Google Cloud Digital Leader Certification Course - Pass the Exam!

[@anigreen22]

Just took the exam and passed. For anyone doing this in 2024, the Google learning path has been updated and is much more useful (very much worth going through it). The exam guide has been improved to be more accurate and reflective of what's actually in the exam. Also imo, the exam is easier than what was presented in this video, I highly doubt it's 3x more difficult than AWS or Azure anymore. With that being said, this video is EXTREMELY helpful in understanding the differences between GCP services and tools. It also helps drive in some concepts that are glossed over in the official learning path. The learning path, this video, the official Google sample questions, and the free practice exam on freeCodeCamp are more than enough to prepare you.

[@LadooCrew]

Congrats what tools did you use in new to cloud and thinking of going for this exam. Any advice would be appreciated did you purchase exam pro?

[@Zero11_ss]

Did you get a job in the 4 months since or?

[@AnanthVenkitaraman]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 02:36 GCP *CDL is the first certification in the learning path.* 03:58 GCP *roadmap and recommended learning path.* 08:35 Exam *details and proctoring information.* 09:31 Preparation *tips and importance of practice exams.* 11:47 Exam *grading, question types, and duration.* 13:26 Exam *guide overview and key topics covered.* 27:37 Google's *history and Hadoop.* 29:27 GCP *technical architecture.* 30:35 Introduction *to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).* 32:14 Advantages *of cloud computing.* 43:55 Comparison *across cloud computing types.* 47:35 Function *as a Service (FaaS).* 50:22 Google *Cloud responsibility.* 53:22 Cloud *computing deployment models.* 56:53 Total *Cost of Ownership (TCO).* 57:51 Capital *vs. Operational Expenditures.* 01:00:54 Cloud *architecture terminology.* 01:07:48 Virtual *machines (VMs) utilize hypervisors for multi-tenancy, sharing server costs. VMs face underutilization challenges, conflicts, but offer easy migration and scalability. VMs are widely used and comfortable for many users.* 01:09:02 Containers, *like Docker, run multiple apps efficiently, maximizing capacity and flexibility. Containers share the same OS, preventing conflicts during resource sharing. Containers require more maintenance than VMs but offer increased efficiency.* 01:10:12 Serverless *functions abstract infrastructure concerns, enabling code execution without managing OS. Cost-effective, pay only for code execution time. Cold starts may cause slight delays due to VM spin-up.* 01:14:27 Zones *are physical locations with one or more data centers. High availability requires deploying resources across multiple zones. Google Cloud generally offers three zones per region.* 01:17:16 Data *residency refers to the physical location of Cloud resources. Compliance boundaries dictate where data can reside based on legal requirements. Assured Workloads and resource location restrictions help enforce data residency.* 01:18:57 Cloud *Interconnect offers direct physical connections between on-premise networks and Google's network. Dedicated and Partner Interconnect options provide varying bandwidth. Co-location facilities are rental data centers facilitating dedicated connections.* 01:23:23 Latency *is the time delay between systems. Inter-regional latency may range around 500 milliseconds, while inter-zonal latency is in the double digits. Understanding latency helps in choosing suitable architectures for high availability.* 01:25:57 Innovation *waves, driven by technological advancements, shape global economies. Cloud technology is a current wave, causing expansion and potential boom. Recognizing patterns of expansion, recession, and depression is crucial.* 01:27:49 Computing *power evolution includes CPUs, Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) for machine learning, and Quantum Computing. TPUs excel in neural networks and are 50 times faster than CPUs. Quantum Computing has the potential to be a hundred million times faster.* 01:29:43 Digital *transformation overview.* 01:31:34 Business *application platform portfolio: Cloud SDK, Cloud API, Cloud CLI.* 01:32:01 Application *modernization benefits: rapid iteration, automated deployment, AI-powered code reviews.* 01:32:54 Database *and Storage Solutions: Cloud Storage, data durability, SLA-backed availability.* 01:34:17 Security *features: Cloud services default strong security mechanisms, IAM, Security Command Center.* 01:42:28 GCAF *Phases: Tactical, Strategic, Transformational - determining organization's maturity.* 01:44:06 Cloud *Maturity Scale: matrix of themes and phases for pinpointing adoption position.* 01:51:18 Cloud *Maturity Assessment Tool: form to assess organization against GCAF themes and phases.* 01:52:29 Core *offerings overview* 01:52:42 Google *Cloud VM engine* 01:53:11 Compute *options overview* 01:53:25 App *Engine introduction* 01:54:38 App *Engine features* 01:59:32 Kubernetes *overview* 02:00:56 BigQuery *as a serverless data warehouse* 02:06:11 Key *value stores characteristics* 02:08:32 Serverless *services introduction* 02:10:24 Storage *options overview* 02:13:22 Cloud *storage features* 02:14:00 Geo-redundant *storage.* 02:16:18 VPC *basics: Subnets, zones, public, private, and firewall rules.* 02:20:00 Overview *of networking services: Cloud Armor, Load Balancing, CDN, Cloud NAT, DNS, VPN.* 02:31:16 Distinction *between Dataproc, Dataflow, and Cloud Data Fusion for data processing and transformation.* 02:34:12 Developer *tools overview: Artifact Registry, Cloud SDK, Container Registry, Cloud Code, Cloud Build, Cloud Source Repositories, Cloud Scheduler, Cloud Tasks, Cloud Code for IntelliJ, Tools for PowerShell, Firebase Test Lab, Firebase Crash Analytics, Tecton, Event Arc.* 02:38:05 Anthos *GKE: Deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications on Google Kubernetes Engine.* 02:39:15 Internet *of Things (IoT): Google IoT Core securely connects and manages IoT devices.* 02:43:01 Operations *Suite: Cloud monitoring, logging, error reporting, APM, and profilers for app services.* 02:45:06 Firebase: *Fully managed platform for web and mobile apps with various services like Cloud Firestore, machine learning, and analytics.* 02:46:56 Migration *Services: Database Migration Service, BigQuery Data Transfer, Migrate for Compute Engine, Migrate for Anthos, Cloud Storage Transfer, Transfer Appliance.* 02:57:45 Anthos: *Application management platform for hybrid architectures, managing Kubernetes, clusters, migration services, and more.* 03:00:02 Storage *transfer service for data movement.* 03:03:18 Vertex *AI is Google's unified ML platform.* 03:19:27 Google *Cloud's secure infrastructure design.* 03:24:11 Data *Security Standards: Google adheres to various standards like PCI DSS, FIPS 140-2, and HIPAA, ensuring secure processing, storage, and transmission of sensitive information.* 03:29:51 Private *Cloud: Private Cloud enables packaging Google Cloud resources into service offerings, creating a catalog for internal use, ensuring compliance, and allowing controlled resource procurement.* 03:31:28 Data *Loss Prevention: Google Cloud's DLP service detects and protects sensitive information in storage repositories, supporting personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI).* 03:41:41 Directory *Services: Directory services, like DNS, Active Directory, Azure AD, Apache Directory, and Google Cloud Identity, map network resource names to addresses, providing shared information infrastructure.* 03:42:36 Cloud *Identity: Google Cloud Identity is an identity-as-a-service offering, centrally managing users and groups, supporting access management, reporting, security, and integration with various directory services.* 03:50:11 Managed *service for Microsoft active directory on Google Cloud.* 03:56:15 Service *Level Agreements (SLAs) define expected service levels, indicators, and objectives for compensation.* 04:07:45 Technical *Account Advisory Service (TAAS): Proactive guidance and reactive support for Cloud journey.* 04:11:24 Cloud *Aware Support: Jump start to resolving technical issues and improving premium support experience.* 04:12:38 Premium *Support Event Management: Support for peak events, disaster tests, resolution guidance, and outcome review.* 04:14:45 New *Product Previews: Premium support customers get access to previews of new Google Cloud products.* 04:16:51 Technical *Account Managers (TAM): Trusted advisors at Premium Support level for onboarding, guidance, and operational support.* 04:20:55 Billing *Account Types: Self-serve (online) and Invoice (offline) accounts with individual or business payment profiles.* 04:23:32 Billing *Health Checks and Budget Alerts: Recommendations to avoid issues and create budget alerts for spending control.* 04:24:55 Billing *Reports: Four built-in reports (Billing, Cost Table, Cost Breakdown, Pricing) for analyzing Google Cloud usage costs.* 04:26:21 Cost *Table Reports: Access and analyze detailed invoice and statement costs, downloadable to CSV.* 04:27:05 Cost *Breakdown Reports: At-a-glance waterfall overview of monthly costs, savings, and invoice-level charges.* 04:28:59 Pricing *Reports: Access SKU prices for Google Cloud services with details on list price, contract price, and effective discount.* 04:29:55 Pricing *Overview: Seven types of pricing, including Free Trial, Free Tier, On Demand, Committed Use Discounts, Sustained Use Discounts, Preemptable VM Instances, Flat Rate Pricing, and Sole Tenant Node Pricing.* 04:41:16: Flat *Rate Pricing (BigQuery)* 04:43:31: Google *Pricing Calculator* 04:49:27: GCP *Follow Along* 04:55:01 Controlling *Spend:* 04:58:59 Cost *Table Breakdown:* 05:14:09 IP *resolution issue.* 05:15:45 External *IP issue.* 05:19:17 Transition *to databases.* Compute costs *caution* Google Collab *for free ML* Made with HARPA AI

[@davidjaramillo8513]

Thanks!

[@techking3664]

Thanks

[@PARAGK09]

He is not KZbinr He is Social Cloud Worker. Thanks, Brother for such grateful content.

[@shelby1999]

Took exam today and passed! Follow this video and take notes to topics like databases , security, resource hierarchy If you have background from AWS ..you just need to know functionality of service very similar to CCP . Good luck!

[@ffblegend]

I assuem you have AWS in your background? I am new to cloud and hoping this free training helps me. I orderd a few books as well to help.

[@shelby1999]

@@ffblegend yes this would definitely help

[@aseelmrk7778]

Hello there, may I ask if this course is the only one you watched during your studies for the exam? Also I'm not well familiar with cloud in general so I'm planning to study this course, Is it good for those who are newbie's? and Is it enough?

[@pedro.raimundo]

I have passed the exam 3 days ago. For all my Cloud certifications (3x AWS + this one), I've always studied using Andrew's content. Thank you for sharing your hard work and enabling people to step up!

[@abbas52ification]

What kind of q you got for CDLexam ? Any q on SRE or AI ML ? Any help is appreciated!

[@lovejones1897]

Have u found a job

[@siddharthkak6151]

Passed GCP CDL today. I already hold AWS CCP cert. For those of you who have AWS certs, I would just recommend going through this video (1.5x) skip sections not important for exams, and you should be able to pass. ( I just spend about 2.5 hours on this video and then couple of online mock tests)

[@jayasingh8621]

what are the sections not important for the exam??

[@siddharthkak6151]

I didn't see any questions on the Billing concepts. A lot of questions were asked on Data Warehouse, SRE concepts, GKE.

[@abhishekpradhan7824]

After passing the exam will it gurrenty a job in cloud platform as a fresher ? What extra skills we need to have as a fresher ???

[@siddharthkak6151]

@@abhishekpradhan7824 It will not definitely guarantee a job, but can help to better your resume. The advanced cloud certifications like Google Cloud ACE can help you get entry level job interviews. Best of luck

[@bijoux3867]

Congrats 👏

[@MohammedFahimEllias]

Passed the exam today by going through Andrew video and taking 4 Mock tests. Preparation time 1 week .

[@jmlineb]

Where did you find the 4 mock tests?

[@Naresh-lf5xo]

where did you find the mack tests, please ?

[@Naresh-lf5xo]

Did you have any lick with getting those mock tests you were asking for ? I am looking as well.

[@pramodvr24]

Yesterday I've passed the exam, Thanks very much Andrew for your lecture videos. your content was solid enough to clear the exam

[@ImperialUn10n]

Hey there! Were there any any billing or support specific questions? Or any unexpected questions?

[@pramodvr24]

@@ImperialUn10n No surprises from gcp on the questions aspect. No support related questions, but there was one on billing. Andrew covered pretty much everything in the video. Good luck !

[@kalpanadimri9585]

I am not technical person BUT would still like to go for this exam, what do you suggest?

[@LuisSalgadoClara]

I have been studying GCP for a month. I’m a Google partner and have many resources available to me. This is simply the best. I will be buying the program to help out. You Rock!!

[@abhishekjoshi001]

thanks; I was able to pass the exam by this video itself and some bunch of practice; I would recommend all GCP CDL Aspirants to go through this course religiously and make sure to remember topic related info highlighted at end of each topic by Andrew Brown.

[@2530362]

This video helped me to pass the exam on August 2nd, 2024! Thank you so much.

[@abduljabbarnoofl6695]

Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻My exam is next month, did you study from this video only (is it enough)? Or you studied from other resources as well? congrats again🎉

[@DavidLindner-oq5sc]

Passed the exam in 11 minutes flat, way over-prepared from this course. Thanks Andrew!

[@astralfields1696]

Passed this week. Make sure to focus on 'everything' that the exam guidance mentions. There was even one question from the Google Cloud Adoption Framework. They have really tried hard to include questions in the exam that are contained within the official guide and official courses, which is of course good. But if you pass only the official courses and guides, it is also not enough. You need to understand in which situations things like DataWarehouse, DataProc, BigQuery etc are used. All the questions are situational, which makes the exam relatively harder than Az-900 and AWS (I have both).

[@shyamalabhat9988]

I used this learning material to reinforce my understanding of the concepts and services. Happy to note that I passed the exam. Thank you for your well curated content.

[@JaimeOriol]

What contets of this video you found irrelevant??

[@SanjeevaniKashyap]

I, recently, passed the GCP Digital Leader, thanks to Andrew. This content was really helpful.

[@omarlx]

Passed the exam, this video helps a lot I also reviewed official Google videos for some topics like discounts, take a moment to study this topic, and compliance. Focus on storage, app engine, Cloud armor, Cloud SQL, Big query, Anthos and Preemtible VMs also designing scenarios for migrating on premise to cloud based on local, regional and global access and frequency of requests.

[@nitiknayyar7659]

Is this exam is beneficial for a fresher ?

[@omarlx]

@@nitiknayyar7659 yes

[@valikonen]

What type of certification you choose?

[@mabrarbilal]

Andres do you have dumps ???, what is your email ID

[@pinkyporwal1235]

Can you share 15 handwritten page summary to me please?

[@lazgameplays]

Passed the exam yesterday, amazing content!! Thank you!!

[@jadefreel2293]

Thanks for making this! Passed the exam today, this video and the practice exam on exampro was all I used to get prepared. Appreciate it greatly 🎉

[@tabanyazdani8551]

Thanks for your help!! Just passed the exam 30 min ago and wanted to say that your videos thought me more than any other content out there that I’ve been studying for the past couple do months haha!

[@aseelmrk7778]

Hello there, may I ask if this course is the only one you watched during your studies for the exam? Also I'm not well familiar with cloud in general so I'm planning to study this course, Is it good for those who are newbie's? and Is it enough?

[@ricardocalleja]

I want to express my gratitude towards Andrew for the lecture videos he provided. They were very helpful in allowing me to pass my exam last December 31st 2022. Thank you very much, Andrew.

[@charlyfoodie]

Thanks i just passed. This video twice, cloud skills boost learning path and exam questions till you feel confident IS enough.

[@StaceyJ1908]

Congrats!!! When you say "exam questions"...are you talking about the quizzes that are part of six modules on the GDL learning path?

[@charlyfoodie]

@@StaceyJ1908 thanks. No, justo search in KZbin for: real exam questions for Google cloud digital leader certification and you Will get those. Thats what i meant. Good luck

[@StaceyJ1908]

@@charlyfoodie Thank you! I appreciate it!

[@darkknight4186]

Litterally the best course online for the preparation of Google Cloud Digital leader exam, I litterally started studying 8 hours before exam, and I passed it. It's to the point and very precise, covered every important topics that comes to exam. Thanks a lot Andrew for this detailed content. You were my saviour today

[@chaitanyaketha9323]

hey any dumps with you @darkknight4186

[@adityamaurya1737]

Is it enough for the exam or any extra things to do for it?

[@sonamr9324]

Without your video, I wouldn't have passed the exam. Thank you so much. Your practice tests helped a lot. I hope Google takes a hint from this video and gives you the charter to create training content for them because we all know that the one they have currently has no relevance to the actual certification exam!

[@mabrarbilal]

Sonam do you have Dumps paper ??

[@TheB1nary]

@@mabrarbilal Why would you want dumps????

[@tintinftw]

Passed it today. Got around 70% questions from the video itself. Will recommend watching it in 1.5x, very helpful! Thanks Andew!

[@steve5nash]

This video is 2 years old. They haven't updated the exam?

[@karthikbhat9059]

Haven't they updated the questions ? Is this video enough to clear the exam ?

[@arindamIT]

Took the exam couple of days back, I must say that your course helped. This course+reading the official documentation for few services+skillsBoost course to understand those business words will provide anyone more than 80% score.

[@rybreadschneftipops]

Would not have passed without this course on ExamPro so thank you for creating it! I had a lot of questions on identity and access and a few on networking. Make sure to learn SUDs, CUDs and Preemptible VM's. Had 1 support question on SLA times for which support level.

[@hajime2k]

I just passed the exam last night. Your guide was a great help. Thank you!

[@devdeepdasghosh2771]

I passed the exam today and without this video it was not possible. All questions came from exactly where you mentioned. The guide given in quiklabs is not sufficient. Thank you very much Andrew.

[@mrrohitpuniya]

Thanks Andrew Brown, your course helped me clear the Digital Leader exam today. Many thanks !☺

[@kevinbayas7869]

I took the exam two days ago and passed! Even with the updated exam, this course has been a tremendous help in preparing for it! I recommend it!! Thank you Andrew Brown for providing this resource for free!

[@aseelmrk7778]

Hello there, may I ask if this course is the only one you watched during your studies for the exam? Also I'm not well familiar with cloud in general so I'm planning to study this course, Is it good for those who are newbie's? and Is it enough?

[@kevinbayas7869]

Yes, this was the only course that I took. I will also say that this is good for newbies! I had some experience since I took the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam a couple years back, so it was more of a refresher for me. However Andrew Brown does an excellent job explaining the basics! I recommend this course!

[@safaltumbde9335]

This is exactly true. Andy brown you need to update your content in video. Exam format is entirely new. Technical ques was very less. Exam was more focused on Cloud adoption and strategical topic. In my Exam I did not have a single que on Netwrk, Migration Services, Anthos, K8,. I remember few questions on looker service otherwise no Technical and services related questions. Guys pls make sure you do through studies. Dumps available in market is not sufficient.

[@safaltumbde9335]

@Pulastya Arya I failed 😔

[@MR.I.AM_AKSHAY_OFFICIAL]

Yes Very true Safal, I also got very less technical questions today. I got failed today. i was sure about all answers though, I'm confused why it dint worked.

[@MR.I.AM_AKSHAY_OFFICIAL]

@Pulastya Arya questions were more focused on Database, containers, storage & other features of Google Cloud services such as cloud run, cloud functions.I would recommend everyone to thoroughly study all services & there features deeply before appearing exam..

[@kedarmadiwale8714]

Thanks Andrew for an excellent content. I passed the GCP Digital Leader exam very recently. Your insights definitely helped me prepare for the exam.

[@rashminayak5267]

Thank you Andrew Brown. Going through this course with attention will prepare you fully for the CDL certification exam

[@RameshMuttamsetti]

Passed my exam yesterday, thanks for the video, it helps.

[@jan-nascimento]

Just passed the exam. I recommend this content as a study guide.

[@this5552]

Just did the exam today and suffice to say that this video and the two practice tests on Exam pro helped!

[@ramanamarksuriyamoorthy]

Took the exam today and passed, I feel this video is more than enough for completing the certification even in November 2022. Thank you Andrew for making such a great content.

[@alexdospinoiu530]

@Ramanmark ... did you do any else other than watch the video, take notes, etc?

[@ramanamarksuriyamoorthy]

Nope.. I paused the video in each slide and understood about services provided by Google and its purpose, Mostly the questions were scenario based.

[@alexdospinoiu530]

@@ramanamarksuriyamoorthy Thank you for the feedback. That's exactly what I've been doing also ... pausing the video and taking notes to make sure the material sinks in. I was also going to do the "free learning path" on the Google site and do a few of the sample questions and then give the exam a try.

[@diyadey1654]

@@ramanamarksuriyamoorthy Pls can you tell me what exam you are talking about? I heard about this video but cannot understand which exam people are saying... Can you please say me what exam and what is the benifit to crack this exam ? Or Can you recommend me any video through which I can understand what is this google cloud Course and the exam all about Please 🙏

[@ramanamarksuriyamoorthy]

@@diyadey1654 it’s good cloud digital leader exam. It’s the foundational certification for Google cloud.

[@Altissimus]

I passed the exam today (webassessor showed a result within a couple of hours). I found the exam significantly easier than a number of the sample tests I'd undertaken on Whizlabs, ACloudGuru and ExamPro. I think the sample tests may be a little out of date. My exam included several questions on opex/capex models (quite a lot on this actually, surprisingly), role hierarchy, cloud benefits, structured/unstructured data. While it did ask some questions about Cloud Run / App Engine / Functions et al, they weren't detailed (I wasn't faced with appengine standard vs flex situations, or cloud run vs app engine combinations). No networking questions at all, which surprised me. Overall I would absolutely recommend this training course from Andrew for knowledge and confidence, but would now say it was a bit of a sledghammer to crack a nut - YMMV. Good luck.

[@hrithikm.6619]

Just wrote the exam, and passed. All I can say is that this video is more than enough for your preparation towards Google Cloud Digital Leader. Most of the questions are slightly situation based. Many questions in my exam were related to databases, data warehouses, data lakes, and AI/ML. I did get like 2/3 questions based on API and Apigee.

[@songfreakish7313]

Thank you Hrithik for informing us. And congratulations for passing the exam.

[@hrithikm.6619]

​@@songfreakish7313 Thanks :)

[@shantivaranasi231]

@@hrithikm.6619 hey can u share any pdfs or any other sources plse

[@muralikrishnab6702]

@Hrithik Hii can u snd me ur Instagram ID I want to Contact u ..... GCC digital leader certification..

[@dhrumilbhayani6561]

Hii My CDL exam is scheduled on 22 October, can you please share me some of the resources you used for the preparation and tips for the exam.

[@arthurtaylor6721]

Just passed the exam and this class and materials were key! Thank you so much.

[@sumeetsharma5798]

Thanks @Andrew for this video. I passed exam. Extremely helpful video. Key prep topics are Resource Hier, Bare Metal deployments, Cloud storage, BigQuery, GKE, Could Funcstions/Serverless, Artifact registry. 40 questions. Exam level is really nice (higher) than Azure Fundamentals Az900. Enjoyed the thrill of clearing Google Cloud Digital Leader certification... thanks Andrew once again.

[@nrobinson19]

Did you take the new version of the exam? Trying to determine if studying this will still be helpful. Thank you!!

[@sumeetsharma5798]

@@nrobinson19 I guess it was new format. Not sure though. Good questions….

[@pvpraja]

I passed the exam. Great content. It was very useful! Along with this your mock test paper was so similar to the actual. Thanks for preparing such an excellent content.

[@nvasudeva]

Congratulations ! May i ask in total how many questions were there ?

[@ishikaaggarwal4818]

Hey! congratulations what were the rewards for completing the exam?

[@davidowusu8914]

Thank you!! Literally watched your video and studied for 2 days and I passed.

[@aseelmrk7778]

Hello david, may I ask if this course is the only one you watched during your studies for the exam? Also I'm not well familiar with cloud in general so I'm planning to study this course, Is it good for those who are newbie's? and Is it enough?

[@lannisterofnorth4649]

I just passed the exam! after a two-week intensive study period Thank you very much, exam pro.

[@abhigyat143]

Thank you Andrew, I cleared the certification. The pluralsight (google) course and this course is more than enough to crack the certification.

[@prachiverma4092]

Passed the exam today , this video helped a lot along with the udemy cloud digital leader course and few practice sets (udemy ) . 4 weeks of thorough study is enough to pass this exam however the difficulty level of this exam is quite high.

[@denukadissanayaka5514]

could u plz tell me which udemy courses you enrolled?

[@vikastomer3718]

Which udemy course?

[@prachiverma4092]

Udemy course for CDL by Ranga karnam & CDL mock tests by Satish VJ

[@denzell]

@@prachiverma4092 Thanks Prachi

[@arjunm6927]

Ok Google is 100% reading my mind, I finished my SAA-C02 in April during my spring break and I was thinking of taking a GCP exam when I got this recommended.

[@leoneldelarosaibarria]

Thank you Andrew for your detailed content, I passed the exam today. Started by watching your free video but really, everything made much more sense only after I purchased your course on ExamPro. The flashcards and practice exams were really helpful! Plus, you get some really good follow-alongs. As you mentioned, Google CDL is way more challenging than AWS CCP and Azure Fundamentals just because of the way the questions are written. Good luck everyone studying for this certification!

[@Serenity_Echo]

Which one is easy to do ? ACE or Digital Leader

[@MsAdam09]

Thanks, passed the exam. Useful info. There was more ML/AI questions than I expected I only glanced over that bit expecting it not to come up so much

[@wanessazisa]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I passed the test today. I studied a lot from this video. ❤ I’ve even memorized some of your phrases lol.

[@adityapatel8701]

Appeared for the GCP CDL exam today and cleared it. This video was really helpful, along with the official google material is enough for anyone. I also referred to the Cloud Bytes and Sketch Notes on youtube.

[@rebel69rebel]

Do you mean the 4 parts course available in Google official web?

[@ss1741]

Thanks Andrew Brown, just passed my exam by watching this video and also buying exampro practice questions!

[@douglasdollars]

Thanks for the vid, I work in Google Cloud and had been putting off doing this cert for a while. This video definitely helped focus and was still 100% suitable for the exam, which I just passed.

[@hotfoxy9914]

passed today, video helped to gain basic knowledges. but if youre want to prepare for the exam, do practice tests via exampro or else. and check dumps..

[@frramalho]

I would like to thank you very much for this course, it served as a guide for my passing the exam. Regards from Brazil

[@Madharasan]

I have passed exam today 30-Dec-2022. I listened to your (this) video and took notes. Thank you so much 🥰

[@mrsbootsworkouts]

Thank you so much for this! I passed AWS Solutions Arch Associate thanks to Andy, and i'm excited to study Google Cloud!

[@jabu_brown]

Passed the exam last week. Used exam pro questions for revision. Amazing!

[@SrividhyaL]

Passed my exam.. your video and the tons of practice tests I took helped alot.

[@Thefive28]

Hi Srividhya! Where did you find the practice tests? Where they from Exam Pro? Thanks so much for the help!!

[@sapnaverma8881]

can you share practice test sites u used for reference?

[@sapnaverma8881]

hey

[@justatip]

Waiting on reply

[@pozytonKRK]

I just passed the GCP CDL. Big THX to you Andrew!!! Keep up the good work!

[@fettuccino_]

Is the content still relevant to the updated exam?

[@Abhishek44503]

People who dislike these type of content are the kind of people who cry and whine about free stuff not being of their choice.

[@sunnythangaraj2890]

Hey Andrew, Thank you for this useful content. I have cleared my Cloud Digital Leader Certification today and waiting for the certificate from GCP. Thank you so much for this wonderful and resourceful video. Appreciate your effort sir !!

[@abhilashk.v4380]

Hi @sunnythangaraj2890, Is this video of 6hrs is sufficient or do I need to purchase exam pro for clearing the Google cloud digital leader exam?

[@hemanthsplh]

Today i took the exam and passed , This video is very useful and it will be more helpful if slides in this video are shared in pdf (Anyway took the screen shots of every slide :))- Thanks Andrew.

[@larrylathrop78]

I am a big fan of the content this channel provides! I was wondering is it possible to have chapters in this video? That way I can revisit certain sections. Thank you again!

[@eduardocruzism]

Check the description out

[@SimonKronbach]

Thanks a lot for this Video. I was able to pass the exam based on it. Great learning! 👍

[@TheSaihati]

Ok, I've just finished my exam. Don't know the result yet; they told me to wait up to 10 days to get the result (pass/fail). I'll update it here. So, this video content is outdated! As a few of people said in comments, exam was changed, and they won't ask heavily technical questions. You still need to know about GKE, Compute Engine, App Engine, Cloud Run, what is a container and what is a VM. You also need to know the difference between Cloud Spanner and Cloud SQL. Learn about data storage solutions, differences and purposes for databases, data warehouses and data lakes. Study SLA, SLO. Didn't get any question on greenfield/brownfield, but I guess it's just random. They also asked about cloud treace and cloud debugger, and a few questions about security, and organization structure. Oh yes, and 2 questions about phishing and malware. Altogether 50 questions. Guys, I bought several exam dumps over the internet; they are all outdated and useless! Don't waste your money on those. The exam is way easier; it really covers information you get from google course itself. Learn it, take notes, and try practice exam questions; they are very similar to what you get on the actual exam. I'll be checking this thread for a few days, ask your questions here, and I'll try to answer.

[@TheSaihati]

Ok, I've passed the exam and got my certificate. So, again, for anyone who is trying to prepare for the Google Cloud Digital Leader exam in August 2022, my advice is to stick with the official Google route. Make sure you really know and understand everything they explain in their video and learn all pdf they provide. That is really the only thing you will need on the exam. Again, all exam questions I saw on the internet are highly technical and do not align with real questions on the exam. Good luck, everyone. It really wasn't that hard to prepare and pass.

[@justatip]

@@TheSaihati hey what all sources you use?

[@grindingislife2346]

@@TheSaihati Could you please share the link of the official google course?

[@caramelcheezit6978]

What's the Google course?

[@grindingislife2346]

@@caramelcheezit6978 there's a free Google course, you can read it for reference, it helps a bit

[@Avybest]

I passed the exam today 1/31/23 (pending official confirmation from Google). I found the test MUCH easier than what was reported online: the questions were very high level, mostly like 'why should you migrate to cloud' and what were the benefits. Questions about products were also quite obvious if you just had a minimal overview of what the products did (not even going in detail with the functionalities: just the general description were sufficient). I followed both this course and the official material. Stuff covered in the official material and the product cheat sheet they provide is more than enough to prepare this new version of the exam. I don't know if/when they changed the content of the exam again, but none of the questions you find online were present in my test (or even similar). This was my experience. This course was great nevertheless, it really helped cement the concepts and help you really understand the products, so thanks for providing it!

[@Sickefy]

I was checking out the Whizlabs example questions, and they were not in line with the course I followed on Udemy. Also this video is not really in line with the course from Udemy. So I really don't know what to expect. Any advice? I've seen plenty of questions about types of support (enhanced, premium, ...) , Third-Party Technology support, etc. etc. Nothing like this was in Udemy. Can you enlighten me a bit on what really to expect?

[@Avybest]

@@Sickefy I haven't followed the Udemy course or Whizlabs, so I can't tell if the content is relevant. In my experience, all the questions I got were topics covered by the official course, so if you only follow that and then read the very high level specifications of the products (all the ones listed on Google Cloud's study guide) I think you will be able to pass the exam. Furthermore, this video is way more than enough to pass the exam: questions will not go so much in detail, but in fact if you want to be sure (and want to spend more effort than what is actually expected), you could just study on this course from exampro (don't bother with follow alongs tho)

[@jmlineb]

"Product cheat sheet"? Where can that be found?

[@kmusaied]

Thank you so much for the helpful course 👍, it is totally true that coursera course is not enough to pass the exam. Literally only 4 questions are covered in coursera and all the remaining questions are from this course.

[@rachelford9051]

Thanks for such a comprehensive overview for the GCP Cloud Digital Leader certification. I passed on 10/1/21 on my first try and felt this video was really key in achieving that result.

[@tjrodriguez2977]

do you have dumps? can you share?

[@mabrarbilal]

do you have dumps ???, what is your email ID

[@MariannaGarnaya]

I have recently passed the exam. Thank you so much. This video was extremely helpful.

[@cheekeonglee3905]

Passed the exam today. The content of this video is really helpful. 👍

[@GooGLR98]

Passed the exam! It was tougher than I expected and more than 70-80% of questions are new and not from exampro practice type questions. However, if you do exampro questions and review all answers with concepts, you will be technically sound enough to pick the right answers! This is tough for a foundational exam! By the way, google has a new exam structure for CDL effective Jan 22! Make sure you review that as that looked very foundational! Thanks Andrew for the video, content and knowledge shared! Whether I passed today or not, I learned something for sure!

[@nvasudeva]

Jan 26 2022 not Jan 22

[@beingright]

I had the same experience today. Only 90% of the questions were new.

[@nvasudeva]

@@beingright So in total the real exam consist of 40 questions?

[@beingright]

@@nvasudeva Yes

[@nvasudeva]

@@beingright Thanks for your prompt response, appreciate it. May i know which mock test did you use to prepare for the exam or which one did you find the closest to the real exam ?

[@asnatsy999]

I have cleared the Google Cloud Digital Leader exam going through your videos and it was really helpful. Thanks for the same

[@lahernandezs]

hi Andrew! I wanted to let you know I've just passed the exam a few hours ago and most of this is because of this great course, thanks a lot!

[@nvasudeva]

Congratulations ! May i ask in total how many questions were there ?

[@micmuc1000]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I just took the exam this morning and passed! I was able to complete it in under 30 minutes and with ease! I was impressed with your coverage of non-exam material as well. I think that helps us to actually learn GCP and not to just do what it takes to pass the exam. Very good tutorial and still very relevant even though it was posted two years ago!

[@JDMorris81]

Was most of the info here still accurate? Is this alone enough to pass or did you use other sources?

[@micmuc1000]

@@JDMorris81 I did supplement with practice exams from Udemy. But for information, this was the most thorough.

[@md1987]

I hate watching videos I normally like reading but wow your videos are so good and the way speak isnt boring or mono tone, thanks for the videos and I will do my best to support you 🙌

[@srinivaskanchi1323]

I have passed exam on 13th July. I took examrpo course and went through all video lectures, cheatsheet and practice exams.Most of the topics are covered in Exampro material. Few questions are related to Devops and SRE and migration phases topics which are available in google lectures.Thank you.

[@shubhamsahay14]

could you please share those with me

[@JoaoPaulo-re5yz]

Passed the exam on 10/28/2022. This video helps me a lot! Thank you freeCodeCamp and Andew Brown!

[@nikhilchauhan3506]

congrats mate, how was your experience, please suggest me some important topics,

[@canadiancissp]

Thank you for the video! I want to point out a potential small tiny mistake. At 2:13:13 "Cloud Storage" you mentioned that the durability is "nine nines". The slide shows 11 nines. The "nines" are calculated by adding the digits on both sides of the decimal point. If you have 99 followed by the decimal point and then 9 additional "nines" (like in the slide), the total is 11 nines. If the durability is "nine nines" then you need to correct the slide by removing 2 digits. Maybe someone already raised this point and you already commented? I could not find it. Thank you again! All the best!

[@AvudaiappanSivathanu]

I have completed the CDL certification today. Your Tutorial worked excellent for revising the course content in a very effective way. Thank you so much for your Tutorial.

[@YancyGodoy]

Congrats!! mind sharing what other resources you used to achieve this? TIA

[@AvudaiappanSivathanu]

@@YancyGodoy Thank you... I have just prepared the Google CDL course content and this video. I was able to clear. All the questions were basic concepts and easy to answer. You can get through. All the best.

[@nicholastreurnicht]

Watched it, wrote it, passed it. Thanks Andrew. Very helpful

[@secession77]

As someone with a real difficulty to focus on spoken content I'm glad that you have decided to break down the material in that way. Seeing someone who scribbles and marks stuff on screen engages me much more than just watching static slides with a voiceover. Haven't signed for the exam yet, but I'll do it definitely!

[@giorgiatagliaferri6658]

Passed the exam today! Thanks also to this video!

[@ginewraaa]

Exam is way easier, not so much technical details, no extend scenarios and multi choice questions, just single choice. Usually it's a direct question about which service/product does this and that, majority it's just 1-2 sentence scenario like: travel agency decides to share their social media content, what should they use etc. If you have a general knowledge about cloud, security, ML, access, databases (including all data products BigQuery, Cloud Spanner etc), and some products especially Apigee, Kubernetes, Compute Engine, VMs solutions, Anthos, Bare Metal etc. then you will pass. I would say it doesn't go into that much details anymore, if you don't know the answer just go with common sense and elimination method :)

[@sanatteli8569]

that is nice to hear. Is this study material still usable or is it outdated?

[@damianprakashmurmu8554]

Passed the exam just now!

[@farhanltim]

Successfully Completed GCP - CDL in Dec 2023! Watching your session. 6 hours total session. Breakup: every day 1 hour for 5 days for 30 days in continuum. Thanks for posting for free...

[@georgegeoffrick288]

Is this video still relevant

[@jyotishukla3296]

Thank you, Passed the exam. This is wonderful course one can use

[@thomasdevos1969]

Andrew - I took the exam today and passed, I did go through this video and OMG this is so useful! Not only for the exam but just as an entire recap of GCP. I did purchase your exam prep guide as well. I followed also the Pluralsight course but that would not have been beneficial enough. Your video course at 2x speed is amazing. Great work!

[@user-on8nh8qq3v]

U have dumps...can you share

[@mabrarbilal]

Thomas do you have dumps ???, what is your email ID

[@TravelWithAmitDubey]

Today, I passed the exam. Thanks Andrew for wonderful content.

[@pranavgupta9319]

Passed the exam last week. This course was really helpful for learning the required basics evaluated by the certification. Thanks!

[@nvasudeva]

Congratulations ! May i ask in total how many questions were there ?

[@pranavgupta9319]

Thanks @@nvasudeva! There were 40 questions to be answered in 90 minutes.

[@nvasudeva]

@@pranavgupta9319 interesting. I was thinking that it would be 50 or 60 questions. Was this your first cloud certification? And which mock test did you use ?

[@beingright]

I passed the exam today and it was harder than I expected. Not many questions from exampro - maybe 5 or so out of 40. It was still helpful to learn the basics, but there were quite a few tricky ones. Time was not an issue so don't feel rushed.

[@rug4628]

Passed the exam yesterday!! Thanks you Andrew for this video very very helpful: very clear, very complete. I think just following this course is enough to cover the most of topics and if you don't have much time it's a great resource.

[@ishrathshaik1389]

But now syllabus is updated right . So do I need to follow this video content.

[@javierortizmir7873]

hey man! .. how much time did you dedicated to study the contents before taking the tests?

[@rug4628]

@@javierortizmir7873 I followed the standard google course twice. Then i followed this course very very carefully (i.e. turning back to fully understand, checking, comparing and integrating with the videos of the standard Google course, etc...), taking notes: this has been the most efficient phase of my preparation and it has taken 2 days and half (8h/day). Finally, i tested my preparation over some free examples on internet (seek "exam cloud digital leader").

[@alpanashahalpana]

Passed the GCP CDL yesterday. This course is indeed helpful and covers almost everything that was asked in the exam. Andrew is slightly fast paced so beginners in Cloud might find it a little difficult to follow the video. Overall, a really helpful course for the CDL certification! Thank you, Andrew Brown. 😊

[@simranjeetsinghdua6016]

Hi, Congratulations. Could you please tell if you did practise tests as well along with the course?

[@alpanashahalpana]

@@simranjeetsinghdua6016 I did try the sample test in the google cloud website. Questions on the exam were mostly similar. I also found another video on KZbin with 20questions or something - those were also very close to the type of questions in the exam

[@saimahendrapatnaik1477]

You are a gift to this mankind❤

[@MonicaDeviDepimomo]

Your "okay" now stick in my mind, thank you for the video!

[@kvsmart7]

Passed GCP CDL today. This video has helped me understand the various topics easily. I have also attended the mentor session in my company for the same. Thanks Andrew for this content.

[@Karthi_Max]

Hey bro, do u have latest practice questions or dumps for this?

[@anfedoro]

great course, many thanks.. The only question is - why the same video has crappy quality on your site? it's absolutely unviewable.

[@sk-pt6kj]

I passed just by following this and practicing some dumps in Google ...got questions concentrating on the concept of hybrid cloud, apigee, big query, cloud spanner, ai tools, instance type, iam,scp

[@ganeshpria312]

Thank you Andrew. I have just passed the exam. Your inputs are very useful

[@ajha4329]

2:02:07- Big Query is an enterprise data warehouse for large amounts of relational structured data. On the other hand- Bigtable is a NoSQL wide-column database optimized for heavy reads and writes. Please make the change.