Google Cloud Architect Professional Certification Exam - Preparation Resources

Table of Contents

• Resources provided by Google
• Resources provided by Google for Partners
• Medium Community
• Get Help when in doubt.
• Paid Training options
• Exam Experience and Guidance from other authors on the net
• Last Minute Revision
• YouTube Playlists
• Cool Stuff

Resources provided by Google

• Professional Cloud Architect Certification Exam Guide #This should be your starting point in preparation which helps you prepare objectively for the exam and not get lost in the journey.
• Google Cloud Documentation
• Google Codelabs #You dont need to buy a Qwiklabs subscription to practice. Just follow these codelabs and implement them on your Trial Account.
• Google Cloud Platform Blog
• Google Cloud Platform Podcasts
• Google Cloud Architect Exam Guide with Case Studies #There are 4 case studies currently on the Certification Guide Page. Review them for detailed business and technology scenarios.
• Google Cloud Architect Practice Exam
• Google Cloud Solutions #Browse through this exhaustive list of articles and checkout the architecture diagrams depicting usage of products.

Resources provided by Google for Partners

* You will need a valid Google Partner Portal account.

• Deconstructing a Customer Case - Video
• Deconstructing a Customer Case - Slides

Medium Community

• GCP - Curated Articles for Developers

Get Help when in doubt.

• Google Cloud Platform Community Slack Channel #Feel free to ask a question to the ever helpful community on Slack
• Google Groups #I didn't find a specific group for GCP but there are multiple groups per service.

Paid Training options

• Linux Academy - Google Platform Courses
• ROI Training - Google
• Coursera - GCP Architecture Specialization

Exam Experience and Guidance from other authors on the net

• Earl Gay's Exam Study Materials
• Guidance from Grace
• Paul Chapotet
• Wilson Mar # Don't miss out on the PROTIPs on this article.
• Kevin Clements
• Ed Aviza
• Richard Bennett
• Preparing for the GCP Cloud Architect certification with Raphael Soeiro

Last Minute Revision

• A GCP Flowchart a Day
• Products #Ensure you atleast know about each product in brief.
• Services Summary
• GCP Products & Services in 4 words or less

YouTube Playlists

• Google Cloud Next 2017 Playlist

Cool Stuff

• Measure your latency to GCP regions using GCPing
• Perfkit Benchmarker
• Project Treehouse - GCP Solutions