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Cloud Platforms

AWS · Azure · GCP · 20 Technologies

Deep-dive into AWS, Azure, and GCP. Learn every major service, architecture patterns, cost optimisation, security, and multi-cloud strategy.

🟠
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The world's leading cloud platform — 200+ services
🔐IAM
Beginner

Identity and Access Management — users, roles, policies, OIDC, SCP

SecurityIdentityRBAC
Start
🖥️EC2
Beginner

Virtual machines, auto-scaling, launch templates, spot instances

ComputeVMsAuto-Scaling
Start
🕸️VPC
Intermediate

Virtual Private Cloud — subnets, routing, NAT, security groups, endpoints

NetworkingSecuritySubnets
Start
🗄️S3
Beginner

Object storage — policies, versioning, lifecycle, events, CloudFront

StorageObject StoreCDN
Start
🗃️RDS & Aurora
Intermediate

Managed relational databases — MySQL, PostgreSQL, Aurora Serverless

DatabaseMySQLPostgreSQL
Start
λLambda
Intermediate

Serverless functions — triggers, SAM, cold starts, layers, power tuning

ServerlessFaaSEvent-driven
Start
☸️EKS
Advanced

Managed Kubernetes — node groups, Fargate, IRSA, ALB controller

KubernetesManagedIRSA
Start
📋CloudFormation
Advanced

AWS native IaC — stacks, templates, change sets, nested stacks

IaCTemplatesCDK
Start
🌍Route53
Intermediate

DNS — routing policies, health checks, failover, latency routing

DNSRoutingHA
Start
🔵
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft's enterprise cloud platform
🛡️Entra ID
Intermediate

Azure AD — SSO, MFA, RBAC, conditional access, managed identity

IdentitySSORBAC
Start
💻Virtual Machines
Beginner

Azure VMs, scale sets, availability zones, spot VMs, Bastion

ComputeVMsScale Sets
Start
🕸️VNets
Intermediate

Virtual Networks, peering, NSGs, private endpoints, ExpressRoute

NetworkingNSGPeering
Start
☸️AKS
Advanced

Azure Kubernetes Service — node pools, workload identity, upgrades

KubernetesManagedWorkload Identity
Start
🔄Azure DevOps
Intermediate

Pipelines, Boards, Repos, Artifacts, Test Plans — full CI/CD

CI/CDPipelinesBoards
Start
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Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Google's cloud — best for data, ML, and Kubernetes
☸️GKE
Advanced

Google Kubernetes Engine — Autopilot, node pools, workload identity

KubernetesGoogleAutopilot
Start
📊BigQuery
Intermediate

Serverless data warehouse — SQL at petabyte scale, ML integration

Data WarehouseAnalyticsSQL
Start
🚀Cloud Run
Intermediate

Fully managed serverless containers — scale to zero, auto-scale

ServerlessContainersFaaS
Start
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Cloud Strategy & Architecture
Multi-cloud, FinOps, security, and enterprise architecture
🔒Cloud Security
Advanced

CSPM, IAM best practices, encryption, compliance, guardrails

SecurityCSPMCompliance
Start
💰Cost Optimization
Intermediate

FinOps — rightsizing, reservations, savings plans, spot, tagging

FinOpsCostReserved
Start
🏢Landing Zones
Advanced

Enterprise foundations — multi-account, governance, account vending

EnterpriseGovernanceMulti-Account
Start