The CompTIA Cloud Essentials is a preferred cloud certification for business and non-IT professionals. This video training course with CBT Nuggets trainer Anthony Sequeira will help learners understand the fundamental components that make up their company's cloud solutions as they prepare for the CompTIA CLO-001 exam.

1. Introducing Cloud Essentials
What is Cloud Essentials all about? What will this course do for you? Discover all this and more in this brief course introduction.
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2. Cloud Computing Defined
12 min
What is the cloud? What are the key terms associated with cloud, and what do they all mean?
3. Virtualization and the Cloud
10 min
If you've heard that virtualization helped pave the way for the cloud, you heard correctly. In this Nugget, we discuss this at length.
4. Hands-on Lab: Microsoft Hyper-V
10 min
Enjoy this hands-on lab with Microsoft's Hyper-V!
5. Early Examples of the Cloud
4 min
What are some of the early examples of cloud technology at work? This Nugget takes you back in time.
6. Is the Cloud for Your Company?
8 min
What types of organizations might benefit most by moving to cloud technologies? What types of organizations might refrain from moving to cloud technologies? In this Nugget, we'll answer these questions and more.
7. "As a Service" Models
7 min
This Nugget discusses cloud models such as Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and more.
8. Cloud vs. Outsourcing
4 min
Adopting a cloud strategy is similar to choosing outsourcing for aspects of your IT infrastructure. This Nugget examines the key similarities and differences between cloud and outsourcing.
9. Business Characteristics of Cloud
8 min
This Nugget details the aspects of the cloud that can have a profound impact on your business.
10. Private vs. Public Cloud
6 min
In this Nugget, we'll talk about cloud models, such as private, public, hybrid, and community.
11. Deploying the Cloud
8 min
This Nugget walks you through the steps to consider during a cloud deployment.
12. Challenges and Risks
5 min
It is critical that you understand the challenges and risks that accompany a cloud deployment. This Nugget ensures you are aware of these factors.
13. The Cloud and Applications
4 min
This Nugget explores aspects of applications that can make for a successful cloud deployment.
14. Successful Deployment Steps
5 min
Once you have done proper planning for the cloud, it's time to deploy. This Nugget ensures you can do so successfully.
15. Cloud Vendors
8 min
What is it like to be a cloud vendor? Find out in this Nugget!
16. Organizational Requirements
4 min
There are many unique requirements that the cloud places on an organization. This Nugget breaks those requirements down.
17. Migrating Applications
4 min
What about those existing applications in your enterprise? What factors influence their migration to the cloud?
18. Impact on IT
3 min
This Nugget examines the impact of moving to the cloud on your existing IT department.
19. ITIL® and the Cloud
7 min
The ITIL® model is very useful for a successful cloud deployment. This Nugget details exactly why.
20. Compliance
3 min
This Nugget details one of the challenges with a cloud move — ensuring that your organization can check and maintain compliance with regulations, policies, and laws.
21. Direct Costs and Cost Allocations
5 min
How can your enterprise attribute cloud costs? What are the typical cost structures of moving to the cloud?
22. Maintaining Strategic Flexibility
5 min
Even if you have a successful cloud migration, your work does not stop. You need to ensure that you can remain strategically flexible from a business perspective.