Virtualization Essentials Online Training
Duration: 12 Hours
The Virtualization Essentials Course™ is a 12-hour, interactive, online learning experience. The course provides a balanced curriculum and addresses the business perspective, the technical organization, and operating and governing virtualization. The course enables the participants to successfully complete the associated Virtualization Essentials exam to become a Virtualization Essentials Professional (VEP) with the Cloud Credential Council. In addition, the course complements the Cloud Essentials course. The participants can take the Cloud Essentials course either before or after they have taken the Virtualization Essentials course.
Course Approach
Scenario-driven learning has always been one of the key success factors of ezCertifications courses, because it puts participants in the right mindset to apply the principles in a realistic setting. The role-play activities included in this course present a real-world connection by using situations that can occur in the day-to-day life of participants. In addition, interactive elements such as brainstorms, quizzes, and discussions add to the interactive nature of this course.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Understand the common terms and definitions of virtualization.
Comprehend the business benefits and business considerations of virtualization.
Understand various approaches to server virtualization, its relevance to the modern data center, available platforms, and important features.
Understand the implications of virtualization on storage, networks, and applications and recognize issues, challenges, and opportunities for managing this.
Comprehend the implications of virtualization on the modern workplace, and recognize challenges and opportunities for managing this.
Understand the impact and changes of virtualization on IT service management.
Explain typical steps that lead to the successful adoption of virtualization techniques, and understand the implications for an organization.
Recognize the compliance, risk, and regulatory consequences of virtualization and its financial and strategic impact on an organization.
Curiculum
Course Introduction - Course Overview
Introduction of Virtualization - Context, Definitions, and Landscape
Business Perspective - Business Value, Inhibitors, and Challenges
The Virtual Data Center: Server Virtualization - Server Virtualization, Elements, Platforms, and Features
The Virtual Data Center: Storage, Networks, and Applications - Storage, Networking, Automation, Tools, and Implications
Workplace Virtualization Technologies - Workplace, Challenges, and Solutions
Adopting Virtualization - Roadmaps, Service Introduction, and Migration Techniques
Operating Virtualization - Service Management Applied to Virtualization
Governing Virtualization - Risk Management, Financial Management, and Sharing Policy
Exam Preparation - 40 Sample Questions Exam