Overview
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- Module 1: Cloud Admin course from Dr. Majd Sakr at Carnegie Mellon University. Learn about the cloud, including the history, building blocks, and types on your way to becoming a Cloud Administrator.
- Explain the concept of cloud computing
- Briefly understand how computing systems across domains dealt with scale before the cloud
- Briefly recall the recent history of cloud computing, illustrating its evolution
- List some of the enabling technologies in cloud computing, and discuss their significance
- Recognize cloud service models such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS and differentiate between them
- Enumerate the different types of clouds, and compare and contrast them
- List some of the common cloud providers and the features offered in their cloud stacks
- Articulate the economic benefits of the cloud paradigm for cloud users and cloud service providers
- Discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of the cloud paradigm
- Define SLAs and SLOs and describe their importance in Cloud Computing
- Recall popular cloud use case scenarios
- Module 2: Cloud Admin course from Dr. Majd Sakr at Carnegie Mellon University. Learn about the different types of resources available on the cloud and the technology behind how they work.
- Describe the different types of services available from cloud providers and list some examples of the kinds of services they provide
- Recall the various features provided by cloud middleware
- Describe the resource provisioning process from the context of a cloud service provider
- Discuss approaches to organizing cloud resources and the benefits of doing so
- Recall the issues related to resource metering for cloud service providers
- Module 3: Cloud Admin course from Dr. Majd Sakr at Carnegie Mellon University. Learn about digital identities and how they can be managed and synchronized within an organization.
- Explain the concept of digital identity and the purpose of a directory service
- Describe the purpose of users and user groups in an identity-management system
- Explain how synchronization and federation can be used to extend identities beyond organizational boundaries
- Discuss the advantages of using guest identities to authenticate users external to the organization
- Discuss the use of role-based access control (RBAC) to secure access to resources
In this module you will:
This content is provided in partnership with Dr. Majd Sakr and Carnegie Mellon University.
In this module you will:
This content is provided in partnership with Dr. Majd Sakr and Carnegie Mellon University.
In this module you will:
This content is provided in partnership with Dr. Majd Sakr and Carnegie Mellon University.
