Course Introduction

Associate certification

Google Associate Cloud Engineer

Deploy, secure, and operate Google Cloud services for common production workloads. This guide follows the official exam objectives with hands-on checklists and decision trees.

Exam details (quick view)

Recommended: 1+ year cloud or on-prem experience
Format: Multiple choice / multi-select
Duration: 2 hours, ~50-60 questions
Skills: Deploy, operate, secure

Domains (by exam guide)

1. Cloud environment (23%)
2. Implement solutions (30%)
3. Operate solutions (27%)
4. Access & security (20%)

Project setup

Create projects, enable APIs, configure billing, and set quotas.

Compute deployment

Choose VMs, GKE, or Cloud Run for the workload.

Data and storage

Pick storage classes and database services for the job.

Operations and security

Monitor, troubleshoot, and secure access.