| 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 |
| Published | Title/Link | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/03 | My Review of the PCA BETA Exam | Antoni Tzavelas |
| 2021/01 | How I prepared for Google Cloud Professional Architect exam? | Rakesh Vardan |
| 2020/09 | How to pass PCA – as a sales guy | Rolf Siegel |
| 2020/03 | Build on Your Experience to Earn Cloud Certifications | Joshua Fox |
| 2020/02 | PCA Prep Sheet | Ammett Williams |
| 2019/07 | How to pass the Cloud Architect and Data Engineer GCP certifications | Ivam Luz |
| 2019/03 | Professional Cloud Architect Certification | Mete Atamel |
| 2019/01 | Notes from my GCP PCA Exam | Sathish VJ |
| 2019/01 | 5 Tips to Become a GCP PCA | Janakiram MSV |
| 2018/12 | How to pass - Google PCA | David das Neves |
| 2018/12 | How I Cleared 3 Google Cloud Certifications in 3 Weeks | Deepak Verma |
| 2018/01 | Google Certified Professional — PCA — Study Resources | Agasthi Kothurkar |
| 2017/07 | Google PCA Exam Study Materials | Earl Gay |
| Cloud Architect Challenge Study Map | Simon Eres | |
| Path to Professional Cloud Architect |
| Published | Title/Link | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Udemy | GCP - Professional Cloud Architect (Test your knowledge) | |
| Udemy | GCP - Google Cloud Certified - Architect Practice Questions | |
| Whizlabs | GCP - Google Cloud Certified - Architect Practice Questions |
| Published | Title/Link | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/12 | Professional Cloud Architect - Google Cloud Certification Guide | Konrad Clapa, Brian Gerrard |
| 2019/11 | Official Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Study Guide | Dan Sullivan |
| Google Cloud Platform for Architects | ||
| Google Cloud Platform Cookbook | ||
| Google Cloud Platform in Action |
| Published | Title/Link | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| AwesomeGCP - Professional Architect Playlist | Sathish VJ | |
| Preparing for the GCP Cloud Architect certification | Raphael Soeiro | |
| Google Cloud Platform Cloud Architect Certification Review Questions Virtual Networking | Joe | |
| getgcpcertified.com - "DevOps in GCP & Site Reliability Engineering Ideas" |
| Site | Title/Link | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Qwiklabs | GCP Essentials | |
| Qwiklabs | Challenge: GCP Architecture | |
| Coursera | Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Exam | |
| Coursera | Cloud Infrastructure Design and Process | |
| Coursera | Cloud Architecture with Google Cloud Professional Certificate | |
| Coursera | Architecting with Google Compute Engine Specialization | |
| Linux Academy | Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect | |
| acloud.guru | Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect 2019 | Mattias Andersson |
| pluralsight | Architecting with Google Cloud Platform: Infrastructure | Google Cloud |
| pluralsight | Google: Professional Cloud Architect | Howard Dierking, Janani Ravi, Vitthal Srinivasan |