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This coming week I will be with a group of 30+ Nutanix Technology Champions for the NTC Tech Connect event being held at the Nutanix HQ in San Jose, California.
We will be hearing from the Nutanix Product Group and Engineering about all things Nutanix over 2-days. Whatever is non-NDA we will be allowed to blog and podcast about.
Looking forward to connecting with Nutants both old and new. I have dug through my store of unused Nutanix swag, which I am bringing with me to hand out to those that are interested.
Kudos goes to NTC Community Manager, Angelo Luciani, for setting this up. I know it took a ton of effort to secure the approvals, budget, and resources to make this event happen.
Are you a passionate user of Nutanix solutions? Want to be a part of a global community of Nutanix enthusiasts? Apply here by Nov 1, 2024.
As an NTC you get access to other Nutanix experts and product briefings. Regular interaction with Nutanix product management for user feedback. Opportunity to meet with other NTCs at Nutanix .NEXT each year.
I recently had an interesting interview with the team who run “The Forecast by Nutanix” a few months ago. They asked many insightful and in-depth questions about the state of the cloud and where technology is heading in the future. They published the podcast episode last week, titled “Architecting Paths from Private Data Centers to Azure Public Cloud”.
Last week, Broadcom deactivated the public VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) directory. It now points to a Broadcom digital property covering the VCDX program.
Previously, you were able to lookup the names and VCDX numbers for current VCDX certified individuals. You could also check for VCDX mentors and panelists and see who worked where. Not any more.
With the exit of VMware EUC to Omnissa, the VCDX program is now reduced to three tracks (DCV, CMA, and NV). However, past VCDX-DTM and VCDX-EUC certifications are still active in a VCDX holder’s certification profile with Broadcom.
So you are looking to hire or partner with someone that claims to be a VCDX. How do you validate this is true? Use the following options to verify their VCDX certification.
Using my CertMetrics link as an example.
Using my Credly badges as an example:
I took the VMware End-User Computing Advanced Design 2024 Exam recently.
It took me two tries to pass this exam. It was one of the most poorly constructed exams I have seen from VMware. I suspect with the Broadcom acquisition, this exam build was rushed. I did not see the usual polish and quality that VMware is known for. Examples include, substandard grammar, bad spelling, obtuse and confusing questions. If I was not motivated by upgrading my VCDX-EUC certification to 2024, I would not have bothered with the resit.
In addition, Objective 3.3 of the blueprint did not appear in any of the questions I saw. Frankly, that part of the blueprint did not make any sense to me.
Reserve some patience for the Broadcom/VMware/Omnissa link clicking extravaganza to find URLs that actually work. Obviously Omnissa is a newly spun-off company from Broadcom for the EUC portfolio, and there are many questions that need to be answered:
With that being said, I am still a fan of the VMware/Omnissa EUC product suite, I think it delivers a ton of business value and I am sure these things will be resolved in the coming months.
These are the study links I used (all links worked at time of publishing):
I took the VMware HCI Master Specialist Exam recently and these are the preparation resources I used:
vcdx133.com 