VMware View certifications

This page has links to the posts on this blog that relate to the VMware certifications for Horizon and View.

Horizon with View 6
VCP6-DT

View 5
VCP5-DT

View 4
VCA4-DT
VCP4-DT
VCAP4-DT

New Course - VMware View: Desktop Fast Track

Another course due for release in the next couple of months is VMware View: Desktop Fast Track, based around View and ThinApp 4.5 and 4.6. The course runs over extended hours as a 5-day event, and combines together 7 days worth of material from three individual courses:

VMware View: Install Configure Manage (4 days)
Application Virtualization with VMware ThinApp (1 day)
VMware View: Design Best Practices (2 days)

The final release date and pricing has yet to be confirmed. It looks as though the course will include a voucher for the new VMware Certified Associate 4 - Desktop (VCA4-DT) certification exam.

New Desktop Certifications

I knew this line of certifications was going to be launched in this quarter, but they've now been officially announced, VMware have launched a new range of certifications centred around vSphere 4.x and View 4.5:

VMware Certified Associate: Desktop (VCA4-DT)
VMware Certified Professional: Desktop (VCP4-DT)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional: Desktop (VCAP4-DT)

The current state of play is that registration is open for the beta VCA4-DT exam, and the beta exam blueprint has also been published. A mock exam will also be made available.

VCA4-DT has no compulsory training or certification pre-requisites, although VMware recommend completion of the following to help with preparation for the exam:

VMware View 4.5: Fundamentals - a 4-hour self-paced e-learning course
VMware View 4.5: Install Configure Manage - a 4-day instructor-led course

VCP4-DT and VCAP4-DT will both have certification pre-requisites, for example the VCP4-DT exam will only be available for those already holding the VCP4 certification.

Here are the sections in the current version of the VCA4-DT exam blueprint:

- Monitor VMware View Environment
- Maintain pools and desktop resources
- Manage ThinApp entitlements
- Support and Troubleshooting
- End User Support
- Component features and functions

It remains to be seen if VMware will announce further specialist certifications...

UPDATE: February 11th
A quote from Yves Sandfort who took the VCA4-DT beta exam: "I even tried the Beta Exam today, a few surprises but I think should be achievable by anybody attending View ICM and ThinApp courses... Wouldn't suggest to try without..."

It's all gone green!

I've just received my latest batch of instructor manuals from VMware, and they're green! They've been changed from the older blue covers to bring them in-line with the VMware web site and all the literature they produce in terms of course outlines.

Here's my new vSphere: Troubleshooting and View 4: Install Configure Manage manuals:

This would seem to be the way forward for official VMware courseware from now on.

New vSphere and View Courses

VMware have just launched a number of new classroom-based courses on vSphere 4 and View.

vSphere: Fast Track: 5-days, instructor-led, extended hours
http://www.globalknowledge.co.uk/Default.aspx?page=461&coursecode=VSFT

vSphere: Manage Availability: 1-day, instructor-led, also covered in Fast Trackhttp://www.globalknowledge.co.uk/Default.aspx?page=461&coursecode=VSMA

vSphere: Overview: 1-day, instructor-led
http://www.globalknowledge.co.uk/Default.aspx?page=461&coursecode=VSO

View: Design Best Practices: 1-day, instructor-ledhttp://www.globalknowledge.co.uk/Default.aspx?page=461&coursecode=VMVD

Global Knowledge UK's full VMware portfolio is available at http://www.globalknowledge.co.uk/courses%20%20certifications/vmware%20training.aspx

I'll be delivering all of these courses at Global Knowledge around the UK, we will have our full schedule for all the above courses published in the next few days.

New virtualization community - VDI.com

Eric Sloof from NTPRO.NL has been blogging away about talking with David Bieneman (currently with Liquidware Labs, previously at Vizioncore). A new community is born, centered around VDI but also about virtualization generally - and it looks similar to Facebook.

I've just signed up as a member, there are groups to join, polls to vote on, forums to post in.....

Take a look for yourself at http://www.vdi.com

Eric's blog post can be found at http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/1226-You-want-to-know-whats-up-with-VDI.COM-Just-Skype-David-Bieneman.html

Scott.

New Course - VMware View: Design Best Practices

This is another course that is not yet listed on the VMware Education site, but the Datasheet is available at:

http://mylearn.vmware.com/descriptions/EDU_DATASHEET_ViewDesignBestPractices_V4.01.pdf


The course covers a variety of design aspects around VMware View, and whilst it is aimed primarily at VMware partners it is available to all. This course is expected to be available from the end of August.

New Course - VMware View : Install, Configure, Manage

Hi,

VMware have announced the public availability of a full course on VMware View titled Install, Configure, Manage. View is version 3.0 of VMware's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) software, the previous version was known as Virtual Desktop Manager.

There are three key elements to View, and they're all covered in the course:
1. VMware View Manager
2. VMware View Composer
3. VMware ThinApp

The new course is 3 days in length, and the full outline is available here:
http://mylearn.vmware.com/descriptions/EDU_DATASHEET_VMwareViewICM3.pdf

Global Knowledge hope to start offering this course across all European countries soon.

Scott.