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I started seeing Tweets about the new Certification Roadmap released recently and tried understanding the requirements for each track.

Clearly by looking at it you can get an idea that it will be possible to attain all the VCAP level certifications and also the VCDX level Elite certifications but that will require your expertise in specific/all areas for related products of VMware. Mainly we can categorize these in 3 different components.

1) VMware vSphere

2) VMware vCloud

3) VMware View/Desktop

Currently the requirements for any track of VCAP available the minimum certification level you need is VCP.

As by introducing VCP-DV (Datacenter Virtualization) people are getting confused when they decide to go for VCAP-Cloud or VCAP-Desktop certifications.

Technically as per @randybecraft this is ONE AND THE SAME CERTIFICATION as VCP.

So clear up the fog, VCP5 and VCP-DV is the same certification, which is the minimum requirement.

VCP-DT is the VCP level certification for the Desktop level examination based on VMware View and ThinApp. Once passing VCP-DT one can appear for the advanced level certifications VCAP-Desktop Administration and VCAP-Desktop Design.

For vSphere related certification VCP-DV is now considered which was VCP (X) before. Then one can go for VCAP-Data Center Administrator and VCAP-Data Center Design.

For vCloud related certifications VCP-Cloud is the minimum to attain. Then once done they can go for VCAP-Cloud Infrastructure Administration and VCAP-Cloud Infrastructure Design

Now if you click this link, it will take you to the page where you can see the above diagram but then you can click on each certification and each icon/description will take you to the mylearn page of that certification.

Currently as the Legends says you can only click the Gray colored certifications and Yellow colored certifications. The Yellow ones which are noted as New Releases.going through verifications and will be published once everything finalized.

So I will put up the links for all the certifications with required courses and recommended courses (which ever are available to take) and keep updating as the courses are going public.

Keep revisiting this post if some of the information is not up to date.

Now coming to the Elite Certification track aka VCDX there are now 3 tracks available.

vSphere ( Requires VCP-DV, VCAP-DCA, VCAP-DCD)

View ( Requires VCP-DT, VCAP-DTA, VCAP-DTD)

vCloud ( Requires VCP-Cloud, VCAP-CIA, VCAP-CID)

And as per my understanding and assumption to have a competency one needs to clear all 9-10 certifications and then present 3 different designs for each product separately to become a VCDX but as there are no blue prints available for View and vCloud VCDX tracks you can keep checking the VCDX certification page and check any updates there.

Hope this clears up the confusion and help you planning your Role Based Certification/s. You can also join the Linkedin Groups I have created where you can discuss about these certifications. These are version independent groups so you can discuss anything about any version of vSphere, vCloud and View. As the new version is released, you can start discussing about it without looking for any group for that version.

For vSphere VCAP-DCD

For vCloud VCP-VCAP-VCDX

For View VCP-DT-VCAP-VCDX

Good Luck and start preparing for VCDX.

Leave the feedback if you see any discrepancy and I will update it.

@mandivs

Now a days lot of companies have their various certifications in the market to compete others in the same area and VMware also has few new certifications released recently which includes VCAP5-DCD, VCP5-DT etc. for the Datacenter and Desktop streams.

Few others are in BETA stages such as VCAP5-DCA and VCP-IaaS right now and will become publicly available in future. The BETA Period is over by now for both exams so whomsoever willing to appear have to wait till it generally available.

The following list includes almost all the courses offered Free of Cost (self-paced) by VMware and the areas starts from vSphere Fundamentals, View, vShiled, vCenter Operations Manager, vCenter Chargeback, Site Recovery Manager, Virtualizing Tier 1 Databases such as SQL and Oracle and not limited to that but also included courses for the TC Server, GemFire, Groovy Grails, SpringSource, Hyperic (Companies acquired by VMware) etc. etc.

I have tried finding all the Free courses offered by VMware Education and if you find any course for which there is a cost involved then pleaes leave the feedback so that I can update the list accordingly.

These courses are very good for the person who never knew what vMware vSphere is or what ESX/ESXi server is. These courses are covering the starter level areas covering desktop products such as Workstation, Fusion, Lab manager, vSphere upto all at the advanced level areas such as vShiled, Tier 1 Database virtualization, View Design, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery etc. etc.

These courses are worth if one is preparing for any entry level certification like VCP to an advanced certification such as VCAP-DCD or VCAP-DCA for various tracks such as vSphere, View or IaaS (new upcoming first vCloud Certification).

vSphere 5.x and 4.1, SRM, DR/BC,Chargeback, Capacity IQ, AppSpeed,

• VMware vSphere What's New in 5.1

http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/courses.cfm?ui=www_edu&a=det&id_course=149391

vCloud, vShield, vCenter Chargeback, Configuration Manager

Learn about the basics of OSGi and how it provides a modular, dynamic environment for your applications
Learn how Spring Dynamic Modules allows to you to apply the familiar Spring programming model to your OSGi-based applications
Learn how the SpringSource dm Server enables you to build Enterprise Java applications that can benefit from OSGi’s features on the server-side
Learn about OSGi and Spring-DM best practices
Learn about options and best practices for applying modularization to your own applications

Metaprogramming With Groovy

http://www.springsource.com/training/free-online-video-metaprogramming-groovy
Key learning points:

Metaprogramming Techniques With Groovy
Metaprogramming Hooks
ExpandoMetaClass
Intercept, Cache and Invoke

Core Spring

http://www.springsource.com/training/class?classID=136220
Course Objectives covers

Use the Spring Framework to develop Java applications
Use dependency injection to set up and configure applications
Test Spring-based applications
Set up Spring configuration using XML, annotations, and Java configuration
Use Hibernate and JDBC with Spring to access relational databases
Use Spring support for transactions
Use aspect-oriented programming (AOP) to add behavior to objects
Develop a basic Web application with Spring MVC
Use Spring Security to secure Web applications
Use Spring with RMI, HttpInvoker, and JMS for remote communication
Add management with the JMX API

Enterprise Integration with Spring Training

http://www.springsource.com/training/class?classID=136215

You will learn:

How to design and implement asynchronous, event-driven, message-oriented systems with Spring JMS
How to use Spring Integration to implement Hohpe and Woolf's Enterprise Integration Patterns
How to cut through hype and understand 'buzzword' topics including SOA, ESB, and REST from first principles
How to design for concurrency using the latest from Spring and java.util.concurrent
How to optimize performance across integration boundaries

Rich Web Applications with Spring Training

http://www.springsource.com/training/class?classID=136217
You will learn:

Learn to create professional Ajax user interfaces with Spring JavaScript
Learn to design and implement stateful application transactions with Spring Web Flow 2
Learn to secure web applications effectively with Spring Security 2
Learn to get the most out of Ajax toolkits such as the Dojo Toolkit in your application
Learn to integrate JSF into your application with Spring Faces

I hope you will find these courses useful for your own study purpose and also to educate a person who is new to VMware virtualization. If you see any other courses which is not in the list above then please notify me or leave a feedback on the post and I will update the post.

For all the certification requirements and other necessary courses required for the ceritfications do visit the certification site http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/certification/ and the training site http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfm?ui=www_edu&redirect=off.

Good luck and enjoy the ride of VMware Virtualization !!

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