Introduction to Cloud Identity serves as the starting place for any new Cloud Identity, Identity/Access Management/Mobile Device Management admins as they begin their journey of managing and establishing security and access management best practices for their organization. This 15-30 hour accelerated, one-week course will leave you feeling confident to utilize the basic functions of the Admin Console to manage users, control access to services, configure common security settings, and much more.
Introduction to Cloud Identity
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Introduction to Cloud Identity
Instructor: Google Cloud Training
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Approx. 11 hours
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There are 6 modules in this course
In this module, we guide you through the Cloud Identity product, and walk you through setting up your account and Google Cloud Identity free trial to use during training.
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3 videos5 readings1 assignment
In this module, you'll learn about provisioning and managing users in your Cloud Identity domain. The exercises cover how to add new users in various ways and how to configure user identities, settings, and privileges.
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2 videos14 readings1 assignment
In this module, you will walk you through some of the security features that are available to you as the Cloud Identity admin.
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2 videos10 readings1 assignment
In this module, you'll learn about Google mobile device management settings, understand how to enforce device policies over their mobile fleet using the Google Admin console, and learn how to prevent unauthorized access to an account from a lost mobile device.
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5 videos8 readings1 assignment
In this module, you will learn how to do basic domain management and report generation from the Google Cloud Identity Admin Console.
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2 videos4 readings1 assignment
This module serves as the summary of your training and also provides you with two case studies that will help you think about practical applications of Google Cloud Identity.
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1 video2 readings
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Frequently asked questions
This is training for a new Google Cloud product, Cloud IAM (Cloud Identity & Access Management).
Hopeful and existing system administrators who are: 1) attempting to better understand how a cloud-based Identity Provider (IdP) functions; 2) looking to understand more about using Cloud Identity and how to deploy it within their organization; and 3) tech savvy individuals who are interested in learning more about Google Cloud Identity. Another key audience for the course: architects and implementers of Google Cloud Platform infrastructure who wish to use Cloud Identity to manage their administrative user identities.
-Learner must be ready to purchase a domain or have a pre-existing domain to use
-Basic understanding of identity management concepts