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Course

Cloud Infrastructure Free Primer

A free introductory course covering cloud-native networking fundamentals: VPCs, subnets, peering, Transit Gateway, and CDN architecture on AWS and Azure.

Cloud Networking Fundamentals — Free Course

Moving to the cloud doesn't mean leaving networking behind — it means learning a new set of constructs. This free primer covers the essential cloud networking concepts every infrastructure professional needs.

Course Contents

  • VPCs and Virtual Networks — CIDR planning, subnets, route tables, and security groups
  • Peering and Transit — VPC peering, Transit Gateway, VNet peering, and hub-spoke topologies
  • Hybrid connectivity — VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, and SD-WAN integration
  • DNS and CDN — Route 53, CloudFront, Azure Front Door, and DNS-based failover
  • Network security — NACLs vs security groups, NSGs, firewall appliances, and WAF

Prerequisites

Basic networking knowledge (IP addressing, routing, switching). No cloud experience required — we start from zero.

Curriculum

Cloud Networking Basics

  • play_circle VPCs, subnets and routing tables explained Preview Video
    20 min
  • play_circle VPC peering and Transit Gateway patterns Preview Video
    25 min