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Shoebur RahmanProcurement Specialist, Giz Bangladesh
Course Description
Master Snowflake administration from the ground up.Master Snowflake administration from the ground up. This course covers everything you need to secure, govern, monitor, and collaborate in Snowflake — starting with access control fundamentals like RBAC, DAC, and the securable object hierarchy, before moving into data governance tools including dynamic data masking, row access policies, object tagging, and data classification. You'll then tackle cost management using resource monitors and ACCOUNT_USAGE views, explore data protection features like Time Travel, Fail-safe, and zero-copy cloning, and finish with Snowflake's collaboration capabilities — secure data sharing, Data Clean Rooms, and the Snowflake Marketplace. By the end, you'll have the practical skills and conceptual foundation to manage a production Snowflake environment with confidence, and be well-prepared for the SnowPro Core certification exam.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course
Curriculum
Course outline
1
Securing Your Snowflake Account
Secure your Snowflake account by mastering the role-based and discretionary access control model — from system-defined roles and the privilege hierarchy to custom roles, authentication methods, and network policies.
- RBAC, DAC, and the Securable Object Hierarchy50 XP
- Understanding System-designed Roles100 XP
- Diagnose a missing USAGE privilege50 XP
- The Right Role for User Management50 XP
- Custom Roles50 XP
- Sequence to Build a Custom Role100 XP
- Account Roles vs Database Roles50 XP
- Activating a Secondary Role50 XP
- Authentication and Network Policies50 XP
- Network policy configuration50 XP
- Understanding Authentication Methods100 XP
2
Data Governance
Implement column- and row-level security, apply object tags and automated data classification, interpret data lineage, and configure encryption and alerting to protect Claro's sensitive financial data.
3
Cost Management and Monitoring
Monitor and control Snowflake compute costs using resource monitors and ACCOUNT_USAGE views, protect data with Time Travel and failover groups, and build an audit trail with event tables and LOGIN_HISTORY.
4
Data Collaboration, Sharing, and the Marketplace
Enable secure data collaboration using Snowflake's provider, consumer, and reader account model, explore privacy-preserving Data Clean Rooms, and navigate the Snowflake Marketplace for live data listings and Native Apps.
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Snowflake Management, Governance & Collaboration
Course
Complete
