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Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Fundamentals for Beginners (Udemy.com)

Learn How to Use Key GCP Services From the Ground Up Through Hands-On Demos and Detailed Use Cases!

4.5
52,121 reviews

Created by: Janakiram MSV

Last updated January 2025

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This is a short survey of Google Cloud for people who have never used it. It runs 5.5 hours over 98 lectures and 14 sections, walking through compute, storage, networking, identity, databases, analytics, AI and ML, developer tools and observability. Janakiram MSV, a Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect, does the teaching. Each section explains the services in that area, then shows one demo. The listing says it was refreshed with generative AI and Vertex AI material, and the last update was in January 2025.

Students like the teaching. Reviewers call the explanations clear and the delivery easy to listen to, and one said it was the best explained of several courses they had tried. The complaints are consistent, though. Many say it feels like a slide presentation, with one demo per section and little hands-on work. Others want more depth, more diagrams, and a quick comparison to AWS or Azure. One reviewer also points out that Google has added and renamed services since the last update.

About 88 percent of the 52,121 ratings are four or five stars, and 170,188 students have enrolled, so it is a safe pick for orientation. Think of it as the overview you take first, then practice in your own GCP account, since reviewers say it is not enough on its own.

Best forNewcomers, or AWS and Azure users, who want a quick high-level map of Google Cloud services before choosing what to study.
Skip it ifYou want labs and real build-outs, or already work in GCP and need depth on any single service.

Pros

  • Instructor is described as clear and engaging, not monotonous, with good delivery
  • Covers the main services across 14 short sections, so each one gets a plain-English intro
  • Includes newer material such as Vertex AI, generative AI and observability
  • Short enough to finish in a few evenings, with 10 quizzes to check understanding

Cons

  • Mostly slides and explanation, with only one demo per section and no coding exercises
  • Overview depth only, so reviewers say it skims services and is not enough alone
  • Last updated January 2025, and one reviewer says newer or renamed Google services are missing
A very beginner friendly course which skims through the basic services in GCP. But this alone is not enough.
Febin P George, a student

Truly beginner level, though it expects some grasp of virtualization, REST APIs and NoSQL. Not meant for people already using GCP.

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What you will learn

  • Take the first step in your GCP readiness journey
  • Explore GCP building blocks
  • Learn how to access generative AI models through Vertex AI
  • Understand the key GCP services
  • Learn how to use GCP compute, storage, and networking services
  • Identify the value proposition of key GCP services
  • Choose the right GCP service for your use case and business scenario
  • Apply the concepts of identity & access management to secure GCP projects

Course content

14 sections · 98 lectures · 5.5 hours of video 10 quizzes

  1. 1Course Introduction 3 free previews3 lectures · 4 min
  2. 2Overview of Google Cloud 3 free previews5 lectures · 1 quiz · 20 min
  3. 3Getting Started with Google Cloud 4 free previews6 lectures · 1 quiz · 17 min
  4. 4Google Cloud Compute Services 1 free preview9 lectures · 1 quiz · 52 min
  5. 5Google Cloud Storage Services7 lectures · 1 quiz · 28 min
  6. 6Google Cloud Network Services9 lectures · 1 quiz · 39 min
  7. 7Identity & Access Management10 lectures · 1 quiz · 25 min
  8. 8Google Cloud Database Services9 lectures · 1 quiz · 21 min
  9. 9Google Cloud Data and Analytics Services9 lectures · 1 quiz · 22 min
  10. 10Google Cloud AI and ML Services6 lectures · 1 quiz · 23 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Any developer or system administrator looking to get started with GCP
  • Students who want to build a career in cloud computing
  • IT professionals looking for a quick crash course on GCP
  • AWS and Azure users who want to learn GCP
  • This course is NOT for students who already have experience working with GCP

What you need before you start

  • An active GCP account
  • Basic understanding of the OS concepts
  • Appreciation of concepts such as Virtualization, REST APIs, and NoSQL databases

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Course Description

This course is updated to include new services, including generative AI, Gemini on Vertex AI, Cloud Workstations, Gemini Code Assist, observability, and more! I also added over 90 minutes of new content to cover the latest Google Cloud services.


Are you brand new to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)? Do you need to learn the basics of key GCP services? If so, this course is for you!

Hi, I am Janakiram MSV, a Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect and also a Google Developer Expert for Cloud and IoT technologies. With 15+ years of experience working on Cloud Computing at Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, I can assure you that this course is the perfect resource to jumpstart your GCP journey.

GCP is one of the fastest-growing cloud platforms in the industry. This course aims to provide a thorough overview of GCP. From the core building blocks, such as Compute, Storage, and Networking, to the advanced services, this course introduces the key concepts and then shows you how to start being productive. Each section includes a hands-on demo of one of the key services. You will also learn the use cases and scenarios for some of the most significant services of Google Cloud.

This course is carefully designed to help beginners get started with GCP. Topics covered include:

  • The Big Picture of GCP

  • Essential building blocks

    • Compute

    • Storage

    • Network

    • Identity Management

  • Additional Services

    • Databases

    • Data and Analytics

    • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

    • Developer Tools

    • Management & Operations

  • Enterprise Services

Join me in this course if you're ready to dive into GCP. You won't be disappointed!
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Instructor Details

Janakiram MSV

Janakiram is a practicing architect, analyst, and advisor with a focus on emerging infrastructure technologies. He provides strategic advisory to technology platform companies, startups, ISVs, and enterprises.

As a practitioner working with a diverse Enterprise customer base across the domains of AI, IoT, Cloud, Microservices, DevOps, and SaaS, Janakiram gains insight into the enterprise challenges, pitfalls, and opportunities involved in emerging technology adoption.

Janakiram is a certified AWS Associate Architect, AWS Associate Developer, AWS Associate SysOps Admin, Azure Developer, Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, and Certified  Kubernetes Application Developer.

Before starting his own venture, Janakiram has worked at world-class companies including Microsoft Corporation, Bell Labs, and Amazon Web Services.

Janakiram is recognized as a Google Developer Expert for Cloud and IoT, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, Microsoft Regional Director, IBM Champion, Intel Software Innovator, and an Ambassador for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

Janakiram regularly writes for Forbes Technology and The New Stack.


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By VIKASH PANCHAL on 9/2/2026

This is beginner and theoritical course with introduction to some important services offered by GCP. it is mostly theoritical course with only one practicle example as each section has only one gcp service demo out of all mnetioned in the section.

By Anand Patel on 8/26/2026

Its a nicely designed course with information on google cloud. I would like to suggest that please update the course as there are many new services are added by google and some services are re-branded as well.

By Priya Shekhar on 8/11/2026

I have done some other courses on this topic and I found this the most well explained, good delivery, wonderful explanations and overall loved the course. Thanks to the trainer and I would look forward to other trainings by him.

By Jörg Dallmeyer on 8/5/2026

Die Struktur und auch die Erklärungen waren gut. Der Kurs enthält für mich jedoch zu wenig praktische Anteile. Es ist mehr eine Aneinanderreihung von Beschreibungen, die selten händisch verprobt werden und somit schwierig im Gedächtnis bleiben.

By Jorge Luis Hernández on 6/26/2026

the instructor was very good to listen too... sometimes instructors can be monotonous - he was not.. He has a great presentation and demeanour

By Sheetal Dube on 5/22/2026

Excellent course, it covers the basic building blocks of GCP services, it provides use-cases that help identifying the right service/tool for your project and shows demos to give a real life view on how on to get started.

By Harikrishnan M G on 4/6/2026

Course is Amazing. In M y personal View, It would be great If you add any Sample Exam Practical questions ( 1 Set) like a Replica of Actual Exam. Content is crisp and clear. Also, If we focus on Certification RoadMap, We should additionally need a Syllabus based on Content Structure. So, It can be easy to review it.

By Anup Kumar Beerkur on 3/31/2026

Explained each concept clearly in a simple and easy-to-follow way, with practical demos that made it much easier to understand and apply the basics.

By Asil Kamal on 3/4/2026

Good overview. Very surface level, but that is to be expected since its only 5 hrs. This is course is good for a person to just know what services exist, but it's up to them to do more research when the time comes to use it.

By Manoj Kumar Pattanayak on 2/22/2026

The course effectively supports new learners in understanding and developing skills across multiple Google Cloud domains. It serves as a valuable tool for acquiring fundamental knowledge of GCP.

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  • Price: $119.99
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  • Updated: icon January 2025
  • Level: Beginner Beginner
  • Language: icon English
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  • Lectures:98 in 14 sections
  • Practice:10 quizzes
  • Students:170,200
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