Retirement of VCP5-DCV exams - March 2017

The VCP550 and VCP550D exams for the VCP5-DCV certification are both set to retire at the end of March 2017.

Both exams are open for registration up to and including March 15th 2017, and the final date to take either exam is March 31st 2017.

You can read more about the retirement on this blog post.

If you need to take either exam, it's time to act - head to this VCP5-DCV page to check eligibility and to find the details on both exams - or check my VCP5-DCV page.

These are the final retirements in the v5 exam-based certifications (excluding VCDX) - it's v6 and beyond now!

VCP550D exam availability extended til end of March 2016

VMware have announced that the VCP550D exam will now remain available til March 31st 2016.

VCP550D allows existing VCP5-DCV holders to recertify and extend the life of their VCP5-DCV for an additional 2 years.

Version 5 Certifications

Here's my archive of version 5 VMware certification pages:

Data Center Virtualisation
VCP5-DCV
VCAP5-DCA
VCAP5-DCD
VCDX-DCV

Cloud
VCP-Cloud
VCAP-Cloud - now fully retired
VCDX-Cloud

Desktop
VCP5-DT - now fully retired
VCAP5-DT - now fully retired
VCDX5-DT

Network Virtualisation
NSX Training and Certifications

Return of the Delta Exam

UPDATE: The VCP550D exam is now available til September 30th 2015.

VMware made a "delta" exam available (VCP550D) for those who were VCP5-DCV holders and wished to recertify - initially this exam was only available til the end of November 2014, but it's now been resurrected and will remain available til March 10th 2015 September 30th 2015.

Read more about the exam on this blog post.

Confirmation of the resurrection can be found on the VMware Education & Certification Blog.