Chapter 27: Vertex AI Endpoints🔗

Vertex AI Endpoint deployment is covered in detail in Chapter 21: GCP & Vertex AI Deep Dive (sections 21.8–21.9).

Key capabilities:
- Online prediction (REST API, <100ms P99)
- Batch prediction (score millions of records)
- Traffic split (A/B testing, canary deployments)
- Explainability (integrated SHAP)
- Model monitoring (built-in drift detection)
- Auto-scaling (min/max replicas)

See Chapter 21 for complete code examples.