VMWare IT Academy

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

There are several ways that you can get VCP certified through Stanly Community College.

We align our certification tracks with the recommendations and requirements set out by VMware for individuals with no prior experience with VMware vSphere. These requirements can be found on their website at https://www.vmware.com/learning/certification/vcp-dcv.html.

• For simplicity we have summarized them below:
  1. (Recommended) Gain experience with vSphere 8.x
• This can be accomplished by doing the hands-on labs (built in a real vSphere 8.x environment) offered through our courses.
• (Recommended) Attend one of the training courses
• SCC offers the ICM and OSS training courses
• (Required) Pass the qualifying exam
• VMware vSphere 8.x Professional (2V0-21.23PSE) (referred to as the VCP exam)

In addition to the above recommendations and requirements SCC also recommends students take the Associate VMware Data Center Virtualization (1V0-21.20PSE) exam (referred to as the VCTA exam) before taking the VCP exam.

With the above recommendations and requirements in mind we have laid out the certification options available to you through SCC below:

1. Recommended certification track for students new to VMware and vSphere:

• Take and pass the ICM course (gives 8 weeks of access to 26 hands on labs in a real vSphere 8.x environment, covers the basics of vSphere in depth, and gives you a voucher for 70% off one attempt at any VMware PSE exam)
• Use the ICM voucher to take and pass the VCTA PSE exam (gives you another certification and familiarizes you with the testing process and environment in a lower stake scenario)
• Take and pass the OSS course (gives 8 weeks of access to 20 hands on labs in a real vSphere 8.x environment, covers higher level administrator topics, and gives you a voucher for 70% off one attempt at any VMware PSE exam)
• Use the OSS voucher to take and pass the VCP PSE exam.

(This track takes full advantage of our learning resources and best prepares students for the VCP exam reducing the number of attempts and saving money by using our vouchers)

2. Recommended certification track for students who work with vSphere daily:

• Take and pass the OSS course (gives 8 weeks of access to 20 hands on labs in a real vSphere 8.x environment, covers higher level administrator topics, and gives you a voucher for 70% off one attempt at any VMware PSE exam)

• Use the OSS voucher to take and pass the VCP PSE exam.

(This track is only recommended for individuals that have a firm grasp of the concepts of VMware and work with it daily)

3.  Not recommended certification track:

• Take and pass the ICM course (gives 8 weeks of access to 26 hands on labs in a real vSphere 8.x environment, covers the basics of vSphere in depth, and gives you a voucher for 70% off one attempt at any VMware PSE exam)
• Use the ICM voucher to take and pass the VCP PSE exam

(This track is not recommended as it does not cover key topics covered in the OSS class that can be tested for in the VCP exam, and it does not fully prepare the student for administrative roles in a vSphere environment)

 

At the end of each class, we do give out 70% off discount vouchers that are good for one attempt at any VMware PSE exam, but we recommend that you use the ICM voucher to take the VCTA exam as described above.

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.

Yes, we do give out 70% off discount vouchers that are good for one attempt at any VMware PSE exam at the end of each course.

We have curated our recommended certification track to give students the best chance at passing the exam the first time, but do understand that things don’t always work out the way we hoped they would.

Students are eligible to receive discount vouchers after each official VMware IT Academy course they pass. Besides ICM and OSS, this includes the Core Technical Skills courses on D2L that you received access to in ICM and OSS.

If you can provide a valid certificate of completion from any of those courses we can issue you another voucher good for 70% off any VMware PSE exam.

 

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).