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Design well-architected cloud topologies that are secure, efficient, resilient, high-performing, and cost-effective

Explore the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework

Review foundational architecture guidance for enterprise deployments in Google Cloud

Learn about basic archetypes for cloud deployments: zonal, regional, multi-regional, global, hybrid, and multicloud.
Design and build infrastructure to run workloads reliably in Google Cloud.
Build a landing zone that includes identity onboarding, resource hierarchy, network design, and security controls.
Build a foundation for governance, security scale, visibility, and access.

Discover domain-specific architecture guidance

AI and ML
Explore reference architectures, patterns, and best practices for AI and ML solutions on Google Cloud.
Application development
Design scalable and resilient applications using microservices, serverless, and modern patterns.
Big data and analytics
Design, deploy, and manage big data and analytics workloads.
Databases
Learn how to design, deploy, and manage database workloads.
Hybrid and multicloud
Discover guidance for cloud workloads that span on-premises data centers and multiple cloud providers.
Migration
Get guidance and best practices for migrating your workloads, applications, and data to Google Cloud.
Monitoring and logging
Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and observability for your cloud resources.
Networking
Design secure, high-performance, and cost-effective network topologies using VPC, load balancing, and other services.
Reliability
Build highly available and resilient systems and plan for disaster recovery to meet your business continuity goals.
Security and IAM
Secure your cloud environment with best practices for identity management, access control, and threat prevention.
Storage
Design an optimal storage strategy for your cloud workloads using object, file, block, and archive storage solutions.

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