Official Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide
by Dan Sullivan · Sybex
Dan Sullivan's official Sybex study guide (first edition, 2019) for the Professional Cloud Architect exam. Chapters map to the exam objectives, covering business and technical requirements, compute, storage and network design, security, migration planning and reliability, with review questions and online practice tests.
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