Retiring VCAP certifications/exams

VMware will be retiring 3 older VCAP exams on September 30th 2018:

VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 — Data Center Virtualization Design (VCAP6-DCV Design)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 — Cloud Management and Automation Design (VCAP6-CMA Design)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 — Desktop and Mobility Design (VCAP6-DTM Design)

If you wish to achieve any of these certifications, you must pass their respective exams by the date above.

Each of the retiring certifications has a current equivalent, which you should consider working towards:

VCAP6.5-DCV Design
VCAP7-CMA Design
VCAP7-DTM Design

VCAP6 - tracks and inheritance

VMware have cleared up the "rules" for existing VCP/VCAP holders around the requirements for earning VCAP6 certifications, and also whether earning a VCAP6 will mean inheriting a VCP6.

Rather than explain it all here, you can read more on their blog post.

VCAP6 Deploy exams are go!

VMware have released 2 of the VCAP6 Deploy exams, specifically for the Data Center Virtualization (DCV) and Network Virtualization (NV) tracks:

VCAP6-DCV Deploy

VCAP6-NV Deploy

Both exams are available to schedule now, at participating Pearson VUE testing centres globally - use the links above to find out more about each exam, and to begin the registration process.

Read the official announcement here on the VMware Education & Certification blog.

Tips and Tricks for VCAP6 Deployment Exams

VMware have switched to using a new user interface for the VCAP6 Deployment exams, based on the Hands On Labs interface.

The Certification team has created an Exam UI Guide that gives guidance and tips to help make best use of the interface when taking exams - the easier the interface is to use the better, so you can focus on doing the required tasks!

Dave Davis from the team has also created a blog post with some extra tricks, and an accompanying video that brings the Exam UI Guide and his tips to life - great work Dave!

VCAP6 Design exams now available (DCV and CMA)

The VCAP6 Design exams for the Data Center Virtualization (DCV) and Cloud Management & Automation (CMA) solution tracks are now available!

As these are advanced-level certifications, there are pre-requisites for each, which you can review on the relevant vmware.com pages. You'll also find more information about each exam on their vmware.com pages:

VCAP6-DCV Design

VCAP6-DCV Design Exam (code 3V0-622)

VCAP6-CMA Design

VCAP6-CMA Design Exam (code 3V0-632)

As usual, the VMware Education & Certification blog was used to make the announcement.

If you took a beta version of these exams earlier in the year, your exam is now being scored against the final versions, and you'll get your results in the next 3-4 weeks.

VCAP6 "Deploy" exam betas available

Registration is open for the beta lab exams for these certifications:

VCAP6-DCV Deploy
VCAP6-NV Deploy
VCAP6-CMA Deploy

Appointments are only available initially at certain PearsonVUE locations in North America, though the beta may be extended to other regions.

Read more on this VMware blog post.

July 6th UPDATE: Testing centres in Europe, Asia, Central America, and South America have been added to the beta program, this blog post has more details.