Training agenda

Explain the basic concepts and terminologies in a VMware Cloud Director environment
Describe the basic architecture of a VMware Cloud Director environment
Follow a proven process to design and deploy a cloud solution
Gather and analyze business and application requirements
Document design requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
Use a systematic method to evaluate and document design decisions
Explain the differences between conceptual, logical, and physical designs
Describe the concepts of Provider SLAs
Discuss the advantages of standardized and flexible cloud platforms
Explain how you can use a building-block design approach with VMware products to architect a flexible but standardized cloud environment
Impact on Monetization of service definitions
Discuss the design and implications of a vSphere Design for the Cloud Platform
Explain the use of Single vs. Stretched vs. Multi-Site deployments
Design Cloud Director Federation
Explain use cases for CPOM

Describe the NSX Management cluster architecture, components, and communication channels
Identify the workflows involved in configuring the NSX Management cluster
Validate and troubleshoot the NSX Management cluster formation
Explain basic concepts of NSX-V and NSX-T design with VMware Cloud Director
Discuss the use cases for Edge Services
Discuss the use cases for Distributed Network Services
Discuss the features available in NSX-V and NSX-T
Explain the integration of external networks (such as MPLS, DirectConnect)
Explain the integration of 3rd party network services (NON-VMware Edge Services, WAF)
Discuss different migration scenarios
Explain pre-requisites for migration from NSX-V to NSX-T

Explain basic concepts of NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Explain the integration of NSX Advanced Load Balancer with VMware Cloud Director
Discuss the use cases for NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Explain the load-balancing service offered by an NSX-T edge gateway

Describe the architecture of VMware Cloud Director Availability
Explain the prerequisites of VMware Cloud Director Availability
Discuss the implementation of VMware Cloud Director Availability
Discuss the use cases for migration with VMware Cloud Director Availability
Explain setup of data seeds for VMware Cloud Director Availability
Discuss the use cases for Disaster Recover as a Service with VMware Cloud Director Availability
Explain connectivity for VMware Cloud Director Availability to Cloud use cases
Understand requirements for VMware Cloud Director Availability OnPrem to Cloud failover and failback

Describe the architecture of vRealize Operations in a Service Provider
Describe the architecture of vRealize Operations Tenant App
Explain the use cases for vRealize Operations Tenant App
Explain use cases for vRealize Operations Manager in Service Provider environments
Discuss vRealize Operations Manager Management Packs
Explain advanced troubleshooting in service provider environments with vRealize Operations Manager
Discuss architecture and integration of vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App
Explain connectivity of the vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App
Discuss user and role management of the vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App
Describe billing policy definition in the vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App

Explain VMware Cloud Director orchestration
Explain vRealize Orchestrator use cases
Describe the architecture of vRealize Orchestrator in a Service Provider environment
Explain use cases for VMware Cloud Director blocking tasks
Explain use cases for XaaS Integration
Design workflows, objects
Discuss UI customization for Service Provider and Tenants
Explain integration of custom elements in VMware Cloud Director
Explain use cases for Extensibility SDK