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One complete intermediate to advanced technical curriculum covering six specializations, 48 modules, 296 topic resources, 369 curated videos, technical labs, participant-led workshops, and six capstone projects.

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6Tracks
48Modules
296Topic resources
369Curated videos
48Workshops
20Weeks

20 weeks, one steady rhythm.

  1. Weeks 1 and 2Assess readiness
  2. Weeks 3 and 4Module 1
  3. Weeks 5 and 6Module 2
  4. Weeks 7 and 8Module 3
  5. Weeks 9 and 10Module 4
  6. Weeks 11 and 12Module 5
  7. Weeks 13 and 14Module 6
  8. Weeks 15 and 16Module 7
  9. Weeks 17 and 18Module 8
  10. Weeks 19 and 20Capstone and defense

Weeks 1 and 2 assess readiness.

Weeks 3 to 18 deliver eight two-week modules.

Weeks 19 and 20 focus on capstones and technical defense.

All tracks skip very basic programming and computing concepts. Each module ends with a functional lab and a 60 to 90 minute technical teaching milestone.

Five things every graduate can do.

  1. Understand the technical foundations and Google product architecture.
  2. Build a working demonstration and successfully troubleshoot injected issues.
  3. Explain design decisions without relying on AI-generated notes.
  4. Teach a structured workshop, including live demonstrations, participant exercises, and review.
  5. Pass mentor assessment and document outcomes.

Policy, access and 2026 notes.

AI and Google ecosystem policy

Validate every generated output

Google technologies are used for practical implementation. AI assists with development, debugging, analytics and cloud operations, but students validate every generated output. Vendor-neutral technical principles remain part of the curriculum.

Availability and cost

Plan for billing and licensing

Some enterprise Google Cloud, SecOps and AI services need paid billing or licensing. Use quotas, project cleanup, budget monitoring, small sample datasets and approved controlled labs. Resource links require an internet connection; the complete curriculum itself is bundled in this one HTML file.

2026 product notes

Names are changing

  • Firebase Studio is closing on March 22, 2027. New training should use Google AI Studio, Google Antigravity, and Firebase services.
  • Vertex AI Platform has been renamed Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Some documentation may still use previous terms.
  • Looker Studio is now called Data Studio.
About the video picks

Curated, then verified

Each module pairs its reading list with a hand-picked set of videos, five to ten per module, chosen from official Google channels such as Google for Developers, Google Cloud Tech, Android Developers, Flutter, Firebase, Google Workspace and Mandiant. A few community explainers on statistics and ML are tagged as Community picks. Every video was checked for availability and embedding in October 2026.

Some videos pre-date the 2026 renames above. When a video and the linked documentation disagree, follow the documentation.

Pick a track. Go deep.

What do you want to build first?

Track 1 of 6

Software Development

Track outcome. Architect, build, test, secure and deploy production-oriented applications using Google technologies.

0/8 completed48 resources73 videos
Prerequisites

Practical TypeScript, Dart or Kotlin; APIs; Git; and existing development experience.

Primary stack

Flutter or Android Jetpack Compose, Firebase, Cloud Run, Gemini API, Google ADK, Cloud Build.

Duration

Eight modules with a workshop milestone at the end of each module.

2026 note

Firebase Studio is closing on March 22, 2027. Do not make it part of the mandatory stack.

Eight progressive modules

D1Weeks 3 and 4

Application architecture and UI engineering

6 resources9 videos, 130 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

Watch

Walkthrough

How Flutter Works: Architecture #DecodingFlutter (1/6)

Flutter
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Walkthrough

Jetpack Compose: State

Android Developers
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Deep dive

Material 3 from design to deployment

Flutter
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Walkthrough

Build adaptive layouts with Navigation 3

Android Developers
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Build the event management application shell with modular UI, mocked APIs, and an architecture decision record.

Session participant can deliver
Architecting Modern Applications with Flutter and Material Design 3

Include a demonstration, a reproducible guided lab, and troubleshooting questions.

D2Weeks 5 and 6

Backend development and API engineering

6 resources9 videos, 61 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

How to build APIs for serverless workloads with Google Cloud

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Intro to Apigee API management

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

FastAPI on Cloud Run

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

How to deploy a container image to Cloud Run

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Implement an authenticated event registration API deployed to Cloud Run.

Session participant can deliver
Building Secure Serverless APIs with Google Cloud Run

Include a demonstration, a reproducible guided lab, and troubleshooting questions.

D3Weeks 7 and 8

Firebase and real-time systems

6 resources10 videos, 138 minWatched 0 of 10LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Deep dive

What is a NoSQL Database? How is Cloud Firestore structured? | Get to know Cloud Firestore #1

Firebase
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Deep dive

Security Rules! 🔑 | Get to know Cloud Firestore #6

Firebase
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Deep dive

Getting started with Cloud Functions

Firebase
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Walkthrough

What is Firebase Authentication?

Firebase
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Add live attendance status, secure messaging, storage, offline synchronization and tested authorization rules.

Session participant can deliver
Building Secure Real-Time Apps with Firebase

Include a demonstration, a reproducible guided lab, and troubleshooting questions.

D4Weeks 9 and 10

Generative AI application integration

6 resources8 videos, 52 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

Watch

Deep dive

Introduction to Gemini APIs and AI Studio

Google for Developers
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Walkthrough

Get Started with Firebase AI Logic on the web

Firebase
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Quick watch

Function calling with the Gemini API

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

Gemini API: How to integrate advanced AI into YOUR apps

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Add a grounded Gemini powered event assistant with JSON outputs, tool calls and evaluation cases.

Session participant can deliver
Building AI-Powered Applications with Gemini

Include a demonstration, a reproducible guided lab, and troubleshooting questions.

D5Weeks 11 and 12

Distributed and event-driven architecture

6 resources9 videos, 99 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

Watch

Quick watch

Understanding event driven architecture

Google Cloud Tech
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Deep dive

Pub/Sub tips and tricks

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Retries and Saga pattern in Workflows

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

Cloud Pub/Sub in a minute

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Build resilient ticket processing with asynchronous notifications and a dead-letter recovery workflow.

Session participant can deliver
Designing Scalable Event-Driven Systems on Google Cloud

Include a demonstration, a reproducible guided lab, and troubleshooting questions.

D6Weeks 13 and 14

DevOps, delivery and observability

6 resources10 videos, 69 minWatched 0 of 10LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

CI/CD on Google Cloud

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

Distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry and Cloud Trace

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Getting started with SLOs

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

How to deploy Cloud Run services with GitHub Actions

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Create a tested CI/CD deployment pipeline with security gates, observable releases and rollback.

Session participant can deliver
Continuous Delivery with Google Cloud

Include a demonstration, a reproducible guided lab, and troubleshooting questions.

D7Weeks 15 and 16

Secure and high-performance engineering

6 resources10 videos, 132 minWatched 0 of 10LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

Manage your Cloud Run secrets securely with Secret Manager

Google Cloud Tech
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Deep dive

Making apps blazing fast with Baseline Profiles

Android Developers
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Walkthrough

Dive into DevTools

Flutter
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Deep dive

Best practices for making your app private by design

Android Developers
Watch on YouTube

Lab and workshop

Lab

Find and remediate application security problems, then demonstrate measurable performance improvements.

Session participant can deliver
Application Security and Performance on Google Cloud

Include a demonstration, a reproducible guided lab, and troubleshooting questions.

D8Weeks 17 and 18

Production AI apps and intelligent agents

6 resources8 videos, 90 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

Watch

Walkthrough

AI agents explained: Build your first agent in 8 minutes

Google Cloud Tech
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Deep dive

Getting started with Agent Development Kit

Google for Developers
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Walkthrough

How to deploy an AI agent to Cloud Run (step by step)

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Introducing Agent Development Kit

Google for Developers
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Deploy a permission-bounded event operations assistant with agent evaluation and documented product metrics.

Session participant can deliver
Production-Ready AI Apps and Agents

Include a demonstration, a reproducible guided lab, and troubleshooting questions.

Track 2 of 6

Machine Learning & AI

Track outcome. Prepare high-quality data, train and evaluate models, engineer Gemini applications, and deploy monitored ML solutions.

0/8 completed48 resources70 videos
Prerequisites

Python, introductory statistics, linear algebra, and familiarity with datasets.

Stack

Google Colab, TensorFlow, Keras, BigQuery ML, Gemini API, Google ADK and Cloud Run.

Teaching requirement

Complete a practical model or system before leading each module session.

2026 note

Vertex AI Platform is now called Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. Course references may still contain legacy product names.

Eight progressive modules

ML1Weeks 3 and 4

Feature engineering and data quality

6 resources6 videos, 61 minWatched 0 of 6LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

Watch

Quick watch

Machine Learning Crash Course: Generalization

Google for Developers
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Quick watch

Machine Learning Crash Course: Embeddings

Google for Developers
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WalkthroughCommunity pick

Machine Learning Fundamentals: Cross Validation

StatQuest with Josh Starmer
Watch on YouTube
Quick watchCommunity pick

Why do we split data into train test and validation sets?

Mısra Turp
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Build a reproducible training dataset, document leakage checks and produce a feature quality report.

Session participant can deliver
Feature Engineering and Dataset Quality for ML

Include model metrics, code walkthrough and an independent exercise.

ML2Weeks 5 and 6

Classical machine learning and evaluation

6 resources9 videos, 60 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

Watch

Quick watch

Machine Learning Crash Course: Classification

Google for Developers
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WalkthroughCommunity pick

Machine Learning Fundamentals: The Confusion Matrix

StatQuest with Josh Starmer
Watch on YouTube
Quick watch

BigQuery ML in a minute

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

Machine Learning Crash Course: Logistic Regression

Google for Developers
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Train and compare predictive baselines with documented hyperparameter selection and statistically justified metrics.

Session participant can deliver
Model Selection and Evaluation with Google Colab

Include model metrics, code walkthrough and an independent exercise.

ML3Weeks 7 and 8

TensorFlow and deep learning practice

6 resources9 videos, 71 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Quick watch

Machine Learning Crash Course: Neural Networks Intro

Google for Developers
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Quick watch

Getting started with image classification

TensorFlow
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Deep dive

Train your JAX models using model.fit(...) in Keras 3

Google for Developers
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Deep diveCommunity pick

But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1

3Blue1Brown
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Train an image classifier with TensorFlow, compare training choices and publish learning curves.

Session participant can deliver
Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras

Include model metrics, code walkthrough and an independent exercise.

ML4Weeks 9 and 10

Transformers and generative AI

6 resources10 videos, 130 minWatched 0 of 10LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

Transformers, explained: Understand the model behind GPT, BERT, and T5

Google Cloud Tech
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Deep diveCommunity pick

Transformers, the tech behind LLMs | Deep Learning Chapter 5

3Blue1Brown
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Quick watch

Fine tuning Gemma with LoRA in Google Colab

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Attention mechanism: Overview

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Evaluate Gemini prompts, models and structured outputs on a fixed dataset with latency and cost measurements.

Session participant can deliver
Understanding Transformers and Engineering Gemini Outputs

Include model metrics, code walkthrough and an independent exercise.

ML5Weeks 11 and 12

RAG and retrieval quality

6 resources9 videos, 97 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

How to use Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Get Started with Vector Search using Vertex AI

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Advanced RAG techniques for developers

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

What are text embeddings?

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Develop a GDGoC knowledge assistant with source-grounded answers and measurable retrieval quality.

Session participant can deliver
Trustworthy Retrieval-Augmented Generation on Google Cloud

Include model metrics, code walkthrough and an independent exercise.

ML6Weeks 13 and 14

Tool using agents and evaluation

6 resources8 videos, 78 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

AI + your code: Function Calling

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

How to evaluate agents in practice

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Stop guessing and start testing your AI agents with ADK

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

3 Advanced AI agent design patterns

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Build a constrained research agent with permitted tools, approval gates and evaluation datasets.

Session participant can deliver
AI Agent Engineering with Google ADK

Include model metrics, code walkthrough and an independent exercise.

ML7Weeks 15 and 16

MLOps and model serving

6 resources9 videos, 126 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

Introduction to MLOps and Vertex Pipelines

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

Serving open models on Vertex AI: The comprehensive developer's guide

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

Deploying a GPU powered LLM on Cloud Run

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

End-to-end MLOps with Vertex AI

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Serve a trained model behind a monitored API with rollout and rollback evidence.

Session participant can deliver
MLOps from Experiment to Deployed Model

Include model metrics, code walkthrough and an independent exercise.

ML8Weeks 17 and 18

Responsible and efficient AI

6 resources10 videos, 102 minWatched 0 of 10LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

Introduction to Responsible AI

Google Cloud
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Walkthrough

Building fair, ethical, and responsible AI with the Responsible AI Toolkit

TensorFlow
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Walkthrough

Gemma 4 and the AI Edge Gallery: On-Device AI Gets an Upgrade

Google for Developers
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Walkthrough

Introduction to Responsible AI

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Audit model fairness and robustness, optimize inference and present risk mitigation results.

Session participant can deliver
Responsible and Efficient Machine Learning Systems

Include model metrics, code walkthrough and an independent exercise.

Track 3 of 6

Automation & Intelligent Workflows

Track outcome. Engineer safe and auditable process automation, Google API integrations, event-driven systems and intelligent agents.

0/8 completed48 resources66 videos
Prerequisites

JavaScript or Python, HTTP APIs, JSON, authentication and existing workflow knowledge.

Primary stack

Apps Script, Google Workspace APIs, AppSheet, Workflows, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Document AI, Gemini and ADK.

Access note

AppSheet functionality and enterprise AI features can depend on licensing.

Eight progressive modules

A1Weeks 3 and 4

Advanced Google Workspace automation

6 resources8 videos, 71 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

Watch

Deep dive

Apps Script in Google Workspace

Google Workspace Developers
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Walkthrough

Standalone vs. Container-bound Apps Script

Google Workspace Developers
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Walkthrough

Build a Chat app as a Google Workspace add-on with Apps Script

Google Workspace Developers
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Quick watch

Apps Script services

Google Workspace
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Build form-triggered registration, calendar booking and email confirmation with logging and duplicate prevention.

Session participant can deliver
Advanced Automation with Google Apps Script

Show a live Google product workflow, security controls and a participant exercise.

A2Weeks 5 and 6

APIs and dependable integrations

6 resources8 videos, 86 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

Watch

Walkthrough

What are Service Accounts?

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

How to use the Google Sheets API in Python

Google for Developers
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Deep dive

Demystifying authentication and authorization for Google Workspace developers

Google Workspace
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Walkthrough

Service Account keys and impersonation

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Create a synchronization service across Google Sheets, Calendar and Drive using scoped credentials and safe retries.

Session participant can deliver
Reliable Google API Integration Engineering

Show a live Google product workflow, security controls and a participant exercise.

A3Weeks 7 and 8

AppSheet and business processes

6 resources8 videos, 77 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

Watch

Quick watch

Build no-code apps with AppSheet

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

How to automate processes with AppSheet Automation

Google Workspace
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Quick watch

Introduction to AppSheet Databases

Google Workspace
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Walkthrough

Creating apps in AppSheet

Google Workspace
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Build a role-based event approval workflow with escalation, document routing and audit records.

Session participant can deliver
Approval Process Automation with Google AppSheet

Show a live Google product workflow, security controls and a participant exercise.

A4Weeks 9 and 10

Event-driven cloud orchestration

6 resources9 videos, 93 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Quick watch

Introducing Google Cloud Workflows

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Introduction to Orchestration in Google Cloud

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Getting started on Cloud Tasks and Cloud Scheduler

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

Cloud Workflows in a minute

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Orchestrate event records from Cloud Storage into processing, notifications and durable error handling.

Session participant can deliver
Event-Driven Automation with Google Cloud Workflows

Show a live Google product workflow, security controls and a participant exercise.

A5Weeks 11 and 12

Intelligent document processing

6 resources8 videos, 39 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

Watch

Quick watch

What is Document AI?

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

What is Document AI Workbench?

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

How to use Document AI

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

General Processors in Document AI

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Process sample registration documents and receipts with validation and automated certificate generation.

Session participant can deliver
Automating Documents with Document AI and Gemini

Show a live Google product workflow, security controls and a participant exercise.

A6Weeks 13 and 14

Gemini-enabled workflow automation

6 resources7 videos, 95 minWatched 0 of 7LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Quick watch

Automate Your Tasks in 5 Minutes: Apps Script + Gemini for Beginners

Google Workspace Developers
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Quick watch

Build custom AI agents in Workspace Studio to automate tasks using plain language.

Google Workspace
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Deep dive

Approachable AI: Get started with Apps Script & Gemini

Google Workspace Developers
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Quick watch

Automate task follow-ups! Gemini + Apps Script create email drafts for you.

Google Workspace
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Build a human-reviewed incoming requests workflow with AI classification, action proposals and trusted records.

Session participant can deliver
Designing Safe AI Business Automations with Gemini

Show a live Google product workflow, security controls and a participant exercise.

A7Weeks 15 and 16

Agentic and multi-agent automation

6 resources10 videos, 81 minWatched 0 of 10LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

AI agent design patterns

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Intro to multi-agent systems with ADK

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Google ADK 2.0 workflows tutorial: Building reliable multi-agent systems

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Foundations of multi-agent systems with ADK

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Build a supervised operations agent that drafts documents and event schedules without unapproved changes.

Session participant can deliver
Multi-Agent Workflow Automation with Google ADK

Show a live Google product workflow, security controls and a participant exercise.

A8Weeks 17 and 18

Reliability, security and governance

6 resources8 videos, 49 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

What is the Principle of Least Privilege?

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

How to secure your Service Accounts

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

How to use Cloud Audit Logging

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Create Alerts on Cloud Monitoring

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Harden the complete automation pipeline and demonstrate successful recovery from simulated process failures.

Session participant can deliver
Reliable and Secure Enterprise Automation

Show a live Google product workflow, security controls and a participant exercise.

Track 4 of 6

Cybersecurity

Track outcome. Design secure Google Cloud architecture, engineer detections, investigate threats and operate reliable defensive security processes.

0/8 completed48 resources65 videos
Prerequisites

Networking, Linux, security fundamentals, scripting and basic cloud architecture.

Primary stack

Cloud IAM, Cloud Logging, Security Command Center, Cloud Armor, Google SecOps, VirusTotal, Google Threat Intelligence and Gemini.

Security policy

Use owned or explicitly authorized lab resources only. Never submit sensitive samples or personal data to public analysis services. Google SecOps and premium threat intelligence labs require suitable access.

Access limitations

Premium Google Security Operations and Google Threat Intelligence features may need paid access. Use Cloud Audit Logs, BigQuery, sanitized UDM sample data and publicly documented YARA-L examples where a license is unavailable.

Eight progressive modules

C1Weeks 3 and 4

Cloud security architecture and IAM

6 resources7 videos, 41 minWatched 0 of 7LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

What is Cloud IAM?

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

What is IAM Policy?

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

How to secure your cloud with VPC Service Controls

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Encryption with Cloud KMS Keys

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Harden a Google Cloud project and produce an evidence-based identity and resource control assessment.

Session participant can deliver
Securing Google Cloud Identity and Architecture

Use only simulated or consented telemetry, include live analysis and a defensive testing exercise.

C2Weeks 5 and 6

Cloud network defense and Zero Trust

6 resources9 videos, 107 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Quick watch

Introduction to Go Deep | Google Cloud Armor

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

How Google Cloud Firewall protects your workloads

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Secure Cloud Run with IAP (Identity-Aware Proxy)

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

When and How to Use VPC Flow Logs

Google Cloud
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Build an isolated lab network, restrict access, deploy WAF rules and analyze rejected traffic.

Session participant can deliver
Google Cloud Network Security and Zero Trust

Use only simulated or consented telemetry, include live analysis and a defensive testing exercise.

C3Weeks 7 and 8

Vulnerability and application security

6 resources7 videos, 80 minWatched 0 of 7LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

What is Security Command Center?

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

Getting started with Web Security Scanner

Google Cloud Tech
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Deep dive

How to detect threats in your Google Cloud environment with Security Command Center

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Securing your software supply chain

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Perform a permitted assessment of an intentionally vulnerable application and validate remediation.

Session participant can deliver
Finding and Fixing Security Risks in Google Cloud

Use only simulated or consented telemetry, include live analysis and a defensive testing exercise.

C4Weeks 9 and 10

Security telemetry and SIEM

6 resources8 videos, 58 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Deep dive

Tour of Chronicle Security Operations

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Getting Started with Chronicle SIEM

Google Cloud Events
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Quick watch

Cloud logging

Google Cloud Tech
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Quick watch

How to create log sinks

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Design a cloud security logging pipeline and investigate suspicious account activity using normalized sample events.

Session participant can deliver
Security Visibility with Cloud Logging and Google SecOps

Use only simulated or consented telemetry, include live analysis and a defensive testing exercise.

C5Weeks 11 and 12

Detection engineering and threat hunting

6 resources9 videos, 42 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Quick watch

Google SecOps: YARA-L Rule Basics

Mandiant & Google Cloud Security
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Quick watch

Google SecOps: YARA-L Rule Operators & Modifiers

Mandiant & Google Cloud Security
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Walkthrough

Expose the Unknowns: Statistical Threat Hunting in Google SecOps

Mandiant & Google Cloud Security
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Walkthrough

Google SecOps: YARA-L Rule Variables

Mandiant & Google Cloud Security
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Create and validate detection logic for suspicious logins and privilege escalation using safe simulated telemetry.

Session participant can deliver
Threat Hunting and Detection with YARA-L 2.0

Use only simulated or consented telemetry, include live analysis and a defensive testing exercise.

C6Weeks 13 and 14

Threat intelligence and malware investigation

6 resources9 videos, 37 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

Google Threat Intelligence Platform Overview

Mandiant & Google Cloud Security
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Quick watch

Google Threat Intelligence Use Case: Hunting for Malware Behavior

Mandiant & Google Cloud Security
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Quick watch

Google Threat Intelligence Demo

Mandiant & Google Cloud Security
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Quick watch

Google Threat Intelligence Use Case: From a Phishing Email to Uncovering a Targeted Campaign

Mandiant & Google Cloud Security
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Write a credible threat report using public indicators, verified evidence and actionable detection recommendations.

Session participant can deliver
Threat Intelligence to Detection with Google Tools

Use only simulated or consented telemetry, include live analysis and a defensive testing exercise.

C7Weeks 15 and 16

Incident response and SOAR

6 resources7 videos, 93 minWatched 0 of 7LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

Cloud threat detection and response

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Agentic Incident Response

Mandiant & Google Cloud Security
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Deep dive

Cloud compromises: Lessons learned from Mandiant investigations in 2023

Google Cloud Tech
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Deep dive

Incident response planning in the age of AI

Google Cloud Events
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Investigate a simulated identity compromise, build a timeline and exercise approval-gated containment.

Session participant can deliver
Cloud Incident Response and Security Orchestration

Use only simulated or consented telemetry, include live analysis and a defensive testing exercise.

C8Weeks 17 and 18

Advanced defense and AI security

6 resources9 videos, 110 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

Topics and learning resources

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Walkthrough

Model Armor: Protecting Generative AI from Threats and Misuse

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

We tried to jailbreak our AI (and Model Armor stopped it)

Google Cloud Tech
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Deep dive

A cybersecurity expert's guide to securing AI products with Google SAIF

Google Cloud Tech
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Walkthrough

Foundations of Secure MCP: Architecture and Threat Model

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Review an AI-enabled Google Cloud application and demonstrate mitigations for identity and agent misuse.

Session participant can deliver
Cloud Defense and AI Application Security

Use only simulated or consented telemetry, include live analysis and a defensive testing exercise.

Track 5 of 6

Data Analysis

Track outcome. Engineer high-quality analytical datasets, deliver reliable BI, perform statistical investigations and build monitored data pipelines and predictive insights.

0/8 completed48 resources54 videos
Prerequisites

Practical SQL, spreadsheets, introductory statistics and working with datasets.

Stack

BigQuery, Dataform, Google Colab, Data Studio, Looker, GA4, Dataflow, Pub/Sub and Gemini in BigQuery.

Product note

Google renamed Looker Studio to Data Studio in April 2026. Looker is a separate enterprise BI offering.

Eight progressive modules

DA1Weeks 3 and 4

Advanced SQL and query engineering

6 resources6 videos, 40 minWatched 0 of 6LabWorkshop

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BigQuery in a minute

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How does query processing work in BigQuery?

Google Cloud Tech
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Strategies for optimizing your BigQuery queries

Google Cloud Tech
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Deep dive

How to get started with BigQuery

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Solve a complex BigQuery case, demonstrate window functions, nested data and measurable query savings.

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Advanced SQL Analytics and BigQuery Optimization

Include query or notebook validation, a hands-on analysis exercise, and interpretation of limitations.

DA2Weeks 5 and 6

Data quality and transformation

6 resources5 videos, 46 minWatched 0 of 5LabWorkshop

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Streamline Your SQL Workflows with Dataform: A Step-by-Step Guide

Google Cloud
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Understanding BigQuery data governance

Google Cloud Tech
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Deep dive

Manage complex SQL workflows and transformations in BigQuery

Google Cloud Events
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Proactively detect & investigate anomalies & data quality issues in BigQuery with Telmai

Google Cloud
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Construct a tested analytics table from inconsistent student event data and document quality checks.

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Reliable Analytics Transformations with Dataform

Include query or notebook validation, a hands-on analysis exercise, and interpretation of limitations.

DA3Weeks 7 and 8

Statistical decision-making and experiments

6 resources5 videos, 60 minWatched 0 of 5LabWorkshop

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Hypothesis Testing and The Null Hypothesis, Clearly Explained!!!

StatQuest with Josh Starmer
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p-values: What they are and how to interpret them

StatQuest with Josh Starmer
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Deep dive

Iterate your way to a delightful app experience using Firebase Remote Config and A/B Testing

Firebase
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Confidence Intervals, Clearly Explained!!!

StatQuest with Josh Starmer
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Design and analyze an A/B experiment using sample data and communicate uncertainty responsibly.

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Practical Statistical Analysis and A/B Testing with Colab

Include query or notebook validation, a hands-on analysis exercise, and interpretation of limitations.

DA4Weeks 9 and 10

BI, dashboards and data storytelling

6 resources7 videos, 32 minWatched 0 of 7LabWorkshop

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Visualize data with Looker Studio

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Understanding and unifying Looker and Looker Studio

Google Cloud Tech
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Visualize BigQuery data with Looker

Google Cloud Tech
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Looker Studio in a minute

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Publish a GDPR-conscious campus dashboard with defined KPIs, filters, interpretation notes and reusable data sources.

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Interactive Dashboards with Google Data Studio

Include query or notebook validation, a hands-on analysis exercise, and interpretation of limitations.

DA5Weeks 11 and 12

Product analytics and user behavior

6 resources7 videos, 62 minWatched 0 of 7LabWorkshop

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2.2 Create and manage events in Google Analytics - Analytics Academy on Skillshop

Google Analytics
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2.8 Use Explore for advanced analysis in Google Analytics - Analytics Academy on Skillshop

Google Analytics
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Developers guide to BigQuery export for Google Analytics 4

Google for Developers
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4.4 Export Google Analytics data to BigQuery - Analytics Academy on Skillshop

Google Analytics
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Analyze sample web or Firebase app events and publish a trustworthy funnel and retention report.

Session participant can deliver
Measuring Product Behavior with GA4 and BigQuery

Include query or notebook validation, a hands-on analysis exercise, and interpretation of limitations.

DA6Weeks 13 and 14

Analytics engineering and warehousing

6 resources8 videos, 92 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

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How to build a data pipeline with Google Cloud

Google Cloud Tech
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BigQuery, Google’s Enterprise Data Warehouse

Google Cloud Tech
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How does BigQuery store data?

Google Cloud Tech
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Streamline Your SQL Workflows with Dataform: A Step-by-Step Guide

Google Cloud
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Develop a star-schema BigQuery data mart with tested Dataform transformations and governed reporting metrics.

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Analytics Engineering with BigQuery and Dataform

Include query or notebook validation, a hands-on analysis exercise, and interpretation of limitations.

DA7Weeks 15 and 16

Streaming data and pipeline engineering

6 resources8 videos, 75 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

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What is Dataflow?

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What is Apache Beam?

Google Cloud Tech
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Deep dive

Building stream processing pipelines with Dataflow

Google Cloud Tech
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Deep dive

Data Streaming with Pub/Sub and Dataflow: Best Practices

Google Cloud Events
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Stream simulated attendance events through Pub/Sub and Dataflow into an operational BigQuery dashboard.

Session participant can deliver
Scalable Real-Time Data Analytics with Google Cloud

Include query or notebook validation, a hands-on analysis exercise, and interpretation of limitations.

DA8Weeks 17 and 18

Predictive and conversational analytics

6 resources8 videos, 50 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

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How to build and deploy a demand forecasting solution with BigQuery ML

Google for Developers
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Use Google BigQuery & Gemini AI For Data Analytics

Google Cloud Tech
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Chat with your data in BigQuery

Google Cloud
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BigQuery data canvas overview

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Lab

Add forecasts, anomaly detection and grounded natural-language answers to a validated dashboard.

Session participant can deliver
Predictive and AI-Assisted Analytics with BigQuery

Include query or notebook validation, a hands-on analysis exercise, and interpretation of limitations.

Track 6 of 6

Cloud Engineering

Track outcome. Prepare cloud engineers to design, deploy, operate, automate, troubleshoot and optimize production-oriented systems entirely within the Google Cloud ecosystem.

0/8 completed56 resources70 videos
Prerequisites

Intermediate Linux administration, networking and IP addressing, Git, basic scripting, containers and practical exposure to APIs. Introductory computer concepts are excluded.

Primary Google stack

Google Cloud, Cloud IAM, VPC, Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Firestore, GKE, Infrastructure Manager, Cloud Build, Cloud Monitoring, BigQuery and Gemini Cloud Assist.

Program schedule

Eight modules over weeks 3 through 18, with a participant-led workshop at the end of each group. Weeks 1 and 2 are for technical assessment. Weeks 19 and 20 are for the capstone.

Role differentiation

This path focuses on infrastructure and platform operations. Development owns application code, Cybersecurity owns defensive investigations, and Automation owns business workflows.

Google-only policy

Practical cloud services and labs are Google Cloud based. Terraform, container specifications and Kubernetes concepts are taught through their Google Cloud implementations.

Student access and billing precautions

Some infrastructure, particularly GKE, GPUs, load balancers, networking, databases and multi-region deployments, incurs costs. Use quotas, capped budgets, project cleanup checklists and small test workloads. Budget alerts are not a spending shutoff. Do not activate paid services without organizer authorization.

Gemini Cloud Assist access note: General assistance may require enablement; premium investigation features have additional support restrictions. Never make advanced investigation access a mandatory graduation dependency.

Eight progressive modules

CL1Weeks 3 and 4

Cloud architecture, landing zones and governance

7 resources9 videos, 52 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

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What is Google Cloud?

Google Cloud Tech
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Level Up From Zero Episode 2: Organisations & the Resource Hierarchy

Google Cloud APAC
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What is Google Cloud's Organization Policy Service?

Google Cloud Tech
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What are Service Accounts?

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Hands-on lab

Design and provision a two-environment GDGoC landing zone with documented project boundaries, resource policies, least-privilege accounts, labeling and budget alerts.

Workshop the participant can deliver
Architecting and Governing a Google Cloud Landing Zone

AI integration

Use Gemini Cloud Assist, where available, to critique design options. Students must independently verify every IAM and cost recommendation.

CL2Weeks 5 and 6

Advanced VPC networking and connectivity

7 resources9 videos, 49 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

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Virtual Private Cloud in a minute

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Google Cloud VPC Design Patterns

Google Cloud Tech
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What is Private Service Connect?

Google Cloud Tech
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Level Up From Zero Episode 4: Shared VPC

Google Cloud APAC
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Lab and workshop

Hands-on lab

Implement segmented application and management subnets, outbound NAT, restricted firewall rules, DNS and a load-balanced demo service. Validate allowed and denied network flows.

Workshop the participant can deliver
Designing Enterprise Networking on Google Cloud

AI integration

Use Gemini for architecture alternative generation, then manually validate routes, firewall rule precedence and network exposure.

CL3Weeks 7 and 8

Compute architecture and serverless operations

7 resources8 videos, 52 minWatched 0 of 8LabWorkshop

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What is Compute Engine?

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How Cloud Run Works

Google Cloud
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Google Cloud Compute Engine: Provisioning options

Google Cloud Tech
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How to run code on Google Cloud

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Hands-on lab

Deploy the same stateless event-processing service on a managed instance group and Cloud Run. Benchmark scale behavior, operational effort, uptime options and projected cost.

Workshop the participant can deliver
Choosing the Right Compute Platform: Compute Engine Versus Cloud Run

AI integration

Ask Gemini to propose resource settings and failure hypotheses, then compare recommendations with monitoring data and pricing.

CL4Weeks 9 and 10

Cloud storage, managed data services and messaging

7 resources9 videos, 56 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

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How to store data on Google Cloud

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Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, or Firestore?

Google Cloud
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Cloud Pub/Sub Overview

Google Cloud
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What is Cloud SQL?

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Hands-on lab

Develop a data architecture for an event platform combining object storage, transactional data, caching and messaging. Justify Google Cloud service choices and demonstrate a restore test.

Workshop the participant can deliver
Designing Reliable Data and Messaging Architecture on Google Cloud

AI integration

Use Gemini to generate data service comparison tables, then verify consistency guarantees, recovery characteristics and charges against documentation.

CL5Weeks 11 and 12

Kubernetes, GKE and platform engineering

7 resources9 videos, 76 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

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What is Kubernetes?

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What is Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)?

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Introducing GKE Autopilot

Google Cloud Tech
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Creating a GKE cluster (demo)

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Hands-on lab

Deploy a multi-service workload on a cost-limited GKE Autopilot cluster with workload identity, ingress, health probes, autoscaling and a recovery runbook.

Workshop the participant can deliver
Running Production-Style Containers with Google Kubernetes Engine

AI integration

Review YAML and deployment manifests using Gemini Code Assist, but require a peer-reviewed security check and real cluster telemetry.

CL6Weeks 13 and 14

Infrastructure as Code and cloud delivery pipelines

7 resources7 videos, 56 minWatched 0 of 7LabWorkshop

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Getting Started with Terraform for Google Cloud

Google Cloud Tech
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Introducing Cloud Deploy

Google Cloud Tech
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Serverless is simple. Do I need CI/CD?

Google Cloud Tech
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CI/CD on Google Cloud

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Hands-on lab

Build reusable Terraform configuration for a network, runtime and database. Deploy with Infrastructure Manager and connect Cloud Build, Artifact Registry and an approval-gated release pipeline.

Workshop the participant can deliver
Automating Google Cloud Infrastructure and CI/CD

AI integration

Use Gemini to generate candidate configurations, then inspect diffs, detect overprivileged identities and reject unsafe resource changes.

CL7Weeks 15 and 16

Site reliability engineering, monitoring and FinOps

7 resources9 videos, 55 minWatched 0 of 9LabWorkshop

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The Art of SLOs (Service Level Objectives)

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Create Alerts on Cloud Monitoring

Google Cloud Tech
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What is FinOps and 3 reasons why you should care about it

Google Cloud Tech
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Getting started with SLOs

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Hands-on lab

Define SLOs for a deployed service, add an operational dashboard, induce a controlled failure, execute an incident exercise and publish a cost optimization report.

Workshop the participant can deliver
Production Cloud Operations: SRE, Observability and FinOps

AI integration

Use Gemini Cloud Assist where access permits to summarize operational symptoms; require independent root cause verification. Premium investigations are optional.

CL8Weeks 17 and 18

Resilience, disaster recovery, migration and AI workloads

7 resources10 videos, 80 minWatched 0 of 10LabWorkshop

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Solve for Disaster Recovery

Google Cloud APAC
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Introducing Database Migration Service

Google Cloud Tech
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Use GPUs in Cloud Run

Google Cloud Tech
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Disaster Recovery in GKE

Google Cloud Tech
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Lab and workshop

Hands-on lab

Build and defend a resilient architecture proposal with a working failover or restore simulation, migration plan and optional AI inference workload profile.

Workshop the participant can deliver
Designing Resilient Cloud Systems and AI Infrastructure on Google Cloud

AI integration

Compare AI-suggested disaster recovery plans to observed restore times, budget constraints and explicit recovery objectives.

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Last updated October 2026.