VMWare IT Academy

Due to Broadcom’s unilateral termination of the VMware IT Academy program we will no longer be able to offer VMware courses here at SCC after May 2025.

We plan on offering three more 8 week class in ICM, OSS, and the VMware vSphere Practice Labs and Review courses with one starting October 23^rd and the other two will be in the Spring Semester.

Broadcom has cut access to academic discount vouchers so we will not be providing them for those classes. Any students planning on taking our closing classes should expect to pay full price for any VMware exams they wish to take.

SCC still recommends that students wishing to get their VCP certification should take ICM and OSS classes to best prepare for the VCP exam and reduce the number of retries when taking the exam. Due to the price increase and the lack of a discount voucher we feel that the VCTA certification is financially untenable for most of our students and we do not recommend it if you plan to take the VCP.

Please feel free to contact the IT Academy at itacademy@stanly.edu if you have any questions or concerns on the end of life process for our VMware Classes.

To start the process of taking a class in the IT Academy, you must first place your name on the wait list.  This can be done by clicking on the following link and selecting the class you wish to take:  https://itacademy.stanly.edu/waitlist.aspx 

If you wish to take multiple classes, you must sign up on the wait list for each class you wish to take.  Once your name is on the wait list, our registration technicians will register for the classes in a First In First Out manner (FIFO).  We cannot guarantee you will be enrolled in the next set of classes at the IT Academy, but we will do everything we can to enroll you in a class as quickly as possible.  Once you are enrolled, the registration technicians send an email with payment details, and it is your responsibility to pay for the class in a timely manner. 

Each course is 8 weeks (about 2 months) in length. 

Each course varies, but most of our courses will have at least one weekly meeting at a time to be determined by the instructor based on the students’ availability. These will be recorded if you are unable to attend. The rest of the material will be scheduled asynchronously. This will allow students to work in their own time, and at their own pace, which can be especially helpful for adult learners who need to balance their education with work and family responsibilities. It also provides a way for students who live far away from a school or university to participate in courses remotely. However, there will be quizzes, labs and assignments with due dates to help you stay on track to finish the class.

Yes, all IT academy courses are offered in a fully online format.

IT Academy courses start  after the regular semester class start date, but typically run five sets of 8-week courses throughout the year. Please check the schedule on the main IT Academy page for exact dates for the next course. 

$205 USD

Once the class is over, the materials will not be available. Please complete the labs as many times as possible and view the content as much as possible during the set class dates.  Students wishing to obtain more lab access should take the VMware Exam Prep class offered through the IT Academy.

The e-text is available for free.

We do not have access to VMware’s student database or student’s Broadcom accounts to input their classes, so you will never see our classes in your Broadcom account, but the PSE exams (which you will see in your account) prove that you took a class with us (since passing an IT Academy class is the only way to get those vouchers).