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Snowflake Data Cloud Fundamentals (SnowPro Core)

Official Snowflake course for the SnowPro Core certification. Covers architecture, advanced SQL, performance, governance, and security of the Data Cloud platform.

Duration
24h
Modality
Online live
Exam code
COF-C02
Certification
SnowPro Core Certification
Class confirmed
Next class
Jun 10, 2026

Audience

Data engineers, analysts, and architects getting started with Snowflake.

Learning objectives

  • Understand the multi-cluster, shared-data architecture
  • Apply advanced SQL, time travel, and zero-copy cloning
  • Implement security, governance, and cost optimization

Prerequisites

This course has no formal prerequisites. It is intended for professionals and students with basic IT and networking knowledge, ready to start their certification journey. Prior familiarity with computing fundamentals, operating systems and introductory networking concepts (OSI model, IP addressing) helps but is not required.

Syllabus

01

Architecture

In this module of COF-C02 — Snowflake Data Cloud Fundamentals (SnowPro Core), you deepen architecture within the Snowflake ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official COF-C02 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate Storage, Compute (warehouses), Cloud services.

Topics covered

  • Storage
  • Compute (warehouses)
  • Cloud services
02

Data Movement

In this module of COF-C02 — Snowflake Data Cloud Fundamentals (SnowPro Core), you deepen data movement within the Snowflake ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official COF-C02 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate COPY, Snowpipe, Stages.

Topics covered

  • COPY
  • Snowpipe
  • Stages
03

Performance

In this module of COF-C02 — Snowflake Data Cloud Fundamentals (SnowPro Core), you deepen performance within the Snowflake ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official COF-C02 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate Clustering keys, Materialized views, Result cache.

Topics covered

  • Clustering keys
  • Materialized views
  • Result cache
04

Security & Governance

In this module of COF-C02 — Snowflake Data Cloud Fundamentals (SnowPro Core), you deepen security & governance within the Snowflake ecosystem, with practical focus on the topics required by the official COF-C02 blueprint. Content combines theoretical fundamentals, instructor-led demonstrations and lab exercises to consolidate RBAC, Data masking, Row access policies.

Topics covered

  • RBAC
  • Data masking
  • Row access policies

Upcoming classes

StatusDateModalityHoursContact
ConfirmedJun 10, 2026 Online live24h
ScheduledAug 05, 2026 Online live24h
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