

• Foundations of AI in cloud computing
• AI integration patterns
• Resource and cost considerations
• AI-assisted cloud operations
• AI-assisted security and governance
• Why use the cloud for AI/ML?

9. The Edge of the Cloud

• The Internet of Things
• Extending the cloud to the edge

10. Cloud Sustainability and Green Computing

• The environmental cost of computing
• Why the cloud is greener than on-premises

Conclusion

• Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE)