CompTIA Cloud Essentials

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CompTIA Cloud Essentials

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Course Details

The CompTIA Cloud Essentials course is applicable to a wide range of IT professionals. The course is geared towards those currently in or looking for positions as IT consultants, IT technical services, IT relationship managers, IT architects, consultants and business process owners analysts. This course is the first step on a training path that leads to a technical career in cloud computing. This CompTIA Cloud overview course covers:

  • Characteristics of cloud services from a business perspective
  • The business value of cloud computing
  • Technical perspective/cloud types
  • Steps to successful adoption
  • Impact and changes in IT service management
  • Risks and consequences

This Cloud Essentials Course includes the following features:

  • Instructor-led demonstrations and visual presentations to develop your skills based on real-world scenarios.
  • Unlike a live class, you can fast-forward, repeat or rewind all your lectures. This gives you all the benefit of hands-on training with the flexibility of doing it around your schedule 24/7.
  • FlashCards and Education Games are also provided throughout the course.
  • Practice exams prepare you for your exams. These exams are on average 100 questions to ensure you are 100% prepared if you are taking a certification exam.
  • You can also interact and collaborate with other students through our forums, student contributions and announcement features.
Who should complete this Cloud Essentials Course?
  • Cloud Specialists: Cloud Specialists are in high demand as organizations increasingly move to cloud-based solutions. They manage technologies, help migrate information and services to the cloud, and work on multi-cloud environments.
  • Systems Engineers: Systems Engineers, who work with computer science, engineering, and analytics to build systems meeting business needs, also benefit from this course. The CompTIA Cloud Essentials certification enhances their ability to design, maintain, and optimize systems. The median annual wage for systems engineers is noted at €80,000​​.
  • Cloud Engineers: These professionals are responsible for implementing and maintaining cloud systems that meet business requirements. Cloud Engineers design, operate, and maintain cloud systems and applications. The growing demand for cloud engineers is reflected in their median annual wage of €115,000​​.
  • Senior Network Engineers: Senior Network Engineers, who build and design communication networks (LANs, WANs, intranets), can advance their careers with this certification. The CompTIA Cloud Essentials course equips them with the necessary skills for these roles.
  • Senior Systems Administrators: Responsible for keeping a company’s IT systems running smoothly, Senior Systems Administrators are critical for ensuring employee access to necessary resources.
Entry Requirements/ Prerequisites

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Topics covered in this Cloud Essentials Course
Characteristics of Cloud Services from a Business Perspective
  • Understand the common terms and definitions of cloud computing and provide examples.
  • Describe the relationship between cloud computing and virtualization.
    Name early examples of cloud computing.
  • Understand several common definitions of cloud computing and their commonalities/differences.
  • Recognize what types organizations might benefit from cloud computing.
    Recognize what types organizations might not benefit from cloud computing.
  • Distinguish between the different types of clouds, including XaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and give examples of them.
Cloud Computing and Business Value
  • Recognize the similarities and differences between cloud computing and outsourcing.
  • Understand the following characteristics of clouds and cloud services from a business perspective.
  • Demonstrate how the characteristics of cloud computing enhance business value.
Technical Perspectives/Cloud Types
  • Understand the difference between private and public types of clouds from a technical perspective and provide examples.
  • Understand at a high level the following important techniques and methods for cloud computing deployment.
  • Explain technical challenges and risks for cloud computing and methods to mitigate them for.
  • Describe the impact of cloud computing on application architecture and the application development process.
Steps to Successful Adoption of Cloud
  • Explain typical steps that lead to a successful adoption of cloud computing services.
  • Understand the roles and capabilities of cloud computing vendors and dependencies on the vendors.
  • Understand the following organizational capabilities that are relevant to realizing cloud benefits.
  • Describe multiple approaches for migrating applications.
Impact and Changes of Cloud Computing on IT Service Management
  • Understand the impact and changes cloud computing on IT service management in a typical organisation.
  • Use a structured approach based on ITIL to explore the potential impact of cloud computing in your organisation.
Risks and Consequences of Cloud Computing
  • Explain and identify the issues associated with integrating cloud computing into an organization’s existing compliance risk and regulatory framework.
  • Explain the implications for direct cost and cost allocations.
  • Understand how to maintain strategic flexibility.
Assessment
  • Once you successfully pass the Cloud Essentials Course, you will be able to download a CMIT Digital Certificate of Completion. This can be accessed via the Progress Reports section located on the top right side of your eLearning platform.
  • You may optionally take exams to receive certification. Exam fees are not included in the course price. More information on exams can be found on the CMIT exam page.
Accreditation
  • You may optionally take exams to receive professional certification.
  • More information can be found on the CMIT Accreditation Details page.

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