Best cloud certification to get?
MJK9550
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Thinking about maybe picking up a cloud cert, what is a good one to get?
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iBrokeIT Member Posts: 1,318 ■■■■■■■■■□It depends... Public or Private cloud? Which do you prefer Microsoft or Linux?2019: GPEN | GCFE | GXPN | GICSP | CySA+
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MJK9550 Member Posts: 160Doesn't really matter. I'm more familiar with Microsoft but I am planning on getting my Linux skills up very soon. Going to do Linux+ in a couple months. I was thinking of the VMWare Vsphere cert.
Thoughts on that one?
I also saw the MCSA Cloud for Azure. -
Verities Member Posts: 1,162@MJK9550: This question has been asked and answered many times (just do a quick search on the forums). The most popular implementations are AWS (public) and OpenStack (private) for cloud certifications. OpenStack is the open source alternative for building your own cloud. It's mostly geared towards Managed Service Providers as well as Telcos and has a huge community consisting of hundreds of companies that routinely update the features/source code. AWS is Amazon's cloud offering, is well established in terms of market share and features, and makes sense to deploy in small environments or even for disaster recovery/business continuity functions.
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soccarplayer29 Member Posts: 230 ■■■□□□□□□□Other vendor neutral options to throw into the ring: Cloud+, CCSK, CCSP
Vendor specific cloud certs: AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft AzureCerts: CISSP, CISA, PMP -
OctalDump Member Posts: 1,722Read a Cloud+ book to get an idea of what the cloud landscape (that's an interesting picture) looks like, cover the basics, and then look again. It is easy to say "AWS" or "Azure" or "MCSE Private Cloud" or Google or Office365 or Salesforce or CCSP, but if you can't place those in the cloud landscape, it's hard to know how to get where you want to get to, or even where to aim for.2017 Goals - Something Cisco, Something Linux, Agile PM
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UnixGuy Mod Posts: 4,570 ModI don't really see people asking for Cloud certs, but they like to see a 'cloud migration' project on your CV that's for sure.
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EdwinMobile Member Posts: 9 ■□□□□□□□□□Read a Cloud+ book to get an idea of what the cloud landscape (that's an interesting picture) looks like, cover the basics, and then look again. It is easy to say "AWS" or "Azure" or "MCSE Private Cloud" or Google or Office365 or Salesforce or CCSP, but if you can't place those in the cloud landscape, it's hard to know how to get where you want to get to, or even where to aim for.
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yoba222 Member Posts: 1,237 ■■■■■■■■□□The Linux Foundation offers a free cloud course through EdX: LFS151 - Introduction to Cloud Infrastructure Technologies
https://training.linuxfoundation.org/linux-courses/system-administration-training/introduction-to-cloud-infrastructure-technologies
I haven't taken this one in particular but the Linux 101 course was decent and you can't beat the price.A+, Network+, CCNA, LFCS,
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