In a future module, you will learn more about Google Cloud’s choices for organizing compute

workloads. Here is a brief overview:

Service name Description

Kubernetes A managed environment for deploying containerized

Engine applications

Compute A managed environment for deploying virtual machines

Engine

App Engine A managed serverless platform for deploying applications

Cloud A managed serverless platform for deploying event-driven

Functions functions

Kubernetes Engine is the focus of this learning path. You will learn more about all of these
choices in a later module. If you would like more information in the meantime, see the Google
Cloud documentation page: Choosing a Computing Option.