Learn and grow

Partner Advantage provides access to specialized training to expand your team’s knowledge, demonstrate expertise to customers, and provide a path to become a Partner or Premier Partner. Join today to gain access to opportunities to upskill your team and differentiate your business.

Grow your team’s skills with Google Cloud training

Google Cloud Skills Boost

On-demand technical courses and hands-on labs cover many technical roles, skill levels, and topics.

Google Cloud Partner Learning Center

Sales and business training courses help you learn about Google Cloud products and solutions.

Partner Advantage Live

Stay up to date on the latest Partner Advantage and product announcements with webinars.

Showcase your Google-validated capabilities

Promote your capabilities by earning Expertise, Specialization, and Solution designations. Customers can search by designation and connect with you through the Partner Directory.

Expertise

Earn one or more Expertise designations by demonstrating proficiency and customer success through a combination of experience in a specific industry, solution, or Google Cloud product or technology. More than 80 expertise designations are available. 

Why is it valuable?

  • Highlights your unique skills

  • Gives you more visibility in the Partner Directory

  • Provides a path to Specialization

Examples

Specialization

Specialization is the highest technical designation a partner can achieve. Partners who have earned a Specialization in a solution area have an established Google Cloud practice, consistent customer success, and proven technical capabilities.

Why is it valuable?

  • Proves your experience with a badge

  • Gives you more visibility in the Partner Directory

  • Showcases the high standards of your capabilities in a specific area

Examples

Solution designations

Google Cloud Validated designations are awarded to partner-built solutions that run on Google Cloud or integrate with or extend Google Cloud or Google Workspace. Google Cloud Ready designations are awarded to solutions that meet Google Cloud integration requirements.

Why is it valuable?

  • Validates your solution with a badge

  • Gives you more visibility in the Partner Directory

  • Shows customers that your solution meets best practices

  • Provides a path to become a Premier Partner

Examples

Google Cloud certifications and credentials

For your company to become a Partner and maintain Partner status, individuals need to earn certifications or credentials to validate their knowledge of Google Cloud.

Google Cloud Digital Leader Badge

Foundational certification

For anyone who wants to demonstrate their knowledge of how Google Cloud products and services can achieve an organization’s digital transformation goals

Google Cloud Certified Associate Badge

Associate certification

For technical individuals with 6+ months hands-on experience with Google Cloud applications, monitoring operations, and managing cloud enterprise solutions

Google Cloud Certified Professional Badge

Professional certification

For technical individuals with 3+ years industry experience and 1+ year hands-on experience configuring Google Cloud and deploying services and solutions

Take the next step

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