Introduction to the Cloud - The basics in only 2 hours! (Udemy.com)
Learn the basics of the Cloud with no prior knowledge required. Ideal for beginners, management, and students.
Created by: Rick Crisci
Last updated May 2026
What you will learn
- Understand basic Cloud concepts
- Differentiate between PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS offerings
- Understand public, private, and hybrid cloud models
- VMs, containers, databases, and serverless options in the cloud
- Downloadable PDF Slides and Study Guides for many key lessons!
- Frequent quizzes to check your knowledge as you go!
Course Description
"Very informational and well put together. I appreciate the catering to new and fresh people with no technology experience at all." -Jayden
"Rick is dynamic, he takes complex subjects and brings them down to earth. Love all his courses and enjoyed this one!" -Bryant
Do you need to understand the basics of Cloud services? Have you found that many of the training resources out there use complex technical jargon that make it difficult to understand the basic concepts? If you need to get a basic understanding of the Cloud quickly and clearly, this is the course for you.
Frequent quizzes and downloadable PDF study guides are recent additions to this course that will help you learn even faster!
This course answers the questions:
What is the difference between Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)?
What are my options for Cloud providers?
What is serverless, and what are containers, and how are they different from Virtual Machines?
How can I use managed services to simplify and secure my cloud workloads?
What database and storage options are available in the cloud?
I have taught hundreds of thousands of students across a variety of platforms, and I think anyone who needs to understand the Cloud will love this course. Most lectures in this course are 5 - 10 minutes long. This course gives you an understanding of the most critical knowledge areas of the Cloud.
If you need the basics of the Cloud, this course will give you a strong foundation and is the ideal starting point.
If you are a manager or administrator who needs a basic understanding of what the Cloud can do, this is the course for you!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
10,705 Reviews
Rick Crisci
I am the owner of TrainerTests and have delivered thousands of hours of official live training to my students, and I love teaching people new skills.
I provide video training unlike any other organization. I believe in using high quality illustrations and animations to simplify complex concepts. In my courses you will get the technical depth that you need, with a focus on making sure that you completely understand the underlying concepts.
Please feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn, I always enjoy making new contacts with my students!
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Reviews
By ADRIANA VALENZUELA on 7/21/2026
What I just do not understand is why the title says in only 2 hours!? hen it gets more that that time actually that is 3 hours not mentioning the role plays that of course will take more time I mean the course is fine but if the difference was a few minutes I would not "complain" but, the thing is that it gets more than one hour extra to complete. If you are not having a dead line, it is fine! there is no limit of your time, but most of the times we took this course to get an objective with limit time this is just a constructive feedback for future and not a complain. Thanks for reading
By Maria Grazia Tori on 7/18/2026
E' una buona introduzione al cloud. Il mio inglese non è grn che e ho trovato un po' di difficoltà interagire in lingua inglese nei giochi di ruolo ma a parte questo, mi sono trovata bene
By Katri Keränen on 7/3/2026
Very useful theory-heavy course for those, who just need to understand the basic concepts of the cloud! After going through this course, I believe I can follow technical discussions better.
By Ajay Edakunnivariath on 5/21/2026
Clarity of presentation, perfect augmenting commentary and explanations, a good summary at end of each chapter to reinforce the concepts. Excellent presentation and lecture and I loved it.
By Tejas Joshi on 5/13/2026
The way he explains the concept is excellent. One of the best instructor that I saw. Thank you for explaining valuable concepts. :)
By Shrey - Ext Seth on 4/1/2026
it was a great course and it helps me understand cloud computing properly and now i can work properly with everything needed in my career . the course was well paced and the questions were good to test my knowledge
By Ingrid N on 3/28/2026
Very basic course, if you have little background it is easy to follow but if you had have computer science background knowledge, then the course could have been even shorter.
By Sumit Sharma on 1/22/2026
The lessons were clear. As this is a basic course, the instructor's motive was to make us aware of the ongoing cloud services and common terminologies, he did a fair justice to it.
By Sai Preethi Prodduturi on 1/18/2026
I appreciate how the instructor provided a resource PDF, included quizzes for each section, and used simple examples to explain the concepts. Drawing parallels to real-world scenarios was an excellent approach
By Janna F Marks on 1/9/2026
I have been a non-tech lead on an infrastructure team for nearly a year and this course was perfect. I've already put my new understanding of these concepts, to work.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












