What you'll learn

Migrating enterprise databases to Google Cloud requires careful planning, the right migration architecture, and strategies that minimize downtime while maintaining data consistency. In this course, Google Cloud Professional Database Engineer: Migrating Data Solutions, you'll gain the ability to design and implement database migration and replication solutions for production environments. First, you'll explore migration strategies, workload assessment, schema conversion planning, migration risk analysis, and selecting the appropriate Google Cloud migration tools. Next, you'll discover how to configure and operate Database Migration Service (DMS), implement Change Data Capture (CDC), design secure network connectivity, monitor replication, validate migrated data, and perform production cutovers. Finally, you'll learn advanced migration patterns, including heterogeneous database migrations, reverse replication, split-brain prevention, enterprise cutover planning, and fallback strategies for business-critical workloads. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of Google Cloud database migration needed to evaluate migration requirements, select the appropriate migration architecture and services, execute reliable database migrations, and confidently prepare for the Google Cloud Professional Database Engineer certification exam.