GK Polaris Accelerate Subscription

GK Polaris Accelerate is Global Knowledge’s on-demand subscription plan that features authorized, high-tech, digital education from industry-leading technologists such as Microsoft, AWS and more. The Accelerate subscription delivers unparalleled flexibility—each course can be accessed anytime from the location of your choice.

GK Polaris Accelerate is a unified offering of vendor-specific, on-demand training, featuring both videos and demonstrations. It includes challenge-based activities that provide practical, real-world experience based on specific tasks that you would perform in your daily professional environment. The subscription provides 12 months of unlimited access to hundreds of titles and challenges, providing certified expert instruction on topics and real hands-on reinforcement through challenge activities.

12 months unlimited access

• Hundreds of titles and demonstrations in video learning
• Courses built and delivered by validated, industry- recognized subject matter experts
• Hundreds of challenges covering multiple technologies and tech providers
• Authorized content from Microsoft, AWS, and more
• Dozens of cyber security challenges
• Single subscription price comparable to cost of a single course

And as new courses are released, you’ll automatically gain access to these courses for the duration of your subscription.

What’s Included

AWS Digital Learning

The AWS Digital Learning courses are high quality AWS-authored videos organized into the following job role competencies:

• Cloud Practitioner
• Data Analyst
• Architect
• Developer
• Operations Specialist
• Data Engineer
• Business Specialist

IT Pro Challenges All Access Pass

The All Access Pass includes access to hundreds of IT Pro challenges related to multiple platforms and technologies, such as Microsoft Azure, PowerShell, Linux, Security with AWS and Google Cloud (coming soon). There are also dozen of cybersecurity hands-on exercises. New challenges are continually being released, and you will gain automatic access to them for the duration of your subscription.

IT Pro Challenges are designed to extend and expand your learning experience with hands-on, scenario-based exercises. IT Pro Challenges are different from traditional labs, they provide you with high level guidance and requirements as opposed to detailed step-by-step instructions and designed specifically to provoke thought. IT Pro Challenges are divided into three different levels: Guided, Advanced, and Expert, with each level including a form of assessment so you may gauge your success.

Challenges as of 9-18-2020.

Technology Focused Challenges

• AWS: 25+ challenges
• Cybersecurity: 65+
• Linux: 7+
• Microsoft 365: 10+
• Microsoft Azure: 225+
• Windows Server 2016: 90+
• VMware: 1

Exam-related Challenges

• AWS Exam: CLF-C01
• AWS Exam: DVA-C01
• AWS Exam: SAA-C01
• AWS Exam: SOA-C01
• Microsoft Exam: 70-740
• Microsoft Exam: 70-741
• Microsoft Exam: 70-742
• Microsoft Exam: AI-100
• Microsoft Exam: AZ-104
• Microsoft Exam: AZ-204
• Microsoft Exam: AZ-303
• Microsoft Exam: AZ-304
• Microsoft Exam: AZ-500
• Microsoft Exam: AZ-900
• Microsoft Exam: DP-200
• Microsoft Exam: DP-201
• Microsoft Exam: DP-300
• Microsoft Exam: Microsoft-100
• vSphere Foundations Exam
• AWS Cloud Practitioner
• AWS SysOps Adminstrator
• Azure Administrator
• Azure AI Engineer
• Azure Data Engineer
• Azure Database Administrator
• Azure Developer
• IT Professionals
• Systems Administrator

Certification-related Challenges

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Foundational
• AWS Certified Developer - Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
• MCSA: Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Implementing Azure Infrastructure Solutions
• VMware Certified Professional

Challenges related to Microsoft Courses

• AI-100T01
• AZ-104T00
• AZ-204T00
• AZ-303T00
• AZ-304T00
• DP-100
• DP-200
• DP-201

Learning Path Challenges

• AWS Architecture: Storage - Challenge Series
• AWS: Cloud Practitioner - Challenge Series
• AWS: Elastic Compute Cloud
• AWS: Technical Essentials - Challenge Series
• Cybersecurity: Access Management - Challenge Series
• Cybersecurity: Defensive Tools - Challenge Series
• Cybersecurity: Foundations - Challenge Series
• Cybersecurity: Offensive Tools - Challenge Series
• Cybersecurity: PKI Essentials - Challenge Series
• Cybersecurity: Technology and Tools - Challenge Series
• Cybersecurity: Tools and Access Management - Challenge Series
• Linux: 7+
• Microsoft 365: 1
• Microsoft: Azure: 20+
• Microsoft: Powershell: 2
• Microsoft: Windows Server: 5+
• VMware - vSphere 7.0 Foundations

Microsoft Learn

Microsoft Learn is an online training platform that provides interactive learning for Microsoft products with the goal of helping you to become proficient on Microsoft technologies and learn more skills with fun, guided, hands-on, interactive content that's specific to your role and goals.

You receive access to over 2,200 learning modules across 380+ on-demand courses. Microsoft Learn provides role-based training and learning paths for Azure developers, solution architects, and administrators, as well as role-based training and learning paths for Microsoft Power BI, PowerApps, Dynamics365, Microsoft365, Office and Visual Studio.

AWS Certification Preparation Courses

Our AWS Certification Preparation courses, which are available on a wide number of platforms, provide all of the resources needed to prepare for and pass the following AWS Certification exams, and include unlimited access to videos, practice exams, exhaustive answers to questions, labs (where applicable), and expert support.

AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification

Six-plus hours of video, mock exams with 260+ practice questions, section quizzes, and 20+ labs, help to demonstrates and validate your knowledge on the overall understanding of the AWS Cloud Platform, irrespective of any particular technical role.

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate Certification
  
  • 15+ hours of video (including important topics such as EC2, IAM, Aurora, Cloudwatch, and Alarms), 12 full-length mock exams, 700+ practice questions, three section quizzes, and 42+ labs, help to demonstrate and validate your knowledge in operating, managing, and deploying AWS-based systems,
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification
  
  • 17+ hours of video (including important topics such as S3, EC2, VPC, SNS, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, and CloudFormation), 675+ practice test questions, seven full-length mock exams, and unlimited access to 43 labs.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Certification Preparation Courses

Our Google Cloud Platform Certification Preparation courses, which are available on a wide number of platforms, provide all of the resources needed to prepare for and pass the following GC Certification exams, and include unlimited access to videos, practice exams, exhaustive answers to questions, labs (where applicable), and expert support.

Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Certification

• The Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer Certification course demonstrates and validates your knowledge of how to deploy applications, monitor operations, and manage enterprise solutions on the Google Cloud Platform with everything you need to prepare for and pass the certification exam.
  • Seven-plus of videos encompassing all of the certification exam objectives.
  • Three full-length mock exams with 150+ unique exam practice questions.
  •  Unlimited access to labs covering all the important topics like GCP Console, GCP Compute Engine, and Identity and Access Management.

The Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Certification

• The Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect Certification course demonstrates and validates your knowledge of designing, developing, and managing secure, robust, and dynamic solutions on the Google Cloud Platform.
  
  • 10+ hours of videos encompassing all of the certification exam objectives.
  • Four full-length mock exams with 200+ unique exam practice questions.
  • Four section quizzes covering the most important topics for the exam, including Designing for Security and Compliance, and Managing and Provisioning a Solution Infrastructure.

The Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Certification

The Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Certification course demonstrates and validates your knowledge of how to make data driven decisions by collecting, visualizing, and transforming data, and includes everything you need to prepare for and pass the certification exam.

• Seven-plus hours of videos encompassing all of the certification exam objectives and domain:
  
  • Designing data processing systems
  • Building and operationalizing data processing systems
  • Operationalizing machine learning models
  • Ensuring solution quality
• Four full-length mock exams with 150+ unique exam practice questions.
• Unlimited access to labs covering all the important topics like GCP Console, GCP Compute Engine, and Identity and Access Management.

GK Polaris Launch

Powered by Develop, one of Global Knowledge's trusted partners, GK Polaris Launch subscription consists of over 250 foundational on-demand courses designed to build a basic level of knowledge and skills across a range of technology topics, including software development, DevOps, cybersecurity, project management, networking and cloud.