Cloud Services in a Month: Applying the Book
- On-Demand Learning
- Course Code: 5W17
This class will help you:
- Create a great cloud offering
- Create a money-making network assessment offering
- Pricing strategies for the 2020’s
- Design an excellent migration process
- Managing cloud clients successfully
What you get
- On-Demand Learning
- Handouts & Resources
- Full Lifetime Access
- Automatic updates to course content
- Access to Instructor
- Last taught live: May 27, 2025
Class Description
Based on the book Cloud Services in a Month, this course will give you the information, forms, processes, and motivation to move full force into providing Cloud Services. Much of the focus is on designing and developing a package of services you can sell to every single client.
As Karl describes it: The core technologies that every client needs.
Tuition for this course include the ebook version of the newly release Cloud Services in a Month! That includes all the downloads from the book as well.
You will learn:
- Everyone’s a Cloud Service Provider
- Tip Toe into the Clouds?
- The Latest Tools and Options
- Cloud Computing in the Small Business Space
- Right Sizing Your Offering
- What is the Cloud?
- Assessing Client Networks
- Money-Making Homework – Network Assessments
- Create a Cloud Service Offering
- Sneak Peek: The Cloud Service Five-Pack
- The Absolute Basics
- Plan Changes and Updates
- Transactions, Customers, and Client
- Price Strategies
- Managed Services and Cloud Services
- Building a Bundle that Works
- Break/Fix and Hybrid Models
- Create A Three-Tiered Pricing Structure
- Migrating to the Cloud
- One Service at a Time
- Managed Service Tools and the Cloud
- Storage Migration
- Email Migration
- Microsoft Office
- Money-Making Homework – Migration Plans
- Backups, DR, and Continuity
- Basic Backups
- BDRs
- Business Continuity
- Running Your New CSP Business
- The Right Tools for the Job
- Your Standard Offerings (Your Catalog of Services)
- Staff Requirements for Cloud Services
- Client Onboarding
PLUS lots more. This class is filled with great advice and tips on running your I.T. company and moving into the world of recurring revenue with cloud services.
Your Instructor
Karl W. Palachuk
Course Outline
| Module 1 | Class Introduction | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Introduction - Preview | |
| Unit 2 | Live Class Information | |
| Module 2 | Class Content | |
| Unit 1 | Setting the Stage for Cloud Services in Small Business | |
| Unit 2 | Introducing the Cloud Five-Pack Formula | |
| Unit 3 | Implementation, Sales, and Variations | |
| Unit 4 | Cloud Migration Strategies and Procedures | |
| Unit 5 | Maintaining, Evolving, and Integrating Cloud Services Over Time | |
| Unit 6 | Next Steps . . . |
Certifications
All classes help you work toward a Specialist Certification as either a Core or Elective class for a particular pathway.
You can become a Certified Professional by taking just one class and passing the associated exam.
You can become a Certified Specialist by taking 5 classes and exams that apply to a single pathway.
This class fulfills requirements for these Specialist Certification Pathways:
How it works
IT Service Provider is intentionally set up to give busy IT Business owners access to focused, high-quality education right when you need it most.
All classes are available on-demand, with the most recent live class recordings available immediately upon registration.
Most classes are taught live every 12-18 months. Instructors take care to update content, slides, and handouts to reflect changes in the industry.
Good news: Once you register, you’ll have lifetime access which means you can attend the new live class and review the newest recordings for life.
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If it’s your first time, welcome! Add this class to your cart and go through the checkout. You’ll be added to the live Zoom portion automatically. Handouts are available now (or shortly) inside the class units.
If you’re a returning student to this class and just need to register for the new Zoom link, head to Module 1, Unit 2.
See Class Outline below.
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Check your email for the Zoom Confirmation. You should receive reminders ahead of each Unit, but we always recommend you add the class to your calendar. Remember, it’s 5 consecutive Tuesdays from 9 – 10am Pacific.
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You’ll have perpetual access to the class recordings, transcripts, and handouts. And, next time it’s taught live, you’ll be able to join the Zoom sessions and access the new content.
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Frequently Asked Questions
I want to become a Certified Specialist. How do I declare a Specialist Pathway?
In your Dashboard, go to “My Pathways” and you choose your pathway there. Declaring your pathway lets you easily track your progress, and it’s free!
I registered for this class years ago – can I attend the new live sessions?
Yes – you’re welcome and encouraged to join live sessions whenever it’s taught again.
To get the Zoom information, make sure you’re logged in and head to Module 1, Unit 2: Live Class Information – see Class Outline above. By the way: you’ll automatically have access to the new recordings and handouts by visiting any unit in Module 2.
I lost the Zoom link for the live portion, where is it?
Log in, and then head to Module 1, Unit 2: Live Class Information.
Where are the recordings?
Same place as the handouts – make sure you’re logged in and head to Module 2.
Please allow 24 hours for the recordings to be posted after the live class.
I’m already registered. Where are the handouts?
Handouts are inside each unit of Module 2.
Make sure you’re logged in and check out the Course Outline above.
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