Google Cloud IAM and Networking for AWS Professionals

Transitioning to a new cloud platform can feel like learning a foreign language, even when you already understand core cloud principles. This text-only course bridges the gap for AWS engineers and architects, mapping your existing knowledge directly to Google Cloud's identity and networking paradigms. You will learn how to translate AWS concepts like IAM roles, VPCs, Security Groups, and Direct Connect into their Google Cloud equivalents with confidence.\n\nBy completing this guide, you will gain the skills to design secure, scalable, and isolated cloud environments using Google Cloud's unique global network architecture. You will understand how resource hierarchies and policy inheritance differ from AWS, allowing you to implement robust security boundaries from day one.\n\nWhat you'll learn:\n- Map AWS IAM users, groups, policies, and roles to Google Cloud resource hierarchies and service accounts.\n- Configure global Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), subnets, and firewalls compared to AWS regional VPCs.\n- Implement modern zero-trust security boundaries using VPC Service Controls and Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP).\n- Establish secure hybrid connectivity options, comparing Cloud VPN and Cloud Interconnect to AWS alternatives.\n- Manage organization policies, folders, and projects to establish clear administrative boundaries.\n\nThis course begins with essential structural definitions and conceptual comparisons, establishing a solid foundation before moving into advanced networking topologies and security configurations. You will learn through clear, structured text explanations and comparative design patterns.\n\nThis course is designed for cloud architects, systems administrators, and security professionals with existing AWS experience who need to deploy or manage resources on Google Cloud. No prior Google Cloud experience is required.\n\nBegin expanding your multi-cloud expertise today.