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Professional Cloud Architect Study Notes

Comprehensive study notes organized by exam objectives covering all aspects of Google Cloud architecture design and implementation.

Design & Planning

Cloud solution architecture

• Business requirements analysis
• Technical requirements gathering
• Architecture design patterns
• Cost optimization strategies

Infrastructure Management

Provisioning and management

• Compute Engine management
• GKE cluster operations
• Storage solutions
• Network configuration

Security & Compliance

Security best practices

• IAM policies and roles
• Network security
• Data encryption
• Compliance frameworks

Technical Processes

Process optimization

• CI/CD pipelines
• DevOps practices
• Performance monitoring
• Disaster recovery

Implementation

Architecture implementation

• Deployment strategies
• Migration planning
• Resource optimization
• Automation tools

Operations & Reliability

Operational excellence

• SLI/SLO definition
• Incident response
• Capacity planning
• Service reliability

Additional Study Resources

Downloadable Guides

GCP Services Cheat Sheet

Architecture Patterns Guide

Security Best Practices

Official Resources

Google Cloud Documentation

Architecture Center

Solution Gallery