Week 10: Virtualization and Cloud Computing

210 instructional minutes | five 42-minute lessons

This week closes Core 1 with virtualization and cloud. You will compare virtualization use cases, hypervisors, VDI, containers, resource/isolation requirements, cloud deployment/service models, and responsibility boundaries.

Lesson sequence

1. Why Virtualize?
2. Hypervisors, VDI, Containers, and VM Requirements
3. Cloud Models, Services, and Characteristics
4. Virtual and Cloud Design Lab
5. Virtualization and Cloud Troubleshooting Challenge

Evidence you will produce

• virtualization use-case comparison;
• host/guest resource and network map;
• cloud deployment/service/responsibility comparison;
• virtual/cloud design plan;
• troubleshooting ticket.

A+ alignment

Primary coverage: Core 1 objectives 4.1 and 4.2.

Safety boundary

No paid cloud services or externally reachable infrastructure are required. Use diagrams, supplied evidence, or instructor-approved isolated/local environments.