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Credentials & certifications

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Table of Contents

Why get Google Cloud certified? 01

Technical training and certifications 02
How to prepare 03
Pathways to certification 04
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Credential path vs. certification path

Credentials (Sales & Technical) Certifications (Technical)

1. Register as a user in the Partner Advantage portal 1. Get access to Google Cloud Skills Boost for Partners
2. Select the Credential you want to achieve in the via the training request form (instructions)
Credentials and Certifications page under 2. Prepare for the exam by taking a certification training
Google Cloud credentials portfolio you are interested in Google Cloud Skills Boost for
3. This will take you to the Google Cloud Partner Partners
Learning Center or EDU website where you can 3. When you are ready to get certified, go to
complete the credential course. cloud.google.com/certification to select and register
4. Upon successful completion, you will earn the for your certification exam in Webassessor
credential and this will show up in your profile in 4. Upon passing the exam successfully, the certification
the Partner Advantage portal earned will show up in your profile in the Partner
Advantage portal
There are no prerequisites for this. If you feel you have
enough experience/knowledge, you can take the course No cloud experience required for foundational level. See
and earn your credential. respective pages for Associate and Professional
certifications for recommended hands-on and industry
experience.
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01
Why become
Google Cloud certified?
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There’s an increasing need for cloud skills

Enterprise spending on cloud-based

offerings is growing faster than
spending on traditional IT offerings 1

But, 86% of IT leaders report that

the shortage of cloud computing skills
will slow down their 2020 cloud projects 2

1
Gartner, Cloud Shift Impacts All IT Markets , October 2020
2
Logicworks, Challenges of Cloud Transformation, February 2020
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Google Cloud certifications transform Commit To Certify Highlight Earn Achieve

businesses and careers Learn Customer

Success
Expertise Specialization

Professional Data Engineer

topped the list of highest
paying IT certification of 2021
with Professional Cloud
Architect following in second.1
93% 27%
percent of IT decision-makers around
More than 1 in 4 of Google Cloud
the world agree that certified
certified individuals took on
employees provide added value
more responsibility or leadership
above and beyond the cost of
roles at work.3
certification.2

87% 65% 71%

percent of individuals report
becoming Google Cloud certified
percent of certified individuals will enable their employer to get
of certified individuals stated they
plan to recertify on Google Cloud more business, increase work with
feel more confident about their cloud
at the end of the two-year existing customers, or help scale up
skills.3
Business Benefits Career Benefits certification term.3 their business.2

1. Based on responses from the Global Knowledge 2021 IT Skills and Salary Survey
2. Global Knowledge, 2019 Global IT Skills and Salary Report
3. Google Cloud Certification Impact Report
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Growing and retaining talent is woven into

everything we do. Google Cloud training and
certification has been key to our strategy of
developing talent internally. The program has been
instrumental in supporting our rapid growth.”

Simon Lewis
Head of Engineering Delivery, Appsbroker
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We (Slalom) more than doubled our number of

certs on Google Cloud in 2019...the certification
push has paid off and we’re engaged in more
Google Cloud work than ever before right now.”

Benjamin Mokotoff
Managing Director, Slalom Consulting
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Benefits for you and your business

Keep partner status Stay competitive Boost your career

Getting certified is required Showcase validated, Enhance your skills,

in order to maintain your technical skills that solve demonstrate expertise, and
partner status. real-world challenges. display personal badges.
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Partner Advantage success

How to succeed by demonstrating your alignment, capability, and customer success.

Premier Level

Partner Level

Member designation

Business intent + business Annual Business Plan* Annual Business Plan or

profile Joint Business Plan
Alignment
Sell: 2 technical + 2 sales Sell: 20 total credentials/certifications
credentials/certifications Service: 12 professional certifications**
Service: 2 professional certifications Build: 2 product integrations
Capability Build: 1 product integration

$1M annual qualifying billings

($500K in growth markets)
Customer Success + 3 Customer Success Stories

* optional for Partner Level authorizations

**or 10 Professional certifications and 1 Specialization, or 2 Specializations
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Options for credentials and certifications

SELL ENGAGEMENT MODEL SERVICE ENGAGEMENT MODEL
Google Workspace Google Workspace Deployment Services Credential* Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Certification
Professional Google Workspace Administrator Certification Professional Cloud Developer Certification
Professional Cloud Network Engineer Certification
Professional Cloud Security Engineer Certification
Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Certification Professional Data Engineer Certification
Professional Cloud Architect Certification Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Certification
Professional Cloud Developer Certification Professional Machine Learning Engineer Certification
TECHNICAL

Professional Cloud Network Engineer Certification Professional Cloud Database Engineer Certification
Professional Cloud Security Engineer Certification Google Cloud Certified Fellow: Hybrid Multicloud
Professional Data Engineer Certification
Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
Professional Machine Learning Engineer Google Workspace Professional Google Workspace Administrator Certification
Professional Cloud Database Engineer
Google Cloud Certified Fellow: Hybrid Multicloud
Google Workspace for Certified Educator Level 1
EDU Certified Educator Level 2
Google Maps Platform Google Maps Platform Technical Credential

Chrome Chrome Enterprise Deployment Credential

Google for Education Deployment Credential*

Partner Advantage Pro Tip: Professional certifications

1 requirements may specify that 2 count toward both Sell and Service
Google Workspace Google Workspace Sales Credential
credentials are specific to Sales
or Technical
Google Cloud Google Cloud Sales Credential
SALES

* For Authorization for EDU: (Sales) Google for Education Sales Credential; (Technical) Google Workspace Deployment
Google Maps Platform Google Maps Platform Sales Credential Services Credential, Google for Education Deployment Credential
Google Cloud Sales Credential
NOTE: Certifications links go to training site. To take Google Cloud and Google Workspace certification exams, go to
cloud.google.com/certification. For all other certifications, use the register button in respective pages.

Chrome Chrome Enterprise Sales Credential

Google for Education Sales Credential*
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02
Technical training
and certifications
 Google Cloud certifications
Foundational
No cloud experience needed

Professional Professional Professional Professional Professional Professional Associate

Cloud DevOps Cloud Network Cloud Security Data Engineer Machine Google Recommended 6+ months
Engineer Engineer Engineer Learning Workspace hands-on experience
Engineer Administrator with Google Cloud

Professional
Recommended
3+ years industry experience
& 1 year hands-on experience
Cloud Associate Professional Professional Professional
with Google Cloud
Digital Cloud Cloud Architect Cloud Database Cloud
Leader* Engineer Engineer Developer Cloud Database Engineer certification
recommends 5+ years industry
experience and minimum 2 years
experience on Google Cloud databases

*Does not count towards Partner Advantage requirements.

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Google Cloud technical learning paths On-demand Virtual and in-person Classroom Resource Self-paced Labs Skill badge

Infrastructure Modernization Data Management

Roles: Cloud Engineer Roles: Cloud Architect Roles: Database Engineer

Preparing for Your Associate Cloud Preparing for your Professional Cloud Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure | ⧗ 1 DAY
Learn Architect Journey | ⧗ 1 DAY
Engineer Journey | ⧗ 1 DAY
Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure | ⧗ 1 DAY Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure | ⧗ 1 DAY Enterprise Database Migration | ⧗ 4 DAYS

Architecting with Google Compute Engine | ⧗ 3 DAYS Architecting with Google Compute Engine | ⧗ 3 DAYS

Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine | ⧗ 1 DAY Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine | ⧗ 1 DAY

Logging, Monitoring and Observability Logging, Monitoring and Observability

in Google Cloud | ⧗ 3 DAYS in Google Cloud | ⧗ 3 DAYS
Getting Started with Terraform for Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure:
Google Cloud | ⧗ 1 DAY Design and Process | ⧗ 2 DAYS

Create and Manage Cloud Resources Create and Manage Cloud Resources
Practice Migrate MySQL Data to Cloud SQL using
Perform Foundational Infrastructure Tasks Perform Foundational Infrastructure Tasks Database Migration Service
in Google Cloud in Google Cloud
Set Up and Configure a Cloud Environment Manage PostgreSQL Databases on Cloud SQL
Set Up and Configure a Cloud Environment
in Google Cloud in Google Cloud
Automating Infrastructure on Google Cloud Create and Manage Cloud Spanner Databases
Automating Infrastructure on Google Cloud with Terraform
with Terraform
Deploy and Manage Cloud Environments Manage Cloud Bigtable on Google Cloud
with Google Cloud
Optimize Costs for Google Kubernetes Engine

Prepare Associate Cloud Engineer Exam Guide Professional Cloud Architect Exam Guide Professional Cloud Database Engineer Exam Guide

Professional Cloud Architect Sample Questions Professional Cloud Database Engineer Sample Questions
Associate Cloud Engineer Sample Questions

Certify
Associate Cloud Engineer Professional Cloud Architect Professional Cloud Database Engineer
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On-demand Virtual and in-person Classroom Resource Self-paced Labs Skill badge

Networking and Security Productivity and Collaboration

Roles: Network Engineer, Network Operations Roles: Security Engineer, Security Operations Roles: Google Workspace Administrator
Complete end user learning path
Preparing for Your Professional Cloud
Learn Network Engineer Journey | ⧗ 1 DAY
Preparing for Your Professional Cloud
Security Engineer Journey | ⧗ 1 DAY
Google Workspace Administration | ⧗ 4–6 WEEKS
Google Cloud Fundamentals:
Google Cloud Fundamentals:
Core Infrastructure | ⧗ 1 DAY
Core Infrastructure | ⧗ 1 DAY
Networking in Google Cloud | ⧗ 2 DAYS
Networking in Google Cloud | ⧗ 2 DAYS

Security in Google Cloud | ⧗ 3 DAYS

Logging, Monitoring, and Observability
in Google Cloud | ⧗ 3 DAYS
Logging, Monitoring, and Observability
in Google Cloud | ⧗ 3 DAYS

Practice Create and Manage Cloud Resources Build and Secure Networks in Google Cloud

Perform Foundational Infrastructure Tasks

Ensure Access & Identity in Google Cloud
in Google Cloud

Build and Secure Networks in Google Cloud Secure Workloads in Google Kubernetes Engine

Network Performance and Optimization

Configure your Workplace: Google Workspace
Ensure Access & Identity in Google Cloud for IT Admins

Prepare
Professional Cloud Security Engineer Exam Guide Professional Google Workspace Administrator
Professional Cloud Network Engineer Exam Guide
Exam Guide
Professional Cloud Network Engineer Professional Cloud Security Engineer Professional Google Workspace Administrator
Sample Questions Sample Questions Sample Questions

Certify
Professional Cloud Network Engineer Professional Cloud Security Engineer Professional Google Workspace Administrator
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On-demand Virtual and in-person Classroom Resource Self-paced Labs Skill badge

Machine Learning and

Data Analytics Cloud Digital Leader*
Artificial Intelligence
Roles: Data Scientist/ML Engineer Roles: Data Engineer

Google Cloud Big Data and ML Google Cloud Big Data and ML Fundamentals Introduction to Digital Transformation with
Learn Fundamentals | ⧗ 1 DAY | ⧗ 1 DAY Google Cloud | ⧗ 2.5 HOURS

Machine Learning on Google Cloud | ⧗ 5 DAYS

Data Engineering on Google Cloud | ⧗ 4 DAYS Innovating with Data and Google Cloud | ⧗ 2.5 HOURS
Advanced Solutions Lab | ⧗ 5 WEEKS
Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow Infrastructure and Application Modernization with
OR | ⧗ 3 DAYS Google Cloud | ⧗ 2.5 HOURS
Advanced Machine Learning with
Understanding Google Cloud Security and
TensorFlow on Google Cloud | ⧗ 5 WEEKS Data Integration with Cloud Data Fusion Operations | ⧗ 2 HOURS
| ⧗ 2 DAYS
OR
ML Ops Fundamentals | ⧗ 3 WEEKS
Cloud Digital Leader training | 2 DAYS
ML Pipelines on Google Cloud | ⧗ 4 DAYS

Perform Foundational Data, ML, and AI Perform Foundational Data, ML, and AI
Practice Tasks in Google Cloud Tasks in Google Cloud

Build and Deploy ML Solutions on Vertex AI Build and Optimize Data Warehouses with BigQuery

Engineer Data in Google Cloud

Professional Machine Learning Engineer Exam Guide Preparing for the Professional Data
Prepare Engineer Examination | ⧗ 1 DAY

Professional Machine Learning Engineer

Sample Questions Professional Cloud Data Engineer Exam Guide Cloud Digital Leader Exam Guide

Professional Cloud Data Engineer Sample Questions Cloud Digital Leader Sample Questions

Certify Professional Machine Learning Engineer Professional Data Engineer Cloud Digital Leader

*The Cloud Digital Leader certification is not currently applicable toward Partner Advantage requirements
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On-demand Virtual and in-person Classroom Resource Self-paced Labs Skill badge

Application Modernization
Roles: Cloud Developer Roles: SRE, DevOps Engineer

Google Cloud Fundamentals:

Learn Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure | ⧗ 1 DAY
Core Infrastructure | ⧗ 1 DAY

Developing Applications with Google Cloud | ⧗ 3 DAYS Developing a Google SRE Culture ⧗ 4 HOURS

Reliable Google Cloud Infrastructure:

Application Development with Cloud Run | ⧗ 3 DAYS Design and Process | ⧗ 2 DAYS
Logging, Monitoring, and Observability
Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine | ⧗ 1 DAY in Google Cloud | ⧗ 3 DAYS

Getting Started with Terraform for Google Cloud | ⧗ 1 DAY

Hybrid Cloud Modernizing Applications
with Anthos | ⧗ 1 DAY
Cloud Operations and Service Mesh with Anthos| ⧗ 1 DAY

Practice Serverless Cloud Run Development Perform Foundational Infrastructure Tasks

Serverless Firebase Development Implement DevOps in Google Cloud

Deploy to Kubernetes in Google Cloud Monitor and Log with Cloud Operations

Measure Site Reliability using Cloud

Operations
Automating Infrastructure on Google Cloud
with Terraform

Prepare Professional Cloud Developer Exam Guide Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Exam Guide

Professional Cloud Developer Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

Sample Questions Sample Questions

Certify
Professional Cloud Developer Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
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How to
prepare
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Exclusive partner-only content and unlimited learning at Request Access

no cost with Google Cloud Skills Boost for Partners.

Learning paths Hands-on labs Product courses Solution training Inside track

Partner only Partner only

Tailored paths to guide Get hands-on Learn skills and gain Learn how to help Courses designed to
your learning goals. experience using the expertise in Google customers solve provide partners with
Google Cloud console. Cloud technologies, business problems with the latest training and
and get started on the Google Cloud solutions. updates from Google
path to certification. subject matter experts.
 Length
2 hours

Exam Format
Multiple choice and multiple select

About the exams

cloud.google.com/certification/faq
Prerequisites
None

Exam Delivery
Take the online-proctored exam from a remote location, or
onsite-proctored exam at a testing center
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04
Pathways to certification
from Google Cloud
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Accelerate your path to Associate Cloud Engineer

certification with [English] Register here
[Japanese] Register here
Partner Certification Kickstart
Professional Cloud Architect
[English] Register here
[Japanese] Register here
Partner Certification Kickstart is a six-week
accelerated training and coaching program offered at
no cost to Google Cloud partners preparing for any of Professional Data Engineer
these certification exams. [English] Register here
[Japanese] Register here

Professional Cloud Developer

[English] Register here
Japanese] Register here

Professional Google Workspace

Need additional support? Administrator
Check out our Partner Certification Kickstart FAQ. [English] Register here
Japanese] Register here
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Enhance your cloud skills on your path to

recertification with Partner Tech Refresh

Prepare to renew your Google Cloud certification.

Your recertification exam is discounted by 50%.

Register for
Refresh your knowledge of core concepts and
platform enhancements with dedicated Google
Partner Tech
Cloud trainers. Refresh

Live study groups to explore the latest changes to

Google Cloud products and services.
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Certify your whole team with

a Certification Drive

A Certification Drive is a campaign that a partner

company can run to increase cloud skills and
certifications within the organization.

We’ve built a detailed toolkit to help partners design,

prepare for, and run a successful Certification Drive.

The toolkit includes email communication templates,

project management templates, pitch decks, and
more.
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Enjoy the benefits

● Distinguish yourself with a Google

Cloud Certified badge and certificate

● Exclusive Google Cloud Certified

swag

● Network and exchange ideas in the

Google Cloud Certified community

● Special recognition at select events

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