Duration: 2 Days
In this course, you will address the business perspective, technical
organization, operation, and governance of virtualization. You will cover
concepts that will help you successfully complete the associated exam to become
a Virtualization Essentials Professional (VEP). This course complements the
Cloud Essentials course, which can be completed before or after you've taken
this course.
The course materials are accredited by the Cloud Credential Council and registered with the Project Management Institute for PDU eligibility.
What You Will Learn
- Common terms and definitions of virtualization
- Business benefits and business considerations of virtualization
- Approaches to server virtualization, its relevance to the modern data
center, available platforms, and important features
- Implications of virtualization on storage, networks, and applications
- Issues, challenges, and opportunities
- Implications of virtualization on the modern workplace and the challenges
and opportunities for managing this
- Impact and changes of virtualization on IT service management
- Steps
that lead to the successful adoption of virtualization techniques and the
implications for an organization.
- Compliance, risk, and regulatory consequences of virtualization and its
financial and strategic impact
Audience
- IT management, support
staff, and consultants
- Business managers and
analysts
- Small and midsized
business owners
- Specialists (IT,
security, infrastructure, services, systems, and test)
- Business process
owners
- IT developers
- Service providers
- System integrators
- Architects
Prerequistes
Experience in the IT domain
Course Outline
1.
Virtualization
- Definitions and Concepts
- Virtualization in Context
- Virtualization in Readiness
- Virtualization Landscape
2.
Business Perspectives
- Business Value
- Inhibitors and Challenges
3.
Virtual Data Center: Server Virtualization
- Server Virtualization
- Types of Server Virtualization
- Leading Platforms
- Unique Features
4.
The Virtual Data Center: Storage, Networks, and Applications
- Virtualization and Storage
- Virtualization and the Network
- Systems Management
- Opportunities for Application Developers
5.
Workplace Virtualization Technologies
- Workplace Virtualization
- Challenges and Solutions
6.
Adopting Virtualization
- Roadmaps
- Service Introduction
- Migration Technologies
7.
Operating Virtualization
- Impact on Service Management Processes
- Virtualization and Service Management
8.
Governing Virtualization
- Risk Management
- Financial Management
- Sharing Policy and IT Management
Course Labs
