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VCAP5-DCA: Passed
For those of you who have read my VCAP5-DCD: Passed post, you will have gotten an insight into what I do for a living which is pre-sales focusing on infrastructure design. The process I used to pass...
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VCDX Submission – By The Numbers
Prerequisite I’m sure all of you know that the prerequisites for VCDX are VCP and both VCAPs. I started the process of trying to achieve the VCDX certification back in October 2013, when I passed the...
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VCDX Defense Schedule 2015
A quick post to mention that the VCDX defense schedule has been released for 2015. Defenses will be held simultaneously at Palo Alto (USA), Frimley (UK) and Singapore (Asia) For more details of how to...
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Certification Hamster Wheel?
Disclaimer: This is a copy of the post that I made for TechTarget recently. The first part of this blog post relates to some general thoughts about certification in general. If you only want to know...
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Reschedule Cloud or Desktop VCAP Exam Issue
Yesterday I received an email stating that the VDTD510 – VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Desktop Design needed to be rescheduled as my exam was booked in for 14th March 2015. No problem or...
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VCP5-DCV Delta Passed
After receiving a friendly reminder from VMware that my VCP5-DCV was due to expire in December, my first thoughts was to take the VCP6-DCV exam, but with less than two months to go and a busy schedule...
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Cheap(er) Microsoft Azure Exams
Part of working in IT means keeping your skills relevant and up to date, which usually leads into taking exams on a regular basis. Depending on your situation, exams maybe self or employer funded, so...
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Why I’m Pleased I Failed The VCDX
Before I start this blog post, I want to mention that I am of sound mind and that all my faculties are functioning. With that cleared up, I want to start with some context. Throughout my IT career, I...
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End Of A VCP Era
It was back in November 2011 when I first obtained the VCP qualification, I remember how excited I was when I passed this exam. I was designing and installing vSphere 4.x on HPE hardware and this was...
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3 x New Azure Exams with 80% Off
Microsoft have launched three new Azure exams with 80% off, aimed at Azure Administrators, focused on depth rather than breadth. Taking the AZ-100 and AZ-101 will lead to the certification Microsoft...
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Azure CDN: Custom Cache Rules
It was just over a couple of years ago when I wrote the Azure CDN Concept blog post. I was recently asked by a customer to apply caching rules to only a specific set of file extensions using a custom...
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