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Hillary: Alright, so hi everyone and welcome to today's webinar titled tips for passing the vmware V sphere exam my name is Hillary and I will be your MC for this webinar Thank you so much for joining the conversation.
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Hillary: Before we get started let's cover some webinars functionalities first during the webinar everyone's microphones will be muted.
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Hillary: But we do want this to be an open discussion, so please, if you have any questions feel free to put them in the Q amp a box or chat window below your screen.
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Hillary: And today's webinar is being recorded and accompany will be sent it to all registrants by the end of the week.
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Hillary: joining us today as panelists we have our very own Ken willard and Paul Jensen can will, it is a senior instructor at exit certified.
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Hillary: Before joining the company in 2017 Ken worked in various tiers of the IT industry, including end customer channel prior distribution and manufacturing.
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Hillary: his expertise covers the handling of projects from startup phase to the mapping of business requirements and technical architectural plans.
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Hillary: ken's credentials include certifications from aws new tonics vmware and idle Paul john cena began his career.
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Hillary: More than 20 years ago and has been a vmware trainer with exit certified since 2008.
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Hillary: He began his it career providing helped us system support later worked as an IT trainer for a call Center and then as an IT consultant he provides training for vm on eugenics and beam.
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Hillary: Please, if you have any questions on our vmware training course with exit certified please feel free to ask those questions in the Q amp a chat with That said, please can I Paul take it away.
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Paul Jensen: didn't want to change on.
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Paul Jensen: morning everybody.
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Paul Jensen: My name is Paul Johnson is Hillary said.
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Ken Willard: Good morning i'm Kim willard.
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Paul Jensen: we'll go ahead and get get started this morning.
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Paul Jensen: So we first want to point out where you know, obviously we're going to be starting with tips about taking the exam.
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Paul Jensen: Again, this is not a here's the questions for the exam if you came here expecting that.
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Paul Jensen: you're not going to get it.
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Ken Willard: Like me, the wrong audience here.
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Paul Jensen: Just a little bit.
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Paul Jensen: We didn't want to start pulling out where you should where you should start, and that is, with the exam guide.
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Paul Jensen: So, being one provides this to everyone, all and sundry they should be your first location to check.
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Paul Jensen: So, and we will be providing the links.
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Paul Jensen: For all of this going forward I believe in a blog through a blog post and that correct.
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Ken Willard: Right so that's one thing, as we talked through this today don't feel like you've got to capture everything we talked about, as we go through.
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Ken Willard: Not only like Hillary said as a recording going to be available at a by the end of the week there's also going to be a blog post and right out of that post.
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Ken Willard: we're going to have all of the sites and references that we provide here and they'll just be easy direct links so don't feel like you have to capture all these as we go through today.
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Paul Jensen: Thank you, so if you did follow that link.
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Paul Jensen: This is where it would take you to now I do want to point something out that we have found like recently I know Jen came across this where we ended up coming to this particular site, it is that out on vmware is page and you'll see this nice little download exam guide link.
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Paul Jensen: Evidently, not all browsers are showing this link.
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Paul Jensen: We come to find out sometimes different versions of different browsers may be blocking the link or not showing up properly So if you do follow this and you don't see it.
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Paul Jensen: You might want to try another browser.
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Paul Jensen: Did you have something.
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Ken Willard: That what I was just gonna say we're also going to so probably gonna are you going to click through to that and.
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Paul Jensen: Maybe epic that yeah.
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Ken Willard: And so, this exam guide the direct link to this PDF will be one of those resources that we include in the blog post So even if you have to have a browser that's not rendering that page quite right.
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Ken Willard: you'll also have as part of the follow up to this session, the direct link to the exam blueprint.
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Paul Jensen: For the example grid gives you an idea of everything that the exam has, as far as what the requirements are for passing which, like many certifications now is no longer a percentage, it is a general score I believe it is on a one to 500 scale.
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Paul Jensen: But you do need a passing score of 304 what that means.
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Ken Willard: Well, and you know, one of the things that again vmware like a lot of it certification programs are doing today, the reason they don't say it's a percent the reason they are going to a specific scored if number.
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Ken Willard: And you've all seen these if you've taken an exam in the last few years there'll be a question that asks a question a list six options and you're instructed to pick two or three out of those well that question then becomes worth two or three points, depending on.
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Ken Willard: The number of correct responses required right so that's kind of why they've got away from that.
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Ken Willard: percentage based model and they're just go with a direct scoring model.
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Paul Jensen: And it's a little hard to do a percentage, especially when many of those.
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Paul Jensen: are considered a either all or nothing.
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Paul Jensen: yep question so that question becomes weighted heavily more heavily.
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Paul Jensen: But you are required to get all parts of it, so you know it would really kind of stink if you had to.
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Paul Jensen: get it, that it was Wade you know just a little bit as far as you know, one the same amount is you know what does vmware call its solution for virtualization which, hopefully, you all would say something along the lines of these fair.
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Paul Jensen: We hope.
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Paul Jensen: But it also goes over the various exam sections experience expectations we're going to talk a little bit about this, the various objectives and all the way at the bottom.
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Paul Jensen: references and even a few sample questions.
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Paul Jensen: So anything else on this before we move along, you can.
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Ken Willard: Now I would say just to reiterate what we talked about this very first, because it is the primary resource for everybody, it is literally the roadmap or the blueprint for how to prep for the exam.
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Paul Jensen: Alright, so next we'll talk a little bit about training and certification paths so.
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Paul Jensen: i'll let you do this, one can.
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Ken Willard: Fair enough i'm happy to have this part of the conversation.
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Ken Willard: We often get asked, or we have the sales team will will float emails over us to say hey what class should I take to get ready for the exam.
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Ken Willard: But the answer is, there is no answer to that question vmware again like.
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Ken Willard: Every vendor that I work with at least when you look at how vmware and aws mechanics and they all treat it, they will tell you they don't write exam prep courses, and that is not the intent of the material when you will when Paul said we're going to come back to the exam blueprint.
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Ken Willard: They clearly defined the minimum qualified candidate and it talks about needing a certain amount of hands on time.
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Ken Willard: Depending on how somebody comes into one of our classes if they've been working with the product for a while and they're kind of treating the classes, the next step.
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Ken Willard: And I say Okay, maybe a couple of three weeks of some additional reading and prep time you'll be fine if somebody is taking the class.
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Ken Willard: that's their first exposure to the sphere.
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Ken Willard: I tell them you're probably four to six months out for really being comfortable and being prepared to take that exam right there is no single class, that is, take the class pass the exam that's just not what vmware does nor frankly do any of the vendors that i'm aware of today.
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Paul Jensen: So, and I again, I think that also comes back to the whole point of thing one you to have a meaningful certification, if you can go through take a class and get a certification.
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Paul Jensen: Do you really understand the products, you know, probably not maybe as much as we as instructors would love to think that we can make you.
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Paul Jensen: Experts in a week.
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Ken Willard: yeah.
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Paul Jensen: that's a little little high expectation on our part to say yeah we can do that in oil not going to happen.
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Ken Willard: Pretty stable.
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Paul Jensen: So they want you to have a meaningful certification.
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Paul Jensen: Simply sitting through a class is just not enough for them to feel comfortable that you really do have the.
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Paul Jensen: know how and abilities that they want a certified professional Daf so.
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Paul Jensen: Again, I think that.
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Paul Jensen: You know we all, hopefully, we all agree on that concept.
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Ken Willard: Paul quick question in the Q amp a.
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Ken Willard: And so, Hillary i'm going to grab that one and do it live it says, well, they give a free voucher.
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Ken Willard: For the exam as part of taking one of these classes and the answer is, like most good previous it consultants, I will tell you it depends.
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Ken Willard: Right, that is the number one consulting answer when a client asked the question, the reason I say depends is because there are occasionally promotions usually only once a quarter.
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Ken Willard: But you know our if let's say your organization does a private class through exit certified.
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Ken Willard: Sometimes your training team will specify that the vouchers are going to be part of the private training event, so my more specific answer is.
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Ken Willard: Usually the answer to that is no, there are a few rare exceptions where you might see a voucher with a given class depending on the scenario generally not.
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Paul Jensen: Yes, yes, and also for the most part, as an instructor because I have been asked this during the class, we will have people sitting in a class maybe from various.
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Paul Jensen: sources, they will have either signed up directly online they might have been put in there from vmware.
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Paul Jensen: My answer to them is you need to go back to where you purchase the class through and ask because i'm rarely told that, unless it is a.
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Paul Jensen: You know purchased correct class here's about sure.
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Ken Willard: yeah absolutely.
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Paul Jensen: As an instructor most of the time.
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Paul Jensen: I have to refer you back to where you purchased it through to check for that.
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Ken Willard: So, having done the big pitch that no single class will do the job by itself for exam prep there are, however, definitely some classes that are prerequisites it depending on kind of where you are in your learning path you do have to take a class as a general rule.
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Ken Willard: Right, and so there are we've got several options here, and so this assumes that you have no current vmware bcp certifications one of these is going to be a requirement.
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Ken Willard: And you'll notice the, the first to classify there by vmware as preferred.
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Ken Willard: Paul correct me if you feel differently about this, but I would consider the install configure and manage to be vmware is fundamental course if you are relatively new to the product.
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Ken Willard: that's probably the right entry for you into the training track if you've been working with vc or for a year, maybe longer you might want to seriously look at the optimize and scale, it might be a better fit.
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Ken Willard: Those two classes and I.
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Ken Willard: My opinion is the reason that they're the preferred, they are both pace at a pretty relatively comfortable five days.
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Ken Willard: kind of the old adage of of trying to drink from a fire hose with either of those two classes and I feel like unless you are extremely advanced when you get into a maybe the troubleshooting but certainly.
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Ken Willard: Any of the fast track architectures that is an incredible amount of information to try to digest in five days and it's usually, especially if you don't come in with kind of some solid footing there, maybe that's the best way to get exposed to the material.
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Paul Jensen: yeah I wouldn't 100% agree a couple of other points with that I know, in the past, now vmware has changed their exam.
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Paul Jensen: methodology again back to a single exam.
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Paul Jensen: Were with the five, and so did they think they changed it coming into the six back to a single exam or no with the six it was two exams still, then they move to I think six five is where they may have to.
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Paul Jensen: And at that point, the install configure manage.
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Paul Jensen: Was mapped to the blueprint not letting gave all the information, but they actually did use the exam blueprint to help determine what was going to be in the install configure managed for the first year exam and the optimize and scale was for this second tier exam the actual de CV.
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Paul Jensen: Now that they're all together if you really want to get down to it, that blueprint now spans both of these courses, although i'm not i'll be honest.
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Paul Jensen: I haven't talked to the exam developers that they're still doing or the development Jane if they're even still trying to do that because, again, as we said earlier, being where has never said.
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Paul Jensen: You said this course, and you can pass this exam all they did was trying to make sure that we at least teach touch on a point in the blueprint in a given course.
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Paul Jensen: And that was what they were their own my goal was, I would also agree with Ken on the fast tracks, the fast tracks are usually classes that were designed for two classes put together that were originally designed to as five day courses.
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Paul Jensen: And they're done in five days usually extended hours, but still to five day courses into a single five day session, it is a lot of material to try to assimilate and even people that are experienced with vmware.
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Paul Jensen: will have that slightly glassy eyed look at the end of the day, it can be those cases.
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Ken Willard: I will tell you I didn't have anybody advising me when I started this path and I took the fast track that was my introduction.
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Ken Willard: I literally have no idea what the instructor talking about from Thursday lunch on Thursday afternoon or Friday, or just this fog because it's just too much to absorb at least, it was, in my opinion.
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Paul Jensen: yeah I mean you know we do the best we can, but again they are challenging courses, so if you need to take them in that method for whatever reason be prepared for.
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Paul Jensen: The experience there's not much slowing down as an instructor you can do to cover that amount of material, so if you're a student, if you have students that are lagging behind, we do our best, but.
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Ken Willard: That that is definitely the drinking from a fire hose analogy.
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Ken Willard: So far as the volume of material mm hmm.
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Paul Jensen: So now oh go ahead.
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Ken Willard: I was just gonna say the other interesting thing as well, no single class is intended to prepare you for the exam if you're sitting in a very unique position, a single class will grant you the next certification.
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Ken Willard: Has feature yeah this is this is really new right, but for those of you that did take the exam last year.
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Ken Willard: But you're in a situation where maybe you've got a recurring training budget you've got X number of hours of training that you are committed to achieve every year for your metrics internally.
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Ken Willard: This is where we start looking at some of these advanced courses to be helpful, so if you just took your certification last year and pass that in 2021 you can take any of the courses listed on this page and you will automatically be granted the.
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Ken Willard: version of the certification and you'd have to take another exam.
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Ken Willard: So that eliminates that.
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Ken Willard: One extra step and I don't know about you, I think exams usually i've got a couple of years that are due for renewal, since I train across programs.
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Ken Willard: And it's still probably the least fun part of my job, even as a technical instructor I test really poorly I walk into that room and it's not comfortable right and so even I as someone who has to do it, two or three times a year.
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Ken Willard: I don't like taking exams and i'm guessing most of you, maybe don't either, so this is a way to re up your certification without needing the exam component, but you got to be in that rare group that just certified last year.
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Paul Jensen: And you can and the interesting thing is, you can keep doing that, again as Ken said if you've got a recurring training budget.
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Paul Jensen: For in perhaps you take optimizing scale, the next year and then really neat class the troubleshooting glass where you do perform break fix the labs are broke fix.
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Paul Jensen: Some very neat taper additional course where that you can go through.
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Paul Jensen: To keep your certification at the latest and greatest I do get and as a little side note that's a great question I just saw that over in the chat because I just.
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Paul Jensen: Thank you sure about steam that does the CP as bcp certification expire every year it technically never expires anymore vmware no longer expire church certifications, however.
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Paul Jensen: There are also not related to a specific version, so if, for instance, for instance, six get when six seven came out seven overlapped.
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Paul Jensen: There was a period of time, both those certifications exact certification exams were available in the same year, so people who took the success of that year were I think they were what 2020.
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Paul Jensen: would be the 2020 exam, but if you took a seven day saying here you're also a bcp 2020 there was no difference in your certification, it was the year now the exam was different, but the years the way it's looked at, so the way vmware looks at this is.
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Paul Jensen: You know, really from a.
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Paul Jensen: You know it professional point of view, how long do you want your certification to be stagnant, if you will.
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Paul Jensen: You know, when you go out and apply to that next job, do you want it to say i'm 2020 and 2026 you know, probably not so can we do something.
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Ken Willard: The only exception, I was going to put on that is I don't know who your employer is, but if you work for anyone that is part of the vmware channel partner community.
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Ken Willard: Again pulse point technically your exam your certification never expires, but if you work for a channel partner, a you are using that certification, as part of your partner status conditions, you have three new them every two years to keep your partner status so.
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Ken Willard: If you are an end user, looking at that certification it never expires, and you don't really have to think about it, other than to paul's point how stag at do you want it to appear on your resume.
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Ken Willard: Here, with a channel partner you're still going to have a two year renewal expectation from vmware as being a channel partner expert.
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Paul Jensen: And one other point.
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Paul Jensen: The email you wouldn't be able to take that So the answer the question, there was the question at.
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Paul Jensen: If yours is effectively a 2019 certification, I do not believe that will qualify you for a course now what you can do, and this is something you'll have to check with the vmware because I don't know exactly where you're at.
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Paul Jensen: And the other benefit to that every other year vmware does not require a course reset if it's within the past I believe two years, so that every other year if you wanted to go if you did a 2020 you could just take the certification exam for 2022 and attain it.
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Paul Jensen: Without taking a course I would have to look and also on vmware page maybe during one of the times that i'm not necessarily talking as much I can pull that up and pull.
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Paul Jensen: and check for you on that, six, seven or we can get back to you on that one Ricardo, I will have to look at vmware page, to see if that one counts.
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Paul Jensen: Anything else that you have.
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Ken Willard: No, I think we can kind of start digging into some of the specifics here.
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Paul Jensen: All right, so i'm gonna let you start with this one, and then i'll chime in and i'm going to also.
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Paul Jensen: Take a look at that preface me because you're talking to.
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Paul Jensen: I think up at least two of the three.
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Paul Jensen: But they do a great job creating not only you know documentation for each of the zoom exam talk topics, but practice quizzes which are hard to find.
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Paul Jensen: You know flashcards have a whole array.
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Paul Jensen: of everything in here, so it is there is a fee associated with it, depending on where you purchase it so we're not showing you where you can you can get it from Amazon, you can get it from it's a vmware press book, so you can get it from Pearson.
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Paul Jensen: All I have on.
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Ken Willard: Of course they're just there are tons of other great Internet based resources, but we kind of pulled together, these are four of the ones that.
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Ken Willard: Paul and our other vmware instructor and I often refer to often make note of in class, and so we probably think we're good to include as supplemental reference for the exam as well.
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Paul Jensen: So next we're going to do some quick general tips exam taking I don't think these are necessarily just for vmware.
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Paul Jensen: So there are three types of questions you'll have multiple choice multiple option, and then there will be an occasional question with an exhibit it's still going to end up being a multiple choice multiple option but it's going to have some kind of a exhibit to show you.
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Ken Willard: Often, a network diagram kind of thing.
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Paul Jensen: It will show is incomplete, at the end so make sure you're watching for that that is one of those cautions i've seen that happen more than once you've done it more than once, but thankfully really caught it.
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Paul Jensen: So before you get there, determine what you're doing but I used to be and it's not as bad as it used to be vmware had a very short time frame for a large number of questions that's gotten a little more generous but it's still a limited time frame.
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Paul Jensen: What is your exam take style vmware allows you to fully review the exam go in understanding, and so there will be exam questions that you can read quickly.
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Paul Jensen: You have questions that are much longer questions that might require the you know a little more thought process or just time to read those exhibit sometimes take a little bit of time to study.
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Paul Jensen: And mark the others, because you have that time, the last thing you want to do is get stuck on a question that you think you might spend five minutes on.
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Paul Jensen: And now it feels like the rest of your time is so much shorter get the questions out of the way that you know and can do quickly.
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Paul Jensen: you'll have a lot more breathing room, because now, you will feel like all my remaining questions are only five others and i've got this amount of time it's not it will lower your stress, at least for me that's how it works.
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Paul Jensen: This it says, this is a procedure, this is an overtime get ready for this.
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Ken Willard: don't burn a lot of time on that and then put yourself under duress, for the rest of the exam market and move on right it's just one question.
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Ken Willard: And you kind of see the the bullet at the bottom you're not going to know everything on the exam.
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Ken Willard: I mentioned earlier in the session, I am not a good test taker I don't know why there's something about it my brain doesn't work well in that scenario.
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Ken Willard: Even today, I have exams not use the vmware exams because i've been taking them for so long, I understand how they get written.
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Ken Willard: The certifications recommend having experience right, how do you get that experience without having the CERT and that's kind of what we were talking, through you, invest that time in.
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Ken Willard: The hands on labs is the best free resource out there and then, if you've got the luxury to be able to build a home lab which that may or may not be practical, for you.
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Hillary: So there's no more questions with that Thank you so much can important to kind of wrap things up a bit and go to the next slide.
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Hillary: just wanted to let you all know that exit certified as a vmware authorized training partner with the largest guaranteed run schedule in North America.
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Hillary: to learn more about our vmware training and to chat with our REPS online please visit the links that I posted on the chat earlier, I also did want to make one final announcement of we can go to the next slide.
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Hillary: And with that said, please keep a lookout for the follow up email, that we will be sending later this week will share the recording of the webinar as well as the follow up resources, and thank you so much, everyone and have a great afternoon.
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Hillary: We have one.
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Paul Jensen: yeah you should be good again 2019 should be good for you they're.
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Paul Jensen: Thank you, everybody.
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Hillary: All right, Thank you everyone.
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