Cloud Academy Team

March 11, 2022

Cloud Academy Spring 2022 Content Update

Cloud Academy’s Content Team is made up of subject matter experts, developers, lab specialists, exam creators, animators, and video production masters, just to name a few of the talented folks. They work hard to plan the entire year’s releases based on customer needs and industry trends.

This post will review both the highlights and details of all the new training content that Cloud Academy has released over the past three months, which covers 16 new learning paths, 94 new courses, 70 exams, and 78 new labs.

We also made 71 major updates to training content, starting with our certifications – keeping you ahead of the competition and on track with the big three cloud providers – plus tons of lectures, labs, and quizzes across the board.

Moving forward, you can check out what’s just released and coming soon in our real-time Content Roadmap. This roadmap is constantly updated with titles and descriptions of fresh material. Upcoming content is sorted by category so it’s easy to find any cloud provider, platform, or topic Cloud Academy trains on.

For now, here’s what Cloud Academy has released in the past three months, just in time for Spring 2022.

💥 Note: For those of you into the latest certifications, you’ll find them under each main category section below, e.g. Alibaba Cloud, AWS, etc.

Alibaba Cloud
- Alibaba Cloud new and updated certifications
- Alibaba Cloud Courses
AWS
Azure
Cloud Computing – General
DevOps
- DevOps Exams
- DevOps Quizzes
Google Cloud
Programming
Security

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud new and updated certifications

Alibaba Cloud Certified Professional (ACP) Preparation

Alibaba Cloud Courses

AWS

AWS new and updated certifications

🚨 Note 🚨: The new AWS Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 exam starts August 30, 2022! Learn all about the changes from SAA-C02 to SAA-C03, topics covered in the domains, and exam format in this post from our AWS Content Director, Stuart Scott.

AWS Learning Paths

AWS Courses

January’s topic: How do you move into the cloud when starting from a non-technical background?

AWS Labs

AWS CloudFormation Template Update Challenge
AWS Elastic Beanstalk Challenge
AWS OpsWorks Challenge
AWS Reliability Architecture Lab
Controlling Amazon DynamoDB Access Using AWS IAM Policies
Creating, Importing, and Using Your Own Customer Master Key
Exporting Amazon CloudWatch Logs to Amazon S3 Using Kinesis
Graviton Web App Migration
Implementing Caching Strategies with Amazon ElastiCache
Operational Excellence
Setting up a simple Data lake in AWS
TIBCO Spotfire to Visualize Data
Understanding Difference Between Cloud Endpoints and API Gateway
Well-Architected Security in AWS

AWS Exams

Cert Prep: AWS Security Specialty Certification (Update)
Cert Prep: Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner (Update)
Cert Prep: Certified Developer – Associate for AWS (DVA-C01) (Update)
Contextualized Quiz: Managing Access Using IAM User Groups & Roles
Final Exam: Analyzing Your Data with Amazon Redshift
Final Exam: AWS Developer Tools
Final Exam: Monitoring and Observing Resources with Amazon CloudWatch
Knowledge Check: Amazon Redshift Distribution Styles
Knowledge Check: Analytics (DVA-C01)
Knowledge Check: Application Integration (DVA-C01)
Knowledge Check: AWS Compute Fundamentals
Knowledge Check: Compute (DVA-C01)
Knowledge Check: Containers (DVA-C01)
Knowledge Check: Databases (DVA-C01)
Knowledge Check: Developer Tools (DVA-C01)
Knowledge Check: Introduction to Amazon Redshift
Knowledge Check: Introduction to Microservices, Containers, and ECS
Knowledge Check: Management & Governance (DVA-C01)
Knowledge Check: Managing Your Instances using the AWS Systems Manager
Knowledge Check: Networking & Content Delivery (DVA-C01)
Knowledge Check: Security, Identity, and Compliance (DVA-C01)
Knowledge Check: Storage (DVA-C01)
Knowledge Check: Terraform 1.0 – Provisioning AWS Infrastructure
Knowledge Check: Understanding AWS Lambda
Knowledge Check: Understanding CI/CD (DVA-C01)
Preliminary Evaluation: AWS Core Services

AWS Quizzes

Review for course: Amazon Redshift Distribution Styles
Review for course: Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Review for course: An Introduction to Amazon Lightsail
Review for course: How AWS IAM is Used to Securely Manage Access
Review for course: Introduction to Amazon Redshift
Review for course: Introduction to Microservices, Containers, and ECS
Review for course: Introduction to the Amazon Device Farm Service
Review for course: Introduction to the Amazon Internet of Things (IoT) Service
Review for course: Introduction to the Amazon Pinpoint Service
Review for course: Loading Data into Amazon Redshift
Review for course: Managing Access using IAM User Groups & Roles
Review for course: Managing User Identities with Long Term Credentials in AWS IAM
Review for course: Managing Your Instances using the AWS Systems Manager Run Command, Documents, & Parameter Store
Review for course: Protecting Your Web Apps Against Common Exploits using AWS WAF
Review for course: Tablet Talk: AWS Storage Explained
Review for course: Terraform 1.0 – Provisioning AWS Infrastructure
Review for course: The AWS Network – How Does It Actually Work!?
Review for course: Using Amazon Route 53 to Route End Users to Internet Applications

Azure

Azure new and updated certifications

AZ-700 certification example from Cloud Academy

Here’s an AZ-700 Azure Networking cert example taken from the course Azure Networking – Designing a Solution. Follow along as you learn how to create a solution for customers who want to buy concert tickets. The original Azure diagrams were a bit confusing so our instructors – always thinking about what’s best for the learner – made a new diagram to illustrate the concept.

Azure Learning Paths

Becoming a Microsoft Sentinel Expert

Azure Courses

Analyzing Text by Using the Azure Text Analytics Service
Autoscaling on Azure App Service
Configuring Azure Application Firewall
Configuring and Managing Microsoft Defender Application Control
Configuring and Managing Microsoft Defender Application Guard
Creating a Chatbot Using the Azure Bot Framework SDK
Creating and Managing Power BI Workspaces
Creating Dashboards in Power BI
Creating Reports in Power BI
Designing an Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture
Designing and Building HADR for SAP Workloads on Azure
Designing for Azure Virtual Desktop User Identities and Profiles
Developing a Power BI Data Model
Implementing an Azure Virtual WAN
Implementing Azure ExpressRoute
Implementing Networking for Azure Virtual Desktop
Implementing Storage for Azure Virtual Desktop
Introduction to Azure App Service
Learning Path Introduction – Becoming a Microsoft Sentinel Expert
Managing Access to Azure Virtual Desktop
Managing Indexing in Azure Cognitive Search
Running a Container on Azure App Service
SAP on Azure – Backup and Restore
SAP on Azure – Monitoring and Optimization
Using DAX to Build Measures in Power BI

Azure Labs

Advanced Threat Hunting in Microsoft Sentinel
Autoscaling of Azure VM Scale Sets using availability zones
Azure API Management service
Azure Availability sets and Azure Load Balancer Basic
Azure Cognitive Search
Azure QnA Maker
Azure Storage Blob Static Website Challenge
Connecting to Azure VM using Bastion Host
Creating Knowledge Bases using Azure DevOps Wiki
Creating Your First Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets
Deploying Web App on Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets Challenge
Exploring Query Statement and Function Types in Kusto Query Language (KQL)
Exploring the Microsoft 365 Developer Program
Getting Started with Azure Container Instances
Handling Messages with Azure Storage Queue
Hosting Static Web App on Azure Blob Storage
Image Recognition
Implementing Azure Storage Account Failover Strategy
Implementing DNS-based Traffic Routing with Azure Traffic Manager
Introduction to Kusto Query Language (KQL)
Intune Lab
Managing Microsoft 365 Users Using Microsoft Graph PowerShell
Managing Shared Resource Access Using Microsoft 365 Groups in Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Managing Users in Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Predict Income Levels Using Azure Machine Learning Designer
Publishing Repository Content as a Wiki in Azure DevOps
Speech recognition
Standardizing User Creation Using Templates in Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Understanding Azure Networking Products: Load Balancers, Application Gateways, and CDNs
Using Azure Synapse Analytics to Query Data Lake
Using Microsoft’s GPO to Configure and Verify Updates
Working with Virtual Machine Scale Set Scaling

Azure Exams

Final Exam: Azure Networking
Knowledge Check: Adding Intelligence – Unlocking New Insights with AI & Machine Learning
Knowledge Check: Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Knowledge Check: Assessing Data Characteristics for Power BI
Knowledge Check: Big Data 2.0 – IoT as Your New Operational Data Source
Knowledge Check: Connecting Your Physical Environment
Knowledge Check: Deciphering Data – Optimizing Data Communication to Maximize your ROI
Knowledge Check: Designing an Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture
Knowledge Check: Designing for Azure Virtual Desktop User Identities and Profiles
Knowledge Check: Implementing an Azure Virtual WAN
Knowledge Check: Introduction to Power BI
Knowledge Check: Loading Data into Power BI
Knowledge Check: Storage Solutions for SAP on Azure
Knowledge Check: Strategy & Best Practices When Mapping Designs from Edge to Cloud
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) (Update)
Preliminary Evaluation: Azure Core Services
Preview Exam: Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure (DP-300)
Preview Exam: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions (AZ-700)

Azure Quizzes

Azure Virtual Desktop
Review for course: Adding Intelligence – Unlocking New Insights with AI & Machine Learning
Review for course: Assessing Data Characteristics for Power BI
Review for course: Big Data 2.0 – IoT as Your New Operational Data Source
Review for course: Building a Chatbot on Azure
Review for course: Connecting Your Physical Environment to a Digital World – A Roadmap to IoT Solutioning
Review for course: Creating an App on Azure Service Fabric
Review for course: Deciphering Data – Optimizing Data Communication to Maximize Your ROI
Review for course: Developing Long-Running Tasks on Azure
Review for course: Implementing Azure Infrastructure Compliance and Security
Review for course: Introduction to Azure Security Center
Review for course: Introduction to Power BI
Review for course: Loading Data into Power BI
Review for course: Storage Solutions for SAP on Azure
Review for course: Strategy & Best Practices When Mapping Designs from Edge to Cloud

Cloud Computing – General

Exam – Knowledge Check: What is Cloud Computing?
Quiz – Review for course: Getting Started with the Internet of Things

DevOps

DevOps Exams

Knowledge Check: Ansible Basics
Knowledge Check: Deploying Containerized Applications with Red Hat OpenShift
Knowledge Check: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Knowledge Check: Red Hat OpenStack
Knowledge Check: Red Hat Satellite Technical Overview
Knowledge Check: Running Containers with Red Hat

DevOps Quizzes

Review for course: Ansible Automation for SAP
Review for course: Ansible Basics – Automation Technical Overview
Review for course: Running Containers with Red Hat
Review for course: User Management in Linux

Google Cloud

Google Cloud new and updated certifications

Google Cloud Courses

Introduction to Developing on Anthos
Introduction to Google Cloud Dataprep

Google Cloud Labs

Centralizing Remote State with Terragrunt in GCP
Creating a NoSQL Database with Google Firestore in Native Mode
Creating Reusable Infrastructure with Terraform Modules in GCP
Deploy a Google Cloud Engine Instance with Terraform Challenge
Find Application Performance Bottlenecks With Google Cloud Trace
Importing Existing Infrastructure into Terraform with GCP
Investigate Application Code in Production With Google Cloud Debugger
Managing Google Cloud Platform Environments with Terragrunt
Optimizing Terraform Configurations with Loops in GCP
Passing Outputs Between Terraform Modules with Terragrunt in GCP
Profile Applications in Production With Google Cloud Profiler
Securing Your Applications with Google Cloud Armor and Firewall Rules
Testing Google Cloud Platform Modules with Terratest
Understanding Terraform State with GCP
Working with Terraform Conditional Expressions in GCP
Working with Terraform Provisioners in GCP
Working with Terraform Remote State in GCP

Terragrunt Google Cloud Lab on Cloud Academy

⬅️ An example of the details you’ll find in the lab Passing Outputs Between Terraform Modules with Terragrunt in GCP. You’ll learn how Terragrunt passes outputs to resources downstream.

Google Cloud Quizzes

Cert Prep: Google Cloud Digital Leader
Knowledge Check: Google Cloud Pub/Sub – Advanced Topics
Knowledge Check: Introduction to Developing on Anthos
Knowledge Check: Introduction to Google Cloud Pub/Sub
Knowledge Check: Managing and Investigating Service Incidents on GCP
Knowledge Check: Managing Container-Based Development Environments on GCP
Knowledge Check: Managing GCP Operations Monitoring
Review for course: Building and Testing Applications on Google Cloud Platform
Review for course: Deploying Applications on GCP – Compute
Review for course: Deploying Applications on GCP – Data, Networking, and More
Review for course: Google Cloud Pub/Sub – Advanced Topics
Review for course: Introduction to Google Cloud Pub/Sub
Review for course: Managing and Investigating Service Incidents on GCP
Review for course: Managing GCP Operations Monitoring

Programming

Programming Learning Paths

Go Beginner’s Challenge Gauntlet

Programming Courses

Introduction to HTML Elements
Introduction to HTML Forms
Introduction to JavaScript Classes
Introduction to JavaScript Conditionals – Switch Statements
Introduction to JavaScript Constructor Methods and Prototypes
Introduction to JavaScript Deep/Shallow Copies and the Spread Operator
Introduction to JavaScript For Loops
Introduction to JavaScript Higher Order Functions: Map & Filter
Introduction to JavaScript Higher Order Functions: Reduce
Introduction to JavaScript Object Constructors
Introduction to JavaScript Object Methods
Introduction to JavaScript Rest Operator
Introduction to JavaScript Spread Operator
Introduction to Web APIs and the DOM
Introduction to Web APIs: DOM Manipulation
Introduction to Web APIs: DOM Selectors
Introduction to Web APIs: Event Listeners

Programming Labs

Creating a Central Authorization Layer using Cloud IAP
Go Challenge: Acronym
Go Challenge: Isogram
Go Challenge: Leap Years
Go Challenge: Run-Length Encoding
Go Challenge: Scrabble Score
Go Challenge: Trinary Numbers
Testing and Evaluating System Performance
Working with HTML Elements
Working With JavaScript Classes
Working With JavaScript For Loops
Working With JavaScript Higher Order Functions
Working With JavaScript Object Constructor
Working With JavaScript Rest Operator
Working With JavaScript Spread Operator

Programming Exams

Knowledge Check: Introduction to Object Orientation and C# Classes
Knowledge Check: What is an API and How Do They Work?
Post-Test: Software Development Track Module 1 (Java)
Post-Test: Software Development Track Module 1 (Python)
Post-Test: Software Development Track Module 2
Pre-Test: Software Development Track Module 1 (Java)
Pre-Test: Software Development Track Module 1 (Python)
Pre-Test: Software Development Track Module 2

Programming Quizzes

Review for course: Foundation of Creating an HTML Document
Review for course: Fundamentals of Web Page Development
Review for course: Introduction to HTML Text Elements
Review for course: Introduction to JavaScript Arrays
Review for course: Introduction to JavaScript Comparison Operators
Review for course: Introduction to JavaScript Conditionals (If Statements)
Review for course: Introduction to JavaScript Destructuring
Review for course: Introduction to JavaScript ES6 Variables
Review for course: Introduction to JavaScript Functions
Review for course: Introduction to JavaScript Logical Operators
Review for course: Introduction to JavaScript Objects
Review for course: Introduction to JavaScript Template Literals
Review for course: Introduction to JavaScript Variables, Primitive Data Types, and Console
Review for course: Introduction to Object Orientation and C# Classes
Review for course: Introduction to Semantic HTML Elements
Review for course: TypeScript -Simple Types
Review for course: What is an API and How Do They Work?

Security

Security Learning Paths

Security Courses

CSSLP Domain 3:1 – Design Processes
CSSLP Domain 3:2 – Design Considerations
CSSLP Domain 3:3 – Securing Commonly Used Architecture
CSSLP Domain 3:4 – Technologies
CSSLP Domain 4:1 – Common Software Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures
CSSLP Domain 4:2 – Defensive Coding Practices
CSSLP Domain 4:3 – Secure Coding Operations
CSSLP Domain 5:1 – Security Quality Assurance Testing
CSSLP Domain 5:2 – Security Testing
CSSLP Domain 6:1 – Introduction to Software Acceptance
CSSLP Domain 6:2 – Pre-release Activities
CSSLP Domain 6:3 – Completion Criteria
CSSLP Domain 6:4 – Post-release Activities
CSSLP Domain 7:1 – Secure Software Installation and Deployment
CSSLP Domain 7:2 – Secure Software Operations and Maintenance
CSSLP Domain 8:1 – Supply Chain Risk Assessment
CSSLP Domain 8:2 – Supplier Sourcing
CSSLP Domain 8:3 – Software Development and Testing
CSSLP Domain 8:4 – Software Delivery, Operations and Maintenance
CSSLP Domain 8:5 – Supplier Transitioning

⬅️ 75% of our extensive Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) training has been updated during the past three months. Threat treatment strategy is taken from Domain 3:1 – Design Processes.

Security Exams

Knowledge Check: CSSLP Domain 2:1 Policy Decomposition
Knowledge Check: CSSLP Domain 2.2 and 2.3: Data and Security Requirements
Knowledge Check: CSSLP Domain 3:1 Design Processes
Knowledge Check: CSSLP Domain 3:2 Design Considerations
Knowledge Check: CSSLP Domain 3:3 Securing Commonly Used Architecture
Knowledge Check: CSSLP Domain 3:4 Technologies

Security Quizzes

Review for course: CSSLP Domain 2:1 Policy Decomposition
Review for course: CSSLP Domain 2:2 Data Classification & Categorization
Review for course: CSSLP Domain 2:3 Requirements

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