# Professional Cloud Architect

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| **Official Link:** | https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-architect/ | 
| **Length:** | 2 hours | 
| **Registration fee:** | $200 (plus tax where applicable).  There is also a discount for those from countries with lower purchasing power parity. | 
| **Exam format:** | Multiple choice and multiple select, taken in person at a test center. | 
| **Recommended experience:** |  3+ years of industry experience including 1+ years designing and managing solutions using GCP. | 
| **Official Practice Test:** | https://cloud.google.com/certification/practice-exam/cloud-architect | 

### Posts
| Published | Title/Link | Author |
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| 2020/09 | [How to pass PCA – as a sales guy](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-pass-google-cloud-professional-architect-sales-guy-rolf-siegel/) | Rolf Siegel |
| 2020/03 | [Build on Your Experience to Earn Cloud Certifications](https://blog.doit-intl.com/bring-your-experience-to-the-cloud-certification-891278df5b5) | Joshua Fox |
| 2020/02 | [PCA Prep Sheet](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/google-cloud-professional-architect-prep-sheet-ammett-williams/) | Ammett Williams |
| 2019/07 | [How to pass the Cloud Architect and Data Engineer GCP certifications](https://medium.com/ci-t/how-to-pass-both-the-cloud-architect-and-data-engineer-gcp-certifications-bb6a0812a1b1) | Ivam Luz |
| 2019/03 | [Professional Cloud Architect Certification](https://medium.com/google-cloud/professional-cloud-architect-certification-6a6dfa5c6ff5) | Mete Atamel |
| 2019/01 | [Notes from my GCP PCA Exam](https://medium.com/@sathishvj/notes-from-my-google-cloud-professional-cloud-architect-exam-bbc4299ac30) | Sathish VJ |
| 2019/01 | [5 Tips to Become a GCP PCA](https://thenewstack.io/5-tips-to-become-a-google-cloud-certified-professional-architect/) | Janakiram MSV |
| 2018/12 | [How to pass - Google PCA](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-pass-google-professional-cloud-architect-david-das-neves/) | David das Neves |
| 2018/12 | [How I Cleared 3 Google Cloud Certifications in 3 Weeks](https://medium.com/@yesdeepakverma/how-i-cleared-all-3-google-cloud-certifications-in-3-weeks-f5591aa22572) | Deepak Verma |
| 2018/01 | [Google Certified Professional — PCA — Study Resources](https://medium.com/@agasthi.kothurkar/google-certified-professional-cloud-architect-study-resources-a66f8f52aac5) | Agasthi Kothurkar |
| 2017/07 | [Google PCA Exam Study Materials](https://medium.com/@earlg3/google-cloud-architect-exam-study-materials-5ab327b62bc8) | Earl Gay |
| | [Cloud Architect Challenge Study Map](https://www.troposphere.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Professional-Cloud-Architect-Challenge-Study-Map.htm) | Simon Eres |
|  | [Path to Professional Cloud Architect](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/google-cloud_googlecloudcertified-activity-6606289304773898240-jcR_) | Google |

### Practice Exams / Tests
| Published | Title/Link | Author |
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| Udemy | [GCP - Professional Cloud Architect (Test your knowledge)](https://www.udemy.com/google-certified-professional-cloud-architect/) | |
| Udemy | [GCP - Google Cloud Certified - Architect Practice Questions](https://www.udemy.com/google-cloud-certified-architect-practice-questions/) | |
| Whizlabs | [GCP - Google Cloud Certified - Architect Practice Questions](https://www.whizlabs.com/google-cloud-certified-professional-cloud-architect/) | |

### Books
| Published | Title/Link | Author |
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| 2019/12 | [Professional Cloud Architect - Google Cloud Certification Guide](https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/professional-cloud-architect/9781838555276/) | Konrad Clapa, Brian Gerrard |
| 2019/11 | [Official Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide](https://www.wiley.com/en-in/Official+Google+Cloud+Certified+Professional+Cloud+Architect+Study+Guide-p-9781119602446) | Dan Sullivan |
| | [Google Cloud Platform for Architects](https://www.amazon.com/Google-Cloud-Platform-Architects-solutions/dp/1788834305/) | |
| | [Google Cloud Platform Cookbook](https://www.amazon.com/Google-Cloud-Platform-Cookbook-applications/dp/1788291999/) | |
| | [Google Cloud Platform in Action](https://www.amazon.com/Google-Cloud-Platform-Action-Geewax/dp/1617293520/) | |

### Videos / Sessions
| Published | Title/Link | Instructor |
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| | [AwesomeGCP - Professional Architect Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNJe_NrbijM&list=PLQMsfKRZZviTIxEh0pkWNwnDUasGVZS4n&index=1) | Sathish VJ |
| | [Preparing for the GCP Cloud Architect certification](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM8h_IZWYjA) | Raphael Soeiro |
| | [Google Cloud Platform Cloud Architect Certification Review Questions Virtual Networking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGum8zDYidk) | Joe |
| | [getgcpcertified.com - "DevOps in GCP & Site Reliability Engineering Ideas"](https://www.getgcpcertified.com/p/free-trial-professional-cloud-architect) | |


### Online Trainings
| Site | Title/Link | Instructor |
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| Qwiklabs | [GCP Essentials](https://google.qwiklabs.com/quests/23) | |
| Qwiklabs | [Challenge: GCP Architecture](https://google.qwiklabs.com/quests/47) | |
| Coursera | [Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Exam](https://www.coursera.org/learn/preparing-cloud-professional-cloud-architect-exam) | |
| Coursera | [Cloud Infrastructure Design and Process](https://www.coursera.org/learn/cloud-infrastructure-design-process) | |
| Coursera | [Cloud Architecture with Google Cloud Professional Certificate](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/gcp-cloud-architect) | |
| Coursera | [Architecting with Google Compute Engine Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/gcp-architecture) | |
| Linux Academy | [Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect](https://linuxacademy.com/linux/training/course/name/google-cloud-platform-architect-essentials) | |
| acloud.guru | [Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect 2019](https://acloud.guru/learn/gcp-certified-professional-cloud-architect) | Mattias Andersson |
| pluralsight | [Architecting with Google Cloud Platform: Infrastructure](https://www.pluralsight.com/paths/architecting-with-google-cloud-platform-infrastructure) | Google Cloud |
| pluralsight | [Google: Professional Cloud Architect](https://www.pluralsight.com/paths/google-professional-cloud-architect) | Howard Dierking, Janani Ravi, Vitthal Srinivasan |