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Overview
The Business User (Practitioner) course is designed for individuals working in or transitioning to cloud-first enterprise environments. It equips teams with essential knowledge of Alibaba Cloud fundamentals, enabling them to contribute effectively to cloud-based strategies and decisions. This course is ideal for non-technical roles looking to build a foundational understanding of cloud computing and Alibaba Cloud services.
Objectives
By the end of this course, leaner will be able to:
- Develop foundational knowledge of cloud computing and its benefits
- Understand Alibaba Cloud’s global infrastructure and service offerings
- Learn core cloud concepts such as deployment models, scalability, and pricing models
- Explore Alibaba Cloud’s IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions
- Build awareness of security principles and shared responsibility in the cloud
Prerequisites
- No prior cloud experience required
- Ideal for business users or teams adopting cloud within their organizations
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Alibaba Cloud & Cloud Computingedforce2025-04-08T14:04:54+05:30
- Getting to Know Alibaba Group & Alibaba Cloud
- Who we are
- Global infrastructure
- Industry recognition
- Partner ecosystem
- What is the Cloud?
- Cloud computing as an utility
- Benefits of cloud computing
- Cloud deployment models
- Public cloud
- Private cloud
- Hybrid cloud
- Cloud service models
- IaaS
- PaaS
- SaaS
- Shared responsibility model
- CapEx vs OpEx with cloud technologies
- Cloud pricing models
Module 2: Fundamental Cloud Services (Part 1)edforce2025-04-08T14:07:06+05:30
- Compute on the Cloud
- Elastic Compute Service (ECS)
- ECS instance families
- Storage on the Cloud
- Elastic Block Storage (EBS)
- Object Storage Service (OSS)
- Networking on the Cloud
- Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- Alibaba Cloud CDN
- Availability on the Cloud
- Auto Scaling
Module 3: Accessing & Managing Cloud Resourceskeerti2025-04-08T16:07:18+05:30
- Accessing Cloud Resources
o Alibaba Cloud service console
o Command-line interface
o Public-facing APIs and SDKs - Managing Cloud Resources
o Resource Access Management (RAM)
o Resource Directory
Module 4: Basic Cloud Architecturekeerti2025-04-08T16:38:46+05:30
- Three-tier Architecture
o What is a three-tier architecture?
o Benefits of three-tier architectures
Module 5: Fundamental Cloud Services (Part 2)keerti2025-04-08T16:52:17+05:30
- Databases on the Cloud
o SQL and NoSQL
o Alibaba Cloud databases
o Database tools - Containers on the Cloud
o What are containers?
o Container orchestration
o Container services (ACK, ECI)
o Serverless computing - Security on the Cloud
o Security shared responsibility model
o Alibaba Cloud security services portfolio
o DDoS attacks
o Security groups
Module 6: Operations and Support on Alibaba Cloudkeerti2025-04-08T16:54:28+05:30
- Operations on Alibaba Cloud
o Deploying services
o Migrating to Alibaba Cloud
o Optimizing costs on Alibaba Cloud - Obtaining support
o After-sales support plans
o Enterprise support
