VMware has announced new certifications at VMworld. The new certification structure should help to test individuals in line with their job role (Architect, Engineer Administrator, Developer, & Governance/Operator) and solution focus (Cloud, Datacenter Virtualization, End User Computing, & Cloud Application Platform). The biggest change is that their will be 3 types of VCDX certifications now.

The new roadmap is easy to understand and there are quite some certifications which you can collect:

The complete list of current and pending VMware certifications under this new program:

Cloud

• VCP5-IaaS
• VCP-Cloud (NEW)
• VCAP-CID (NEW)

Datacenter Virtualization

• VCP4
• VCP5
• VCAP4-DCA
• VCAP5-DCA
• VCAP4-DCD
• VCAP5-DCD
• VCDX4

End User Computing

• VCA4-DT
• VCP4-DT
• VCP5-DT
• VCAP-DTD (NEW)

Cloud Application Platform

• Spring Professional
• Web Application Developer
• Enterprise Integration Specialist