Cloud Native Architecture 201
Cloud Native Architecture 201 is an intermediate course that introduces the concept of cloud-native and provides an overview of why it is important. The course covers various migration strategies such as re-hosting and re-platforming, as well as hands-on labs on deploying to the cloud, achieving technical excellence, refactoring, and event-driven architecture.
The course also covers observability in a cloud-native environment, including monitoring and logging, and tooling. The course ends with a Q&A and conclusions section, which includes key takeaways, remaining questions, and initial feedback.
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Short summary
Cloud Native Architecture 201 is an intermediate course that introduces the concept of cloud-native and provides an overview of why it is important. The course covers various migration strategies such as re-hosting and re-platforming, as well as hands-on labs on deploying to the cloud, achieving technical excellence, refactoring, and event-driven architecture. The course also covers observability in a cloud-native environment, including monitoring and logging, and tooling. The course ends with a Q&A and conclusions section, which includes key takeaways, remaining questions, and initial feedback.
Our Trainer

Kevin Boots
DevOps Consultant
Kevin is an energetic tech- & teamlead all about making two things happen: Make it work, and make it work better with a smile.
His specialty lies in automation, scripting, collaboration tooling, leadership, and process improvement, with a specific passion for anything DevOps & CI/CD. Other than that, he aims at enabling teams to go from 0 to 120 using every tool at their disposal.

Course objectives
- Introduce the concept of cloud-native architecture and its importance
- Provide an overview of different migration strategies and how they can be implemented in a cloud-native environment
- Develop hands-on experience in deploying applications to the cloud using modern and cloud-native CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code techniques
- Explain how to achieve technical excellence in a cloud-native environment through DevOps practices, security, and testing
- Familiarize participants with event-driven architecture and how to implement it in a cloud-native environment
- Discuss observability in a cloud-native environment, including monitoring and logging tools
- Provide a forum for Q&A and discussion to clarify concepts and address remaining questions
- Help participants develop the skills and knowledge needed to work with cloud-native architectures and technologies in their organizations.

Course topics
Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Native
- Why Cloud Native? What is it?
- Quiz
Module 2: Re-hosting as a Migration Strategy
- Demo: Re-hosting an application that has been prepared. The hypothetical scenario is the app is hosted on-prem and we face issues moving it to the Cloud
Module 3: Re-platforming as a Migration Strategy
- Hands-on Lab: Re-platform a monolith using containers and working towards Microservices
Module 4: Deploying to the Cloud
- Hands-on Lab: Modern and Cloud Native CI/CD pipelines
- Hands-on Lab: Infrastructure as Code
Module 5: Reaching Technical Excellence in a Cloud Native Environment
- DevOps concepts
- Security
- Testing
Module 6: Refactoring as a Cloud transformation strategy
Module 7: Event-driven Architecture
- Hands-on Lab: Decoupling Microservices
Module 8: Observability in Cloud Native Architecture
- Link with Monitoring and Logging
- Tooling
Module 9: Q&A and conclusions
- Key takeaways
- Remaining questions
- Explanation online ‘open book’ exam & certificate
- Initial feedback
Target audience
This course was made for anyone who wants to deeply understand Cloud & Cloud Architecture and who is not afraid to get their hands dirty with some hands-on exercises.
Testimonials
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Lots of useful information which help to clarify DevOps
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Interaction and team work activities.
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Good practical examples
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Interactive training that taught me more about the DevOps culture and its benefits
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Good interactive training (despite the fact that it is virtual).
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Knowledgeable trainer who's able to clarify difficult topics
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Applicability, speed, material knowledge
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+31 (0)15 - 241 19 00
academy@devon.nl
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FAQ
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Two weeks before each training, we will check if we have enough participants for the training course to be valuable and continue. If this is not the case, we will inform you by e-mail, with options for a new date and location. After this notification, you will have the right to cancel or change your registration within 5 working days.
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Most of our courses are available in both English and Dutch. We have a selection of training courses which are only available in English, which will be on that training page. Our rule of thumb for courses in the Netherlands is – the course is in English unless everybody speaks Dutch, then the course is in Dutch. If you want to be sure you are in a Dutch course, please get in touch with academy@devon.nl in case the information on a specific date is not available on the course page.
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