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Awesome GCP Certifications
A curated list of resources for learning about Google Cloud Platform certifications and how to prepare for it. Contains guides, blog posts, self-assessment quizzes, tutorials and more.
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Till today, there are 8 certifications available for Google Cloud which are listed below. Choose the one you are interested in and us the reference link to jump directly to the right area.
- General References
- Google Cloud - Associate Cloud Engineer
- Google Cloud - Professional Cloud Architect
- Google Cloud - Professional Data Engineer
- Google Cloud - Professional Cloud Developer
- Google Cloud - Professional Cloud Network Engineer
- Google Cloud - Professional Cloud Security Engineer
- Google Cloud - GSuite
- Google Cloud - Apigee Certified API Engineer
A complete overview can also be found here.
General References
These references include a good overview of further interesting links about the Google Cloud Platform.
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"The Google Cloud Developer Cheat Sheet" by Greg Wilson
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"Google Cloud - Jumpstart, Tutorials & Community!" by David das Neves
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"Cloud Solutions Architecture Reference"
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"GCP Building Blocks"
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"Class Central - Free Online Courses"
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"FREE codes for Qwiklabs" by Sathish VJ
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"Google Cloud Platform Authorized Trainer" by Sathish VJ
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"Get GCP Certified" by Samuel Lee
Google Cloud - Associate Cloud Engineer
The Google Cloud Associate Engineer is the beginner certfication in the GCP ecosystem and a great start, if you started recently to learn GCP.
Official Description: https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-engineer
Experience: Intermediate
Certification type: General
Guides
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"Writing and Passing the Google Cloud Associate Engineer Certification" by Sathish VJ
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"How I Cleared 3 Google Cloud Certifications in 3 Weeks" by Deepak Verma
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"Associate Cloud Engineer Certification Exam Overview- Things to do" by Avinash Kumar
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"Associate Cloud Engineer — Study Guide" by João Vitor Guimarães
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"Google Cloud Certification : Associate Cloud Engineer" by Raj
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"Google Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) Certification Exam: Our Tips for Success"
Practice Exams / Tests
Books
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"Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Study Guide" by Dan Sullivan
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"Google Cloud Platform Cookbook" by Legorie Rajan PS
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"Google Cloud Platform in Action" by JJ Geewax
Videos / Sessions
Online Trainings
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Coursera - "Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure"
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Coursera - "Architecting with Google Cloud Platform Specialization"
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Qwiklabs - "GCP Essentials"
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Udemy - "Google Cloud Platform Associate Cloud Engineer Bootcamp"
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Linux Academy - "Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer"
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Coursera - "Introduction to Cloud Identity"
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Udemy - "Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer"
Google Cloud - Professional Cloud Architect
The Google Cloud Professional Architect certification requires skills on how to build and design architecture designs and validate them on business and technical requirements. In addition, it requires a broad technical overview on GCP services and experience in setting those up.
Official Description: https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-architect/
Experience: Advanced - Professional
Certification type: General
Guides
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"Notes from my Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Exam" by Sathish VJ
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"How to pass - Google Professional Cloud Architect" by David das Neves
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"Google Cloud Architect Exam Study Materials" by Earl Gay
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"Google Certified Professional — Cloud Architect — Study Resources" by Agasthi Kothurkar
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"How I Cleared 3 Google Cloud Certifications in 3 Weeks" by Deepak Verma
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"5 Tips to Become a Google Cloud Certified Professional Architect" by Janakiram MSV
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"Professional Cloud Architect Certification" by Mete Atamel
Practice Exams / Tests
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Official Practice Test
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Udemy - GCP - Professional Cloud Architect (Test your knowledge)
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Udemy - GCP - Google Cloud Certified - Architect Practice Questions
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Whizlabs - GCP - Google Cloud Certified - Architect Practice Questions
Books
Videos / Sessions
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"Preparing for the GCP Cloud Architect certification" by Raphael Soeiro
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"Google Cloud Platform Cloud Architect Certification Review Questions Virtual Networking" by Joe
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getgcpcertified.com - "DevOps in GCP & Site Reliability Engineering Ideas"
Online Trainings
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Qwiklabs - "GCP Essentials"
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Qwiklabs - "Challenge: GCP Architecture"
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Coursera - "Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Exam"
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Linux Academy - "Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect"
Google Cloud - Professional Data Engineer
The Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification requires a good understanding of all data and ML focused services and dedicated deep-dive knowledge in this area.
Official Description: https://cloud.google.com/certification/data-engineer/
Certification type: Specialization
Experience: Advanced - Professional
Guides
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"Google Cloud - Professional Data Engineer Exam Study Materials" by Leverege Developers
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"Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer - 2019 Updated exam" by Dmitri Lerko
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"Notes from my Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Exam" by Sathish VJ
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"Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Certification— my personal study guide!" by Guang X
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"How I Cleared 3 Google Cloud Certifications in 3 Weeks" by Deepak Verma
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"GCP Certified Data Engineer in 3 Weeks" by Avinash Gupta
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"How to pass your Google Cloud Platform Professional Data Engineer exam" by vinoaj
Practice Exams / Tests
Books
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"Data Science on the Google Cloud Platform" by Valliappa Lakshmanan
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"Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow" by Aurélien Géron
Videos / Sessions
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Videos - "GCP data engineer certification review" by John
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getgcpcertified.com - "BigQuery and Machine Learning in GCP"
Online Trainings
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Coursera - "Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Exam"
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Coursera - "Data Engineering on Google Cloud Platform"
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Linux Academy - "Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer"
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Udemy - "Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Exam"
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Udemy - "An Introduction to Google Cloud Platform for Data Engineers"
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Udemy - "Learn GCP: Google Cloud Data Engineer Express Course!"
Cheat Sheets
Google Cloud - Professional Cloud Developer
The Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer certification requires a broad set of used services like Kubernetes, how to use the Google Cloud Shell with a broad knowledge on all commands and basic developing knowledge. It should be targeted after accomplishing one of the more general certifications
Official Description: https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-developer/
Experience: Advanced - Professional
Certification type: Specialization
Guides
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"The — Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer — Beta challenge" by David das Neves
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"Notes from my beta Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer Exam" by Sathish VJ
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"Google Professional Cloud Developer — Study Guide" by João Vitor Guimarães
Practice Exams / Tests
Books
Videos / Sessions
Online Trainings
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Coursera - "Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure"
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Coursera - "Developing Applications with Google Cloud Platform Specialization"
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Qwiklabs - "Application Development - Java"
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Qwiklabs - "Application Development - Python"
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Qwiklabs - "Kubernetes Solutions"
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Qwiklabs - "Google Cloud Solutions I: Scaling Your Infrastructure"
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Qwiklabs - "Stackdriver"
Google Cloud - Professional Cloud Network Engineer
The Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification requires deep-dive networking knowledge. It is very focused to the networking area, but includes very tough questions and should therefore be targeted be targeted after accomplishing one of the more general certifications and with quite a decent working time in the networking space.
Official Description: https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-network-engineer/
Experience: Professional
Certification type: Specialization
Guides
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"Notes from my beta Google Cloud Professional Network Engineer Certification Exam" by Sathish VJ
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"Google Professional Cloud Network Engineer Certification" by John Hanley
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"Google Professional Cloud Network Engineer Beta Exam walkthrough" Dmitri Lerko
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"Google Cloud Network Engineer Exam Experience: Fail-Fast. Learn. Pass." by Jaroslav Pantsjoha
Practice Exams / Tests
Books
Videos / Sessions
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"Cloud OnAir: Google Cloud Networking 101" by CloudOnAir
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"Cloud OnAir: Google Cloud Networking L200" by CloudOnAir
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"VPC Deep Dive and Best Practices (Cloud Next '18)" by GCP
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"Hybrid Connectivity - Reliably Extending Your Enterprise Network to GCP (Cloud Next '18)" by GCP
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"Curated Networking playlist: Best Practices, VPC, GCE, Kubernetes (Kubecon, Cloud Next '18 '19)" by Jaroslav Pantsjoha
Online Trainings
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Coursera - Networking in Google Cloud Platform Specialization
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Qwiklabs - Networking in the Google Cloud
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Qwiklabs - Network Performance and Optimization
Google Cloud - Professional Cloud Security Engineer
The Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification requires a basic understanding of all best practices on how to set up organizations, projects and services and connecting them to each other. In addition, more security-focused are included w.g. how to secure a dedicated service / cluster and all topics about Policies and Compliance. It should be targeted after a general certification or when only working in the Security space.
Official Description: https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-security-engineer/
Experience: Advanced - Professional
Certification type: Specialization
Guides
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"Notes from my beta Google Cloud Professional Security Engineer Certification Exam" by Sathish VJ
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"Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer Certification" by John Hanley
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"Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer Beta Exam walkthrough" by Dmitri Lerko
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"Google Cloud Professional Security Engineer Exam Guide" by Darpan Shah
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"GCP Certified : The GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer Exam (BETA)" by Antoni Tzavelas
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"Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer — Beta exam review" by Rakesh Sharma
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"Google Cloud Security Exam Experience: RTFQ twice" by Jaroslav Pantsjoha
Practice Exams / Tests
Books
Videos / Sessions
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List - "Professional GCP Cloud Security Engineer - Beta Exam" by Satyen Kumar
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List - "Google Cloud Professional Security Engineer" by Jaroslav Pantsjoha
Online Trainings
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Coursera - Security in Google Cloud Platform Specialization
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Coursera - Networking in Google Cloud Platform Specialization
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Qwiklabs - Security & Identity Fundamentals
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Qwiklabs - Networking in the Google Cloud
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Qwiklabs - Network Performance and Optimization
Google Cloud - GSuite
The Google Cloud Certified GSuite certification is a standalone certification for GSuite, which can be bidirectional benefittable on the GCP certifications. By earning the G Suite certification, you prove your ability to complete common workplace activities using cloud-based tools to create and share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and files. You demonstrate that you can communicate effectively with email and online meeting solutions.
Official Description: https://cloud.google.com/certification/gsuite/
Experience: Advanced
Certification type: Specialization
Guides
Practice Exams / Tests
Books
Videos / Sessions
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"Top Ten Things to Know for Exam GCP Cloud Developer" by ILE SDS
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"G-suite videos courses" by G-Suite Training
Online Trainings
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Coursera - G Suite Administrator Fundamentals
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Qwiklabs - G Suite Certification: Practice Lab
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Google - Applied Digital Skills
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Google - G Suite Training - App
Google Cloud - Apigee Certified API Engineer
Apigee Certified Professionals design and develop robust, secure, scalable API solutions that drive business objectives. This accreditation from Google certifies that you demonstrate a superior level of proficiency using Apigee products, processes, and practices, and that you can use the technology to help transform businesses and meaningfully impact the customers they serve.
Official Description: https://cloud.google.com/certification/apigee-api-engineer
Experience: Advanced-Professional
Certification type: Specialization
Guides
Practice Exams / Tests
Books
Videos / Sessions
Online Trainings
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Coursera - Specialization Developing APIs with Google Cloud's Apigee API Platform
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Official Training Program
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Qwiklabs - Using Apigee for API Management
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Qwiklabs- App Modernization with Apigee