Summary

In this chapter, you learned about the fundamentals of defining a cloud strategy that supports operational excellence, including understanding motivations and priorities, the operating model, and the organizational culture. Then, you learned about the best practices and recommendations from Google Cloud's Architecture Framework for operational excellence. We explored and expanded the guiding principles and best practices and summarized recommendations and the key enabling services for each area. Finally, you learned about Cloud Operations Sandbox, a tool designed to teach SRE and operational excellence principles on GCP.

This chapter concludes Section 3, Designing for the Modern Enterprise, with the proven principles and practices for long-term cloud adoption success. This also concludes this book, and my hope is that you're now armed with the knowledge and confidence to future-proof your Google Cloud solutions and bring value and insights to discussions ranging...