

PCA: Professional Cloud Administrator
Course Information

Course Name
PCA: Professional Cloud Administrator

Exam code
PCA

Duration
3 Days
Certification
Overview
The Cloud Credential Council (CCC) Professional Cloud Administrator™ certification provides the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively operate as a Cloud administrator. This professional-level course is particularly relevant to professionals with 2-5 years of experience as administrators.
Cloud computing has become one of the most important buzzwords in our fast-paced world. Its benefits have been recognized by a varied set of professionals and organizations, from reduced costs to collaboration efficiency and scalability. Microsoft, Google, and Adobe are only a few of the major companies using it to great effect.
The interaction between a Cloud environment and the existing network/administrative policies is one of the most challenging management issues to resolve in today’s tech world. It’s no wonder more and more organizations are feeling pressed to seek competent Cloud administrators to support their digital transformation journey. They are the ones, after all, to configure and maintain the cloud platform as well as master all aspects regarding Cloud provisioning.
The industry-recognized CCC Professional Cloud Administrator certification provides you a hands-on, practical approach to Cloud provisioning for administrators and touches upon all the aspects of administering Cloud services. The training covers best practices on Cloud administration, Open Source, as well as global vendor standards.
Once the certification exam is passed, you are awarded a diploma and digital badge officially recognizing you have achieved the CCC Professional Cloud Administrator certification and are now a member of the Cloud Credential Council’s global community.
Audience Profile
The following departments benefit from CCC Professional Cloud Administrator-certified professionals:
- Administrative/Management
- Operations
- Research & Development
- Other
CCC Professional Cloud Administrator jobs include:
- Network Administrators
- Senior Operators
- Service Desk Managers
- Systems Administrators
Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites. However, it is recommended that participants hold the Cloud Technology Associate Certification (or its equivalent) from the Cloud Credential Council and/or that participants are conversant with cloud concepts and vocabulary.
Participants receive a copy of the classroom presentation material and the course book. In addition, they also receive access to the ITpreneurs learning portal where additional reference material is available. The learning portal allows participants to stay in touch with the instructor and the other class participants for several months after the course. Most of the material is also accessible via tablets/computers.
At Course Completion
Once you become CCC Professional Cloud Administrator-certified, you will be able to demonstrate an understanding of:
- Types of Cloud Environments: Cloud environment controls, hosting, ITO Outsourcing, CoLoc, Onshore, offshore versus Cloud
- Planning for Cloud capacity: Policy management and third party management
- Cloud Administration technology: Virtual networks, storage, and computing, application management in the Cloud
- Security administration, compliance, and certification
- Cloud Provisioning: Capacity Management, Service Desk Management, Cloud provisioning/ automation management
Course Outline
- Fundamentals of Cloud Administration
- Cloud Workload Analysis and Capacity Planning
- Administering Cloud Technologies
- Cloud Resource Provisioning
- Virtual Storage
- Cloud Marketplaces
- Cloud Scalability Administration
- Cloud Elasticity Administration
- The Need for Interoperability and Portability
- Strategic Planning for Interoperability and Portability
- Policy Management and Control
- Service Level Management
- Metering and Billing Management
- Privacy and Data Management
- Business Continuity
- Disaster Recovery
- Fundamental Security Threats
- Cloud Security Administration
- Security Standards
- Federated Identity Management
- Systems Management
- Service Level Management
- Broker Platform
- Lifecycle Management
- Management and Administration Policies
- Monitoring and Reporting
- Infrastructure Benchmarking
- Availability and Performance
- Usage and Accounting
Overview
Overview
The Cloud Credential Council (CCC) Professional Cloud Administrator™ certification provides the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively operate as a Cloud administrator. This professional-level course is particularly relevant to professionals with 2-5 years of experience as administrators.
Cloud computing has become one of the most important buzzwords in our fast-paced world. Its benefits have been recognized by a varied set of professionals and organizations, from reduced costs to collaboration efficiency and scalability. Microsoft, Google, and Adobe are only a few of the major companies using it to great effect.
The interaction between a Cloud environment and the existing network/administrative policies is one of the most challenging management issues to resolve in today’s tech world. It’s no wonder more and more organizations are feeling pressed to seek competent Cloud administrators to support their digital transformation journey. They are the ones, after all, to configure and maintain the cloud platform as well as master all aspects regarding Cloud provisioning.
The industry-recognized CCC Professional Cloud Administrator certification provides you a hands-on, practical approach to Cloud provisioning for administrators and touches upon all the aspects of administering Cloud services. The training covers best practices on Cloud administration, Open Source, as well as global vendor standards.
Once the certification exam is passed, you are awarded a diploma and digital badge officially recognizing you have achieved the CCC Professional Cloud Administrator certification and are now a member of the Cloud Credential Council’s global community.
Audience Profile
Audience Profile
The following departments benefit from CCC Professional Cloud Administrator-certified professionals:
- Administrative/Management
- Operations
- Research & Development
- Other
CCC Professional Cloud Administrator jobs include:
- Network Administrators
- Senior Operators
- Service Desk Managers
- Systems Administrators
Prerequisities
Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites. However, it is recommended that participants hold the Cloud Technology Associate Certification (or its equivalent) from the Cloud Credential Council and/or that participants are conversant with cloud concepts and vocabulary.
Participants receive a copy of the classroom presentation material and the course book. In addition, they also receive access to the ITpreneurs learning portal where additional reference material is available. The learning portal allows participants to stay in touch with the instructor and the other class participants for several months after the course. Most of the material is also accessible via tablets/computers.
At Course Completion
At Course Completion
Once you become CCC Professional Cloud Administrator-certified, you will be able to demonstrate an understanding of:
- Types of Cloud Environments: Cloud environment controls, hosting, ITO Outsourcing, CoLoc, Onshore, offshore versus Cloud
- Planning for Cloud capacity: Policy management and third party management
- Cloud Administration technology: Virtual networks, storage, and computing, application management in the Cloud
- Security administration, compliance, and certification
- Cloud Provisioning: Capacity Management, Service Desk Management, Cloud provisioning/ automation management
Course Outline
Course Outline
- Fundamentals of Cloud Administration
- Cloud Workload Analysis and Capacity Planning
- Administering Cloud Technologies
- Cloud Resource Provisioning
- Virtual Storage
- Cloud Marketplaces
- Cloud Scalability Administration
- Cloud Elasticity Administration
- The Need for Interoperability and Portability
- Strategic Planning for Interoperability and Portability
- Policy Management and Control
- Service Level Management
- Metering and Billing Management
- Privacy and Data Management
- Business Continuity
- Disaster Recovery
- Fundamental Security Threats
- Cloud Security Administration
- Security Standards
- Federated Identity Management
- Systems Management
- Service Level Management
- Broker Platform
- Lifecycle Management
- Management and Administration Policies
- Monitoring and Reporting
- Infrastructure Benchmarking
- Availability and Performance
- Usage and Accounting
