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Start your platform setup

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IT administration

Establish administrators, billing accounts, and other settings in your Google Cloud environment.

1
 Establish your organization, administrators, and billing
2
 Create an initial architecture
3
 Deploy or download configuration

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FinOps administration

Set up billing, spending notifications, and resource structure to facilitate cost monitoring and optimization.

1
 Learn about Cloud Billing
2
 Create a billing account
3
 Set up spending notifications
4
 Enable billing data export for custom reporting

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DevOps engineering

Start automating infrastructure and secure collaboration with teammates using Google Cloud tools and best practices.

1
 Set up API access
2
 Install the gcloud CLI
3
 Enable teammates using IAM
4
 Choose and install a Cloud Client Library
5
 Learn about authentication and authorization

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Application development

Get basic API access and set up a development environment that can interact with Google Cloud services.

1
 Set up API access
2
 Install the gcloud CLI
3
 Choose and install a Cloud Client Library
4
 Set up IDE extensions
5
 Learn about authentication and authorization

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Data analysis

Analyze sample data using Google Cloud products with minimal setup.

1
 Load and query sample data
2
 Explore, analyze, and share data
3
 Learn about programmatic analysis tools
4
 Introduction to AI and ML in BigQuery

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Begin building

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