1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

• Describe how device groups support AI and ML in vSphere 8.0
• Describe how device virtualization extensions support AI and ML in vSphere 8.0

1. vSphere Distributed Services Engine

• Describe the benefits of Distributed Services Engine
• Explain how Distributed Services Engine works
• Recognize use cases for Distributed Services Engine
• Install ESXi on a host equipped with a DPU
• View DPU information in the vSphere Client
• Add an ESXi host equipped with a DPU to a cluster
• Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to update an ESXi host that contains a DPU
• Create a vSphere distributed switch for network offloads
• Add a host with a DPU to the vSphere distributed switch
• Configure a VM to use uniform passthrough mode

1. vSphere and vCenter Management

• Describe improvements to the communication between vCenter and ESXi hosts
• Describe enhancements to the vCenter recovery process

1. ESXi Enhancements

• Describe the function of the central configuration store in ESXi
• Explain how ConfigStore affects interaction with ESXi configuration files
• Recognize the supported system storage partition configuration on ESXi 8.0
• Identify devices supported for system storage on ESXi 8.0
• Configure an RDMA host local device on ESXi 8.0

1. vSphere Storage

• Describe the VMware vSAN­ Express Storage Architecture
• Recognize the benefits of using vSAN Express Storage Architecture
• Describe the benefits of using NVMe
• Recognize the support for NVMe devices in vSphere 8.0

1. Guest OS and Workloads

• Review the enhancements of the latest virtual hardware versions
• Describe the features introduced with virtual hardware version 20
• Identify the snapshot modes of NVDIMM devices

1. Resource Management

• View energy and carbon emission metrics in VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™
• Describe the vSphere Memory Monitoring and Remediation (vMMR) functionality
• Describe how vMMR enhances the performance of DRS

1. Security and Compliance

• Describe how to manage vTPM secrets when cloning a VM
• Manage OVF templates for VMs configured with vTPM
• Deploy an OVF template with vTPM
• Describe the enhancements to trusted binary enforcement in ESXi
• Describe ESXi 8.0 enhanced security features

1. vSphere Lifecycle Manager

• Describe the enhancements to life cycle management of standalone ESXi hosts
• Manage the configuration profiles of ESXi hosts in a cluster
• Use Auto Deploy to boot a host with the desired image and configuration specifications
• Upgrade multiple ESXi hosts in a cluster in parallel
• Stage an ESXi host image before remediation

1. Auto Deploy

• Manage custom host certificates using Auto Deploy

1. vSphere with Tanzu

• Describe the features of VMware Tanzu® Kubernetes Grid™ 2.0

1. Announcing vSphere+

• Describe the functionality and benefits of vSphere+