Tuesday, 29 June 2021
NEW: VMware Certified Technical Associate - Application Modernization 2021 (VCTA-AM 2021)
Monday, 1 February 2021
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
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
New Certifications - VMware Certified Technical Associate (VCTA)
UPDATE March 24th 2021: Post below modified to include the now-released VCTA for Digital Workspace.
VMware have just released a new "starter" certification level - the VMware Certified Technical Associate (VCTA).
The target audience for the VCTAs is those working in hands-on Day 2 Operations types of roles, these are definitely TECHNICAL certifications even though they sit at the level below VCP - VMware are expecting interest from career changers and those in entry-level technical roles.
As with all the higher-level certifications such as the VCP, there are VCTAs for multiple solution areas - the initial set of released certifications/exams cover:
- Data Center Virtualization (VCTA-DCV 2020)
- Network Virtualization (VCTA-NV 2020)
- Security (VCTA-SEC 2020)
- Digital Workspace (VCTA-DW 2021)
- Cloud Management & Automation (CMA)
- Application Modernization (AM)