Introduction to Google Cloud Spanner

Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: 1 minute and 50 seconds
Students: 303
Rating: 5/5

Google Cloud Spanner combines the power and flexibility of an SQL database, with the speed and scalability of a noSQL database. If you need both high availability and transactional consistency at a global scale, then this is the lesson for you!

Learning Objectives

  • Create a new Cloud Spanner instance
  • Create Cloud Spanner databases
  • Add, edit, and delete records
  • Install the Spanner emulator

Intended Audience

  • Database administrators
  • Cloud Architects
  • GCP Developers
  • Anyone preparing for a Google Cloud certification

Prerequisites

  • Some experience working with databases
  • Basic understanding of SQL syntax
  • Access to a GCP account
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