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Certification Prep

Google PMLE

Vertex AI in Practice

8 min+80 XPStep 1/10

One platform, two paths

AutoML: point Vertex at a BigQuery table, CSV, or image folder → it trains with no code. Great baseline, little control — the 'no ML expertise' answer.

Custom training: bring your own code in pre-built containers (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, XGBoost) or a custom container for anything else. Add GPUs, distributed training, and Vizier hyperparameter tuning as needed.

insight

Keyword tells: 'minimal code / quick baseline' → AutoML. 'Custom architecture, specific framework version, distributed' → custom training.