STEPHANIE WONG: If you're new to Google Cloud,
there is a lot to absorb especially
if you're excited to get started in any of the many tools
out there, like big data Analytics, Kubernetes,
Serverless, or machine learning.
I'm here to break it all down so you can start
building things up right away.
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So first things first, cloud.google.com
is your starting point.
This is where you will find information
about our products and offers.
If you want to jump right in, you
can go directly to the console or search our documentation
for quickstarts, solutions, reference architectures,
and browse code samples.
You'll also find our latest offers listed like free trials.
Pricing is also detailed there, including
Google's pricing list, a detailed cost
calculator for every Google Cloud product and service,
and information on the free tier for every applicable product.
Cloud.google.com is also the place to access support,
to read customer stories, to find partners,
and to understand how Google Cloud is
different from other public clouds.
You'll also find helpful getting started resources,
like quickstarts, trainings, and certifications.
But, in my opinion, the best way to really get
started is the Google Cloud console.
This is where you'll probably spend the most time exploring
and using the platform.
It's where you configure billing accounts,
create and manage projects, and manage all of your Google Cloud
resources, regardless of their data center location.
Every product and every service has its own section
in the console left-hand menu with dashboards,
detailed configuration, and settings.
You'll also find interactive quickstart experiences
right from inside the console.
Take this example quickstart for Compute Engine.
Right from here, it'll show you exactly where
to go in the console for each step.
And within minutes, you'll be running a two-tier web
application running a Python web server running
on Compute Engine.
The Cloud Console also offers a marketplace
with ready-to-go software stacks to accelerate development,
so you spend less time installing
and more time developing.
This allows you to deploy production-grade solutions
in a few clicks with a single bill for all of your Google
Cloud and third-party costs.
And it also offers direct access to partner support.
To make sure you set up your employees
with the right permissions to use different Google Cloud
Resources, Cloud Console integrates Identity and Access
Management, or Cloud IAM, and provides a unified view
into security policies across your entire organization.
This is also where you would manage quotas
across the platform.
Every product comes with one or more usage limits
across the platform, so you can prevent one team
from spending the entire org's budget on a rogue query
or compute job.
You can also use our iOS and Android mobile apps
to monitor and manage your Google Cloud applications
on the go.
Lastly, you can contact support or sign up
for support packages for both development and production
phases right from the console.
Role-Based Support enables configuration on a per user
basis.
And case management is integrated
into the Cloud Console.
Premium support offers additional support
and faster response times for mission critical workloads.
If you'd like to know more about the Google Cloud Console,
check out the links below.
While the console is powerful and flexible,
you can do everything from the command line.
For every action in the console, there is a G Cloud equivalent.
G Cloud is your scriptable and all mighty CLI,
and it comes with the Google Cloud SDK.
You can do things like create resources,
change configurations, and grant authorization.
There are other command line tools
for products like BigQuery and GKE.
The G Cloud SDK and these CLIs come preinstalled
in Cloud Shell.
Cloud Shell is a shell environment
hosted on Google Cloud for managing your projects
and resources.
It's accessible from a simple web browser
and is powered by a small virtual machine
with persistent disk space and up-to-date software for all
of your development needs.
It even comes with a really handy web code editor.
If you'd like to know more about developer tools,
check out the links in the description below.
Now before you can use the Google Cloud Console,
you will need a Google account.
You can create a new Google account
or use an existing one, such as your Gmail account.
We recommend that you enable billing for your project
and that you sign up for our free trial.
But if you don't sign up for the free trial or are unable to,
you can still benefit from the generous always free tier.
Once logged into the Google Cloud Console,
I recommend that you check out the main menu
and in particular the Getting Started section.
Check out the checklist to complete common tasks
like creating a project, finding products and APIs,
and adding your very first resources.
Back on the Getting Started page,
scroll down to the section Put Google Cloud
to Work, and click on Browse Interactive Tutorials.
This opens up a panel with a list
of tutorials of your product of choice
without leaving the console.
Finally, check out the main categories of products
Google Cloud has to offer--
Compute, Storage, Networking, Operations, Tools, Big Data,
and Artificial Intelligence.
As you progress through your discovery of Google Cloud,
keep in mind these key resources.
Documentation can be found at cloud.google.com/docs,
in-depth architectural diagrams and tutorials at /architecture,
code samples at /docs/samples, support at /support,
training at /training, and free code labs
at g.co/codelabs/cloud.
Google Cloud can be a little overwhelming at first,
but with this guidance I hope that you are now
confident that your best ideas can come to life in the Cloud.
I'm excited to see what you build,
and I look forward to your feedback.
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This is Stephanie Wong.
I'll see you all next time.