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I've been running VMware ESX/ESXi since 3.5 so my knowledge is pretty good but I've never had any actual training. Company will pay for me to go to training (preferably online). I'm looking for VMware Install and Configure VSphere 6.0 (or 5.5)

I've looked at a few online programs from various colleges. One I've looked at is Caldwell Community college. Price is right but the schedule would be difficult.

Authorized program would be great so I can take the VCP exam at some point. I have about $1500-$2000 that I can be reimbursed for so I'd like to stay in that price range if possible. Online lab access would be great, I have my own host but it's pretty basic.
 
I took the ICM class through UCSC extension awhile back. Think it ran about 1300 maybe less. It was all online and there were no specific time requirements as to when you had to attend the class, they were all recorded lectures and there were weekly assignments that needed to be completed. Can't remember off the top of my head how many weeks it ran. Take a look at the techexams.net virtualization forum for other options available.
 
I know that this is not in your price range, but my recommendation as someone who has taught the ICM course at a college for a couple of years is to not take the ICM course, and not take it at a college.

The issue with the ICM is that a lot of time is spent on the basics and thus it's often just review for folks who have some experience. The much better option is to take the Fast Track course (currently in beta for v6), which provides 10 more hours of instruction on distributed features (which are mentioned, but not covered in ICM).

A lot of the training value comes from interacting with other students. The quality of students is substantially higher for commercial training because only actual professionals show up when the training cost is 6k. In a college setting you get a lot of traditional students who couldn't be more clueless and have zero professional experience. The amount of knowledge you can gain from talking to the other course attendees over a beer or two is tremendous, as is the value of the contacts you will make.

If you join the VMUG Advantage program you get a 20% discount on commercial training prices. If you work with your training rep you can at times even receive deeper discounts as they try to fill a spot in a particular instructor-led training course.

If you are actually limited to the 2k budget then just spend $60 on a book and be done with it.
 
Thanks for the advice/information. Don't you have to take the course from an authorized trainer to be able to get the certification? I always thought that was the case with VMware.
 
If you want to do self study, pluralsight.com has some great video training. That and the free HOL (hands on labs) should get you 99% of the way there.
 
On a limited budget, I'd recommend some of the PluralSight courses as well. There are some great ones that are worth taking.
 
Sp33dFr33k said:
Thanks for the advice/information. Don't you have to take the course from an authorized trainer to be able to get the certification? I always thought that was the case with VMware.
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There are two paths to certification. One is via commercial training (New Horizons, Global Knowledge, VMware direct, or similar), and one is via taking it at an authorized VMware IT Academy.

The VMware IT Academies are colleges who have partnered with VMware to deliver the ICM and sometimes other courses. The course content is the same, the difference is that the VMware IT Academy course is usually semester based rather the one week of commercial training. You get the same mylearn.vmware.com account. The VMware IT Academy course is also cheaper because it's usually a 3 credit course in college at whatever the credit hour price is.
 
I've been looking at the IT academy courses at various community colleges. I think that's the route I will take as the cost is much lower than a typical VMware course.
 
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