Training

For architects and technical project leads planning an environment with VMware Cloud Foundation 9. The focus is on design decisions and the reasoning behind them, not on operating the product; the exercises are done on paper.

For teams running a VCF 9 platform. Covers day-to-day operations with VCF Operations and self-service with VCF Automation, with most of the time spent on configuring VCF Automation for All Apps organisations and on troubleshooting with VCF Operations.

For administrators introducing vSphere or taking over an existing environment. By the end they can build an environment themselves and look after it day to day.

The compact alternative to Install, Configure, Manage for anyone who wants to cover more in one week. Longer days with additional topics on running larger environments. The faster pace leaves less time for questions and labs.

The next step after Install, Configure, Manage. For administrators of larger environments who have to keep an eye on performance, security and scale. Goes deeper into what vSphere can do.

For experienced administrators. Roughly half the course is broken lab scenarios to practise a structured approach to troubleshooting, the other half covers the background.

For architects and experienced administrators who plan environments rather than just run them. Teaches a methodical way from requirements to a finished design. Less about features, more about producing a design on paper.

For teams moving from vSphere 7 to 8. Two days on what is new and what to watch out for when upgrading. Like all What's New courses it goes quite deep technically, even though the jump from vSphere 7 to 8 is a small one.

For administrators introducing or running vSAN. Covers planning, building and monitoring a vSAN cluster. Still current.

For administrators who already know vSAN. Two days of troubleshooting in the lab, including red health checks and recovery after an outage. Few slides, lots of labs.

For teams setting up disaster recovery for vSphere. Participants build and test recovery plans and run a failover.

A vendor-neutral introduction for teams that would run Kubernetes themselves rather than just deploy apps on it, and a good basis for vSphere with Tanzu. It focused on what Kubernetes is and how it works rather than on the VMware implementation. No longer offered.

For vSphere administrators who need to provide Kubernetes to development teams. Solid vSphere knowledge is needed, Kubernetes experience is not. Covers the ways vSphere 8 can run Kubernetes workloads.

For teams running Kubernetes clusters with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid. Focuses on installation and the cluster lifecycle and goes deep into both Kubernetes and TKG.

The introductory course for vSphere 7.

The compact intensive version for vSphere 7.

Designing an environment with vSphere 7.

Workshop for experienced administrators on advanced topics in vSphere 7.

Kubernetes in vSphere 7 with vSphere with Tanzu.

Troubleshooting vSAN 7.

An introduction to virtualisation with vSphere 5 and 6: ESXi and vCenter, creating and managing virtual machines, connecting networking and storage. I taught it regularly, for newcomers and administrators new to vSphere.

For administrators introducing or taking over Horizon. Covers delivering virtual desktops and apps and securing access from outside.

Like Deploy and Manage, plus App Volumes for application delivery. Longer days, for anyone who wants to learn the whole desktop stack in one week.

For administrators with Horizon experience who want to pin down problems faster. Three days on the faults that typically show up in operations.

The longer five-day version. Most of the time goes into broken lab scenarios that participants fix on their own.

The introductory course for Horizon 8.

Horizon 8 and App Volumes as an intensive course.

Five-day troubleshooting bootcamp for Horizon 8.

Bootcamp on virtual desktops with Horizon 8.

Introduction to Workspace ONE for central management of devices and applications.

Two days of ONTAP basics for anyone who will be looking after NetApp systems. The starting point for the other courses.

The core course for ONTAP administrators: setting up a cluster and providing storage for file and block access.

The continuation of Cluster Administration. For administrators building data protection and disaster recovery with ONTAP's built-in tools.

Cluster Administration and Data Protection combined into one week.

For administrators running Windows file services on ONTAP. The focus is on setup, permissions and troubleshooting SMB.

For engineers who install MetroCluster systems: setup, commissioning and testing switchovers between the sites.

A vendor-neutral introduction to SAN and storage for people new to the topic.