VMware Training Resources

I regularly get asked where good VMware training resources are found for various VMware products, so I thought I’d better create a page I can add links to as find them.

vCloud Director

Since I’ve had a focus on vCloud Director for the past few years, these links are fresh in my mind:

  1. VMware has recently updated their Fundamentals course, so this is probably the best place to start: VMware vCloud Director Fundamentals 2016

vCloud Networking

  1. Networking is often a tricky area for new users of vCloud Director, so here is a the best presentation I’ve found so far that explains how the different networking components fit together: https://youtu.be/EZw1UemLBoE
  2. http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/09/07/vcd-networking-part-1-intro/
  3. http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/09/09/vcd-networking-part-2-network-pools/
  4. http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2010/09/15/vcd-networking-part-3-use-case/

vCloud Design

  1. vCloud Director Design and Scale: https://youtu.be/dzX6DgUL2hQ

I’ve just found this page which includes most of the above links and more: http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/2010/09/top-resources-to-learn-about-vcloud-director.html

I’m a big fan of Pluralsight and can highly recommend these courses:

  1. https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/vmware-vcloud-director-essentials/table-of-contents
  2. https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/vmware-vcloud-director-organizations/table-of-contents
  3. https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/vmware-vcloud-5-1-essentials-pt1/table-of-contents
  4. https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/vmware-vcloud-5-1-essentials-pt2/table-of-contents

vSphere

vSphere 6

Check out the latest Training and Certification resources here: http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=62349&ui=www_edu&rcode=twtr

VMware Various

Here’s the Top Free course from VMware Learning: http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/www/mL.cfm?menu=topfreecourses&p=1

Free Microsoft training

Using the Microsoft Virtual Academy has been on my TODO list for some time, but for the next two months everyone has free access to the Hands-On Labs from TechEd 2012.
Check them both out now: