Cloud Computing Basics Online Course
This course is structured into two core parts: Database Technologies and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). In the first part, you’ll explore how major cloud providers—Azure, AWS, and GCP—offer databases as services (DBaaS). You’ll study their evolution, technical concepts, market use cases, advantages, and limitations. The second part focuses on the IaaS model, reviewing key cloud computing terms, building blocks, typical use cases, benefits, drawbacks, and pricing structures. By the end, you’ll be able to choose the right database technology for specific applications and understand how IaaS helps businesses transform IT infrastructure into scalable utility services.
Who should take this Course?
The Cloud Computing Basics Online Course is ideal for students, beginners in IT, and professionals from non-technical backgrounds who want to understand the fundamentals of cloud technologies. It is also well-suited for software developers, system administrators, and business managers looking to build a strong foundation in cloud concepts, services, and deployment models to support their career growth and organizational needs.
What you will learn
- Look at batch and stream processing, operational and analytics data
- Understand SQL, NoSQL, NewSQL technologies
- DBaaS portfolio overview - Azure, AWS, GCP
- Learn the four service models - SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and FaaS
- Microservice and cloud-native apps, and different types of clouds
- Virtualization technologies - virtual machines and containers
Course Outline
Introduction to the Course
- Data is Everywhere
- Our Learning Objectives
Basic Database Terminology
- Overview
- DBMS, Database Instance and Schema
- Operational Data and OLTP
- Analytics Data and OLAP
- Data Warehouse and Data Lake
- ETL and ELT
- Batch and Stream Processing
- Scaling Up and Out
Database Technologies – What, Where, and Why?
- Overview
- Traditional Relational Database (SQL)
- Non-relational Database (NoSQL)
- Distributed SQL Database (NewSQL)
- In-memory Database (IMDB)
- Time Series Database (TSDB)
Types of NoSQL Databases
- Overview
- #1 - Key-value Database
- #2 - Document Database
- #3 - Wide Column Database
- #4 - Graph Database
- Databases Ranking Review
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
- Overview
- The Challenges of Traditional Databases
- The Concept of DBaaS
- The Advantages of DBaaS
- Azure - DBaaS Portfolio Review
- AWS - DBaaS Portfolio Review
- GCP - DBaaS Portfolio Review
Summary
- Quick Recap and Thank You!
Getting Started
- Welcome
- Our Learning Objectives
Cloud Computing
- Welcome to the World of Cloud Computing
- Private vs Public
- Hybrid-cloud and Multi-cloud
- Hyperscale Cloud Service Providers
- Cloud Service Models
- SaaS - Software as a Service
- IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service
- PaaS – Platform as a Service
- FaaS – Function as a Service
- Demo - AWS, Azure, GCP
Virtualization Technologies
- Introduction
- Underutilized Physical Servers
- Virtualization with Virtual Machines
- Vertical and Horizontal Scaling
- Microservices and Cloud-Native Apps
- Virtualization with Containers
- The Benefits of Containers
Introduction to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Introduction and Overview
- IaaS - Transform IT to Utility
- Compute, Storage and Networking
- Demo - IaaS Solution with Microsoft Azure
- Pricing Models
- Main Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Typical Market Use Cases
Course Summary
- Let's Recap and Thank You!