What the cloud actually is
Explain the cloud as renting someone else's computers by the hour, compare it with owning your own, and tell AWS, Google Cloud and Azure apart.
4 lessons. 1 quiz.
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Renting someone else's computers by the hour
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to explain what the cloud is in one sentence and say what you are actually paying for when you use it.
On-premises vs cloud: owning vs renting
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to compare owning computers with renting them from the cloud, and say which costs move from up-front to monthly.
Meet the big three: AWS, Google Cloud and Azure
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to name the three largest cloud providers, match their service names to the same basic ideas, and explain why many companies use more than one.
Where the computers live: regions and zones
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to explain what regions and availability zones are, and why the place you choose affects speed, legal rules and price.
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