3 new exams from VMware

 VMware have released 3 new "skills" badges and exams in the last couple of weeks:

• Workspace ONE for MacOS Skills
• SD-WAN Design and Deploy Skills exam (for the SD-WAN Design and Deploy 2021 badge)
• NSX-T Data Center 3.1 Security exam (for the NSX-T Data Center Security 2021 Skills badge)

Each of the links above will take you to the page where you can download the Exam Guide and find out more about how to book the exams.

All 3 exams are "proctored" which means they are either taken at a Pearson VUE testing centre or online using their OnVUE system.

VCPs, VCAPs AND VCDXs around the world - 2021 edition!

UPDATE - March 19th 2021: Added the VCDX version.

For a number of years now, VMware have published infographics about the distribution of VCPs, VCAPs, and VCDXs around the world.

The 2021 versions can be found by clicking on the images:

Some interesting observations:

• There are now more than 100,000 VCPs in the USA, but only an additional 20,000 or so across the rest of the Americas
• Eight countries now have more than 10,000 VCPs!
• Ireland has 761 VCPs per million of the population, more than double that of the USA
• While EMEA has the lowest number of VCPs it has the highest number of VCAPs

Training available for VCTA-DCV and VCTA-NV

VMware released the VMware Certified Technical Associate (VCTA) level of certifications a little while ago, if you aren't sure what VTCA means and how it fits into the full family of certifications check out my previous post on this.

Training has now been published to help candidates prepare for the VCTA-DCV and VCTA-NV, the content is available via VMware Connect Learning.

You'll need a Premium subscription in order to access the VCTA learning content, that subscription level gives you access to 1300+ videos on topics across the full portfolio of VMware solutions plus exam prep courses for VCP-level certifications - learn more about how to access the VCTA content within VMware Connect Learning.

To learn a little more about the certifications and for a sneak peak of the training content, take a look at these YouTube videos from the IT Academy team: VCTA-DCV and VCTA-NV