• Understand OCI architecture, regions, and core cloud concepts.
• Configure IAM, identity domains, users, groups, policies, and compartments.
• Design and secure OCI Virtual Cloud Networks.
• Configure routing, gateways, peering, VPN, and FastConnect.
• Deploy and manage OCI Compute instances and scaling capabilities.
• Implement Object, Block, and File Storage solutions.
• Configure load balancers and DNS services.
• Use OCI Network Command Center services for network visibility.
• Apply OCI architecture and security best practices.

Module 1: Identity and Access Management Overview

• IAM introduction
• Overview of Identity Domains
• IAM Identity Domain types

Module 2: Identity and Access Management – Basics

• Default Domain
• Creating Identity Domains
• Managing groups
• Creating users
• Administrator roles
• Policies
• Compartments
• Compartment quotas

Module 3: Identity and Access Management – Advanced

• Policy inheritance and attachments for compartments
• Conditional policies
• Least-privilege advanced policies
• Tag-based access control
• Network sources
• Dynamic groups

Module 4: Expert Tip

• Tips and techniques for getting maximum value from the course

Module 5: Networking – Virtual Cloud Network

• CIDR blocks and prefixes
• Virtual Cloud Network
• VCN components
• Subnets
• Route tables
• Internet Gateway
• NAT Gateway
• Service Gateway
• Public and private subnets
• VCN security
• Network Security Groups
• Security Lists

Module 6: Networking – IP Management

• IP management overview
• Reserved public IP
• Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP)
• Reserved IP pools

Module 7: Networking – Connectivity

• VCN connectivity options
• Local VCN peering
• Remote VCN peering
• BGP basics
• Dynamic Routing Gateway
• Site-to-Site VPN
• FastConnect
• FastConnect with Oracle partners
• FastConnect with third-party providers
• FastConnect colocation with Oracle
• FastConnect redundancy best practices
• Transit routing scenarios

Module 8: Expert Tip

• The importance of hands-on experience for cloud architects

Module 9: Networking – Load Balancer

• Load Balancer concepts
• Load Balancer policies
• Health checks
• Public Load Balancer
• Private Load Balancer
• Network Load Balancer
• Web Application Acceleration

Module 10: Networking – DNS Management

• DNS fundamentals
• DNS service components
• DNS zones
• Public DNS zones
• Private DNS zones
• Private views
• HTTP redirects
• Traffic management
• Traffic management policy types
• Failover policies
• Load balancer policies
• Geolocation steering policies

Module 11: Networking – Network Command Center

• Network Command Center overview
• Inter-Region Latency
• Network Path Analyzer
• Network Visualizer
• Capture filters
• Virtual Test Access Points

Module 12: Expert Tip

• Roles and responsibilities of a cloud architect

Module 13: Compute Basics

• Compute service overview
• Platform and custom images
• Import, export, and BYOI
• Compute shapes
• GPU shapes
• Bare metal, virtual machines, and dedicated hosts
• SSH key-pair generation
• Compute instance deployment and connection
• Custom images
• Preemptible instances
• Capacity reservations
• Dedicated VM hosts

Module 14: Compute – Advanced

• Burstable instances
• Vertical scaling
• Compute autoscaling
• Oracle Cloud Agent
• OS Management
• Run Command
• Instance Console Connection
• Infrastructure maintenance
• Shielded instances
• Confidential computing

Module 15: Object Storage – Basics

• Object Storage overview
• Object Storage resources
• Object Storage characteristics
• Buckets and objects
• Multipart uploads
• Bucket and object management
• Object Storage tiers
• Auto-Tiering
• Object Lifecycle Management

Module 16: Expert Tip

• Roles and responsibilities of a cloud architect

Module 17: Object Storage – Advanced

• Object Storage replication
• Object versioning
• Retention rules
• Object copy
• Object Storage logging
• Object Storage security
• Pre-Authenticated Requests
• Customer-managed keys
• Object re-encryption
• Automation based on object state changes

Module 18: Block Storage – Basics

• Block Volume overview
• Volume attachment types
• Volume access types
• Boot volumes
• Block Volume creation
• Attaching Block Volumes to instances
• Multiple instance volume attachments
• Block Volume performance
• Dynamic performance scaling

Module 19: Block Storage – Advanced

• Volume resizing
• Partition extension
• Block Volume backups
• Backup policies and schedules
• Restoring Block Volume backups
• Cross-region backup copies
• Block Volume clones
• Backup versus clone operations
• Cross-region replication
• Volume Groups
• Cross-Availability-Domain replication
• Block Volume encryption

Module 20: File Storage – Basics

• File Storage overview
• File Storage concepts
• Creating and mounting a file system
• NFS export options
• File system paths

Module 21: File Storage – Advanced

• File System snapshots
• Snapshot restoration
• File System cloning
• Customer-managed key encryption
• In-transit encryption
• File System replication
• File System security
• File System usage and metering

Module 22: Expert Tip

• Career responsibilities and opportunities for cloud architects

5 Days

• Create and manage OCI Identity Domains.
• Create users and groups.
• Configure IAM policies and compartments.
• Configure compartment quotas and advanced policies.
• Implement conditional and tag-based access controls.
• Configure dynamic groups and network sources.
• Create VCNs manually and using the VCN Wizard.
• Configure subnets, route tables, and gateways.
• Configure Internet, NAT, and Service Gateways.
• Configure Network Security Groups and Security Lists.
• Manage reserved public IPs and IP pools.
• Configure local and remote VCN peering.
• Configure Dynamic Routing Gateway connectivity.
• Configure Site-to-Site VPN.
• Explore and configure FastConnect connectivity.
• Configure FastConnect redundancy scenarios.
• Deploy public and private Load Balancers.
• Configure Network Load Balancer and health checks.
• Configure DNS zones and traffic management policies.
• Use Network Path Analyzer and Network Visualizer.
• Deploy and connect to Windows and Oracle Linux Compute instances.
• Create custom images.
• Configure preemptible instances and capacity reservations.
• Configure Compute autoscaling and vertical scaling.
• Configure OS Management and Run Command.
• Create shielded instances.
• Create and manage Object Storage buckets.
• Upload objects and perform multipart uploads.
• Configure Object Storage tiers and lifecycle policies.
• Configure replication, versioning, and retention rules.
• Create pre-authenticated requests.
• Configure customer-managed encryption keys.
• Create and attach Block Volumes.
• Configure Block Volume backups and backup policies.
• Restore and replicate Block Volumes.
• Create Block Volume clones and volume groups.
• Configure cross-region and cross-availability-domain replication.
• Configure Block Volume encryption.
• Create and mount File Systems.
• Configure NFS export options.
• Create File System snapshots and clones.
• Configure File System encryption and replication.

• Certification: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate
• Exam Code: 1Z0-1072-26
• Exam Duration: 90 minutes
• Exam Format: Multiple-choice / multiple-response

• Cloud Architects
• Solutions Architects
• Cloud Engineers
• Infrastructure Engineers
• System Administrators
• IT professionals working with OCI
• Professionals preparing for the OCI Architect Associate certification

• Foundational understanding of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Basic knowledge of cloud computing concepts.