Develop and Deploy Windows Applications on Google Cloud Platform (Coursera)

Course objectives

This course teaches participants the following skills:

• Configuring Microsoft Windows and Microsoft SQL Server in Google Compute Engine

• Deploying ASP.NET MVC applications to Google Compute Engine

• Deploying .NET Core applications to Google Compute Engine, Google Compute Engine, and Google Container Engine

Pre-requisites

• System-administration or application-development experience with Microsoft Windows

• A general familiarity with cloud computing

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Module 1: Introduction to Google Cloud Platform

Get to know the basics of Google Cloud Platform and how to create Windows virtual machines. You'll learn about the scope and structure of GCP, options for Windows deployment on GCP, and GCP interfaces.

Module 2: Windows Workloads on Google Compute Engine

You'll learn about Google Compute Engine virtual machine options, integrating Active Directory with Google Compute Engine virtual machines, and running SQL Server in Google Compute Engine for high availability.

Module 3: Developing ASP.NET MVC applications

You'll learn about the model-view-controller structure, using Microsoft Visual Studio’s Web Project template to develop in ASP.NET, and deploying applications to Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) in GCE.

Module 4: Configuring Resilient Workloads

You'll learn about deploying instances across GCP zones, using instance groups to create pools of virtual machines, and load balancing Windows applications.

Module 5: Delivering Next-Generation ASP.NET Core on GCP

Finally, you'll learn about .NET Core and EF Core, options for deploying ASP.NET Core applications on Google Cloud Platform, and how to deploy ASP.NET Core applications on Google Compute Engine, Google Container Engine, and Google App Engine.