New exams for VCAP-DCV Design and VCP-DW

Two more new exams have been released this month, completely unrelated to one another as they are for very different certifications!

Both exams are available to book now - see below for more details, and best of luck if you're considering attempting either of them!

vSphere 8.x Advanced Design

First up is the VMware vSphere 8.x Advanced Design (3V0-21.23) exam which is for the VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Data Center Virtualization Design 2023 (VCAP-DCV Design 2023) certification.

This new exam is based on vSphere 8.x, and until the end of January 2024 it will sit alongside the previous Advanced Design VMware vSphere 7.x (3V0-21.21) exam - giving you the option of passing either the vSphere 7.x exam or vSphere 8.x exam to achieve the same certification, whichever works best for you.

Comparing the exam guide PDFs for the two exams, the new guide has mentions of VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware Validated Solutions, plus a focus on topics such as capacity planning, scalability, lifecycle management, availability, performance, security, and recoverability.

Workspace ONE 22.x Professional

The other new release is the VMware Workspace ONE 22.X Professional (2V0-62.23) exam for the VMware Certified Professional - Digital Workspace 2023 certification.

It's been 2 years since the Professional VMware Workspace ONE 21.X (2V0-62.21) exam was released and it will be retired at the end of September 2023, so unless you're already close to being ready to attempt it I would definitely suggest preparing for the new exam rather than the old one.

The exam guide PDF for the new exam has a different structure to the guide for the previous exam, I don't expect a good candidate would find many surprises when looking through the new guide.

HOL-based simulator for VCAP-DCV Deploy exam

I came across an interesting article today - using public vSphere and vSAN HOLs to help prepare for the VCAP-DCV Deploy exam.

The scenarios have been created by Jorluis Parales - an Enterprise Technical Support Senior Analyst at Dell EMC.

There are 13 different questions, with answers - each of which you can attempt yourself in the HOL environment.

Head over to this page to access the scenarios and instructions, or read more about how Jorluis' successful preparation for the exam on this page.

Great work Jorluis!

3 new certifications, 3 retirements

VMware have launched 3 new certifications - all using the new naming convention:

VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility 2018 (VCP-DTM 2018)
The exam focuses on Horizon 7.5, Identity Manager, User Environment Manager, App Volumes, and vRealize Operations for Horizon.

VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization Deploy 2018 (VCAP – DCV Deploy 018)
The live lab exam is based on vSphere 6.5 - you'll be tested on all aspects of deploying, optimizing, and troubleshooting a virtualized infrastructure.

VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Management and Automation Deploy 2018 (VCAP-CMA Deploy 2018)
The live lab exam comprises of 24 tasks, focused mostly on vRealize Automation 7.3.

This month also sees the retirement of 3 VCAP6 design exams - all of which have a more current equivalent:

VCAP6-DCV Design
Look at VCAP6.5-DCV Design

VCAP6-CMA Design
Work towards VCAP7-CMA Design

VCAP6-DTM Design
The current equivalent is VCAP7-DTM Design

All 3 of the VCAP6 exams remain available til September 30th.