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Cloud Architecture & Solution Design Training Course

Teaches how to translate business requirements into secure, scalable and resilient cloud architectures that balance performance, availability and cost.

CLCO · Cloud Computing & Cloud ArchitectureAll Levels#2507ClassroomEnglish , Arabic
Duration
5 Days
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Course Overview

This advanced practical course provides a structured framework for designing secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud architectures. It focuses on translating business and technical requirements into cloud solutions that support performance, availability, security, operational efficiency, and long-term organisational objectives. The programme examines cloud architecture principles, infrastructure components, application architecture, networking, storage, databases, identity and access management, security, resilience, scalability, integration, monitoring, and cost optimisation. Participants will explore how architectural decisions influence application performance, operational complexity, risk, and financial sustainability. Through architecture design exercises, technical scenarios, solution assessments, migration cases, and practical workshops, participants will develop the ability to evaluate requirements, select appropriate cloud services, design end-to-end architectures, identify architectural risks, and produce practical solution designs aligned with enterprise needs.

Learning Objectives

  • Analyse the core principles and design considerations of modern cloud architectures.
  • Translate business, technical, security, performance, and operational requirements into architectural decisions.
  • Evaluate cloud service models and select appropriate services for specific solution requirements.
  • Design scalable and resilient cloud architectures that support changing workloads.
  • Develop secure cloud architectures incorporating identity, access, network, and data protection controls.
  • Evaluate cloud networking, storage, database, and compute architecture options.
  • Design integration architectures for applications, services, APIs, and distributed environments.
  • Assess availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience requirements.
  • Evaluate architectural trade-offs involving performance, security, complexity, availability, and cost.
  • Apply monitoring, logging, governance, and operational management considerations to cloud solutions.
  • Assess existing architectures and identify opportunities for optimisation and modernisation.
  • Develop comprehensive cloud solution architectures and implementation roadmaps.

Who Should Attend

This programme is designed for cloud architects, solution architects, enterprise architects, infrastructure architects, software architects, cloud engineers, and IT professionals responsible for designing or implementing cloud solutions. It is also suitable for technical leads, DevOps and DevSecOps professionals, system engineers, application developers, infrastructure specialists, IT managers, and professionals involved in cloud migration, digital transformation, enterprise integration, and technology strategy. The programme is particularly relevant to organisations designing new cloud environments, modernising existing infrastructure, migrating applications, or developing scalable digital platforms and enterprise solutions.

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain the principles and components of modern cloud architecture.
  • Analyse business and technical requirements and convert them into architectural specifications.
  • Select appropriate cloud services and architectural patterns for different workloads.
  • Design scalable, highly available, and resilient cloud environments.
  • Develop secure architectures incorporating identity, access, network, and data protection.
  • Design appropriate compute, storage, database, and networking architectures.
  • Develop integration approaches for applications, APIs, services, and distributed systems.
  • Evaluate disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience requirements.
  • Assess architectural trade-offs and their impact on performance, security, cost, and operational complexity.
  • Apply monitoring, logging, governance, and operational management principles to cloud environments.
  • Review existing cloud architectures and identify optimisation and modernisation opportunities.
  • Produce an integrated cloud solution design and implementation roadmap.

Course Outline

Day 1

Cloud Architecture Principles & Requirements Analysis

  • Cloud architecture fundamentals
  • Architectural layers and core cloud components
  • Business, technical, operational, and security requirements
  • Translating requirements into architecture decisions
  • Cloud service and deployment models
  • Architectural patterns and design principles
  • Workload classification and application characteristics
  • Scalability, elasticity, availability, and resilience
  • Architectural documentation and decision records
  • Practical Application: Requirements analysis and initial cloud architecture design
Day 2

Cloud Infrastructure, Networking & Data Architecture

  • Cloud compute architecture
  • Virtualisation and resource allocation
  • Cloud networking fundamentals
  • Network segmentation and connectivity
  • Load balancing and traffic management
  • Storage architectures and data services
  • Database architecture and selection
  • Data protection, backup, and recovery
  • Performance and capacity considerations
  • Practical Application: Designing an integrated cloud infrastructure and data architecture
Day 3

Secure, Scalable & Resilient Cloud Solutions

  • Cloud security architecture principles
  • Identity and access management
  • Network security and workload isolation
  • Data security and encryption
  • Application security considerations
  • High availability and fault-tolerant architecture
  • Disaster recovery and business continuity
  • Scalability and workload management
  • Resilience testing and failure scenarios
  • Practical Application: Secure and resilient cloud architecture design workshop
Day 4

Application Architecture, Integration & Operational Design

  • Cloud-native application architecture
  • Microservices and distributed application patterns
  • APIs and service integration
  • Event-driven and asynchronous architectures
  • Containers and orchestration concepts
  • Monitoring, logging, and observability
  • Automation and infrastructure management
  • Operational governance and service management
  • Performance optimisation and troubleshooting considerations
  • Practical Application: Designing a cloud application and integration architecture
Day 5

Solution Evaluation, Cost Optimisation & Architecture Roadmap

  • Cloud architecture review and assessment
  • Architectural trade-offs and decision-making
  • Performance, security, availability, and cost optimisation
  • Cloud financial considerations and resource efficiency
  • Migration and modernisation architecture
  • Technical debt and architectural risks
  • Governance, standards, and architectural controls
  • Solution documentation and stakeholder communication
  • Implementation planning and architecture governance
  • Final Workshop: Developing an Integrated Cloud Solution Architecture & Implementation Roadmap

Upcoming Dates

Selected date

Amsterdam · 4 – 8 Jan 2027 · Classroom

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ParisScheduled
9 – 13 Nov 2026€6,700—
RiyadhScheduled
16 – 20 Nov 2026€4,800—
RomeScheduled
23 – 27 Nov 2026€7,000€6,300until 2 Nov
SalalahScheduled
23 – 27 Nov 2026€6,300€5,670until 2 Nov
SingaporeScheduled
30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026€8,000€7,200until 9 Nov
TrabzonScheduled
7 – 11 Dec 2026€5,300€4,770until 16 Nov
TunisiaScheduled
14 – 18 Dec 2026€4,300€3,870until 23 Nov
ViennaScheduled
21 – 25 Dec 2026€6,400€5,760until 30 Nov
AmmanScheduled
27 – 31 Dec 2026€4,000€3,600until 7 Dec
AmsterdamScheduled
4 – 8 Jan 2027€6,000€5,400until 14 Dec
BakuScheduled
4 – 8 Jan 2027€5,300€4,770until 14 Dec
BarcelonaScheduled
11 – 15 Jan 2027€6,000€5,400until 21 Dec
CairoScheduled
18 – 22 Jan 2027€3,800€3,420until 28 Dec
CasablancaScheduled
25 – 29 Jan 2027€4,700€4,230until 4 Jan
DammamScheduled
1 – 5 Feb 2027€4,800€4,320until 11 Jan
DohaScheduled
8 – 12 Feb 2027€4,700€4,230until 18 Jan
DubaiScheduled
14 – 18 Feb 2027€4,700€4,230until 25 Jan
GenevaScheduled
22 – 26 Feb 2027€7,300€6,570until 1 Feb
IstanbulScheduled
22 – 26 Feb 2027€5,300€4,770until 1 Feb
Kuala LumpurScheduled
1 – 5 Mar 2027€4,700€4,230until 8 Feb
LisbonScheduled
8 – 12 Mar 2027€6,000€5,400until 15 Feb
LondonScheduled
15 – 19 Mar 2027€5,800€5,220until 22 Feb
MadridScheduled
22 – 26 Mar 2027€6,000€5,400until 1 Mar
MakkahScheduled
29 Mar – 2 Apr 2027€4,800€4,320until 8 Mar
ManamaScheduled
5 – 9 Apr 2027€5,300€4,770until 15 Mar
MilanScheduled
12 – 16 Apr 2027€7,000€6,300until 22 Mar
MarrakeshScheduled
12 – 16 Apr 2027€4,700€4,230until 22 Mar
MunichScheduled
19 – 23 Apr 2027€6,000€5,400until 29 Mar
MuscatScheduled
26 – 30 Apr 2027€6,300€5,670until 5 Apr
OnlineScheduled
2 – 6 May 2027€2,700€2,430until 12 Apr

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