Service Orchestration and Choreography on Cloud Platforms

Modern cloud architectures rely on microservices that need to communicate reliably and scale independently. Choosing between orchestration and choreography is a critical architectural decision for building maintainable systems. This text-only course guides you through the core patterns of service communication on cloud platforms, helping you master event-driven design. You will start with key terminology, basic concepts, and foundational definitions of distributed systems before progressing to practical implementation patterns. What you'll learn: 1. Understand the fundamental differences between orchestration and choreography patterns. 2. Configure Cloud Workflows to coordinate microservices with stateful orchestration. 3. Implement loose coupling using Eventarc and Pub/Sub for event-driven choreography. 4. Apply robust error handling, retries, and compensation transactions to ensure system reliability. 5. Design secure, authenticated service connections using modern identity and access management. 6. Monitor and debug distributed workflows using modern cloud observability and logging tools. In this course, you will explore structured, written explanations and configuration examples that show you how to connect services, manage event routing, and secure your integrations. This course is designed for beginner cloud developers and architects looking to master modern application integration patterns, with no advanced background in distributed systems required. Start reading today to build robust, loosely coupled cloud architectures.