The VMware IT Academy Program is an important component of VMware education programs. The academic institutions that agree to participate in the VMware IT Academy Program fulfill an important role in providing VMware education worldwide. These academic institutions operate as business alliances of VMware with an objective of delivering educational services to their students.
The VMware IT Academy Program is designed to introduce students to VMware technologies and equip them with VMware technical skills to compliment their chosen fields of study. VMware will provide selected academic institutions with course materials developed by VMware for this purpose. By instituting this program, VMware seeks to create a collaborative relationship with academic institutions whereby their students may obtain the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) status and other VMware certifications.
Offerings
Web-based eLearning
Learn at your own pace - when and where you choose. All you need is a browser with internet access. VMware's eLearning courses available with this entitlement includes courses on:
- VMware ESXi: Administration
- VMware Workstation 6: Mastery
- VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM): Fundamentals
- VMware Stage Manager: Fundamentals
- VMware Lifecycle Manager: Fundamentals
- VMware Infrastructure 3: What’s New in 3.5
- VMware Server 1: Quick Start Guide
- VMware ACE 2: Quick Start Guide
Courses are constantly updated and added to the above list. The eLearning entitlement will be administered by e-academy (www.e-academy.com) who will contact schools opting for free eLearning.
Instructor Led Training
Schools can apply to delivery VMware courses using their own instructors to create a learning experience with extensive hands-on lab exercises and state-of-the-art training material using VMware provided courseware and software. VMware's instructor-led courses available with this entitlement includes:
- VMware vSphere 4: Install, Configure, Manage
- VMware View: Install, Configure, Manage
- VMware Workstation 6.5
- Overview of VMware Infrastructure 3
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Skills for Operators
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Install & Configure V3.5
- VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy, Secure & Analyze V3.5
Courses are constantly updated and added to the above list.
Schools interested in instructor-led training should down load and read the Academy Program Guide and appropriate Academy Agreement depending on your geographical location:
VMware IT Academy Program Agreement | US | EMEA | Rest of World
Agreements should be printed, competed, signed, scanned as a pdf and sent to: VMwareAcademyProgramOffice@vmware.com
