Designing and Implementing Cloud Connectivity (ENCC)

Overview

The Designing and Implementing Cloud Connectivity (ENCC) training helps you develop the skills required to design and implement enterprise cloud connectivity solutions.

You will learn how to use private and public internet-based connectivity to extend enterprise networks to cloud providers. The training explores public cloud infrastructure fundamentals and the integration of services such as Software as a Service (SaaS).

You will practice analysing and recommending connectivity models that provide the best quality of experience for users. You will also implement Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) and Software-Defined Wide-Area Network (SD-WAN) cloud connectivity and build overlay routing with Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).

The course includes troubleshooting cloud connectivity issues related to IPsec, SD-WAN, routing, application performance and policy application.

This training prepares you for the 300-440 ENCC exam. Passing the exam earns the Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise Cloud Connectivity certification and satisfies the concentration exam requirement for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Enterprise certification.

The training earns 32 Cisco Continuing Education credits toward recertification.

What You Will Learn

• Describe cloud computing fundamentals, deployment models, cloud services and major cloud providers.
• Describe connectivity options for public cloud services, including point-to-point IPsec VPN and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp.
• Compare public cloud connectivity architectures and options across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
• Describe private connectivity options to public cloud provider infrastructure.
• Explain direct private peering connections to different public cloud providers.
• Describe colocation, cloud exchange and software-defined cloud interconnect solutions.
• Evaluate connectivity options for SaaS applications across geographically distributed organisations.
• Explain how Direct Internet Access can optimise cloud application performance and user experience.
• Describe requirements for high availability, resiliency and scalability in enterprise cloud connectivity solutions.
• Describe native security capabilities in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
• Explain PCI DSS, FedRAMP and HIPAA compliance requirements in public cloud integration.
• Implement internet-based underlay connectivity to public cloud environments.
• Configure overlay tunnels to cloud-native gateways in AWS, Azure and GCP and to cloud-hosted Cisco IOS XE routers.
• Deploy a cloud-hosted Cisco IOS XE router and customise its cloud networking configuration.
• Configure OSPF and BGP routing for common enterprise cloud connectivity designs.
• Explore Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway.
• Describe Cisco vManage policy architecture and centralised data policies.
• Explain Application-Aware Routing policy components and implementation.
• Describe Microsoft 365 traffic categories and service areas.
• Describe Application Quality of Experience and Data Redundancy Elimination deployment considerations.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot internet-based public cloud connectivity issues.
• Troubleshoot BGP peering and connectivity issues with Microsoft Azure.
• Troubleshoot configuration, networking and routing issues on customer edge devices using Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute.

Who Should Enrol

• Cloud architects.
• Cloud administrators.
• Cloud engineers.
• Cloud network engineers.
• Cloud automation engineers.
• Cloud systems engineers.
• Security analysts.
• Cloud security managers.
• Cloud consultants.
• Cloud application developers.
• Systems engineers.
• Technical solutions architects.

Course Outline