Certification Paths
Path if you hold
Certification Paths
Path if you hold
Data Center Virtualization Certification Path

Certification Path if you hold no VCP certifications
Courses used by VMware to develop this exam and strongly recommended to you for exam preparation:
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]
Courses VMware will accept which meet training course requirements (List includes the courses used to develop this exam):
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V8]
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V7]
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track V7]
VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23)
135 Minutes 70 Questions $250 USD
Professional VMware vSphere 7.x (2V0-21.20) - Retiring soon on January 31, 2024
130 Minutes 70 Questions $250 USD
Certification Path if you hold VCP-DCV 2022
VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23)
135 Minutes 70 Questions $250 USD
Professional VMware vSphere 7.x (2V0-21.20) - Retiring soon on January 31, 2024
130 Minutes 70 Questions $250 USD
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V8]
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V8]
VMware vSphere: What's New [V8]
VMware vSphere: What's New [V8] - Digital
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V7]
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V7]
VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track [V7]
VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7] - On Demand
Certification Path if you hold VCP-DCV 2020 or Newer
Courses used by VMware to develop this exam and strongly recommended to you for exam preparation:
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]
Courses VMware will accept which meet training course requirements (List includes the courses used to develop this exam):
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V8]
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V8]
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V7]
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track V7]
VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23)
135 Minutes 70 Questions $250 USD
Professional VMware vSphere 7.x (2V0-21.20) - Retiring soon on January 31, 2024
130 Minutes 70 Questions $250 USD
Certification Path if you hold a VCP-DCV 2019 or Older
Courses used by VMware to develop this exam and strongly recommended to you for exam preparation:
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]
Courses VMware will accept which meet training course requirements (List includes the courses used to develop this exam):
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V8]
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V7]
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track V7]
VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23)
135 Minutes 70 Questions $250 USD
Professional VMware vSphere 7.x (2V0-21.20) - Retiring soon on January 31, 2024
130 Minutes 70 Questions $250 USD
Certification Path if you hold a VCP in any track with a 2020 version or newer
Courses used by VMware to develop this exam and strongly recommended to you for exam preparation:
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]
Courses VMware will accept which meet training course requirements (List includes the courses used to develop this exam):
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V8]
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V8]
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7] - On Demand
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V7]
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V7]
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track V7]
VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23)
135 Minutes 70 Questions $250 USD
Professional VMware vSphere 7.x (2V0-21.20) - Retiring soon on January 31, 2024
130 Minutes 70 Questions $250 USD
FAQs
No, you must complete a vSphere 7 course to achieve certification if you do not already hold a current VCP certification. If you have taken a vSphere V6.7 course, you may take the VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7] or VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7] – On Demand course and it will qualify.
Data Center Virtualization solutions are frequently updated. Having a year as its certification version allows VMware to better maintain the exam and training content, and more importantly, provides certification candidates to communicate how current their skills are in relation to other certifications.
No, however we strongly recommend that you do so. Also, please note that successfully registering to take an exam does not imply that you meet the certification requirements in full.
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If you have taken one of the qualifying V7 courses and passed the older 2V0-621 or 2V0-622 exam you will be required to pass the latest Professional VMware vSphere 7.x (2V0-21.20) exam to earn the VCP-DCV 2023 certification you are pursuing.
If you have completed 2V0-622 VCP6.5-DCV exam, then you are required to pass the Professional VMware vSphere 7.x (2V0-21.20) exam and complete a V7 course to achieve the VCP-DCV 2023 certification, but you are not required to pass the vSphere Foundations exam.
No, only if you have taken a vSphere V6.7 course, you may take the VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7] or VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7] – On Demand course to fulfill the training requirement towards VCP-DCV 2023 certification.

Certification Resources

VMware Certification Story: Dan McGee, VCP-DCV, VCP-Cloud, VCP5-DT

VMware Certification Story: Brian Kirsch, VCP-DCV

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