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This e-Learning course provides a business and technical overview of cloud computing and virtualization and prepares you to successfully complete the Cloud Computing Foundation and Virtualization Foundation exams. Vouchers for each exam are included in the course.

Certification:

This course prepares you to take the Cloud Computing and Virtualization exams to earn the Cloud-Ready Professional (CRP) and Virtualization-Ready Professional (VRP) designations.

The online CRP and VRP exams are in closed-book format, with 40 multiple-choice questions. The passing score for each exam is 65% (26 out of 40 questions), and you are allotted 60 minutes to complete each exam.

What You'll Learn

• Common terms and definitions
• Business benefits and considerations
• Technical overview of cloud computing and virtualization
• Various techniques, methods, and challenges
• Understand the impact and changes on IT service management
• Typical steps that lead to the successful adoption and corresponding organizational implications
• Compliance, risk, and regulatory consequences of adoption
• Financial and strategic impact on an organization

Who Needs to Attend

• IT management, developers, consultants, and support staff
• Business managers, analysts, and process owners
• Small and mid-sized business owners
• Specialists (IT, security, infrastructure, services, systems, test, etc.)
• Service providers, system integrators, architects, and consultants

Prerequisites

IT experience

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. Cloud Computing

• Introduction to Cloud Computing
• Business Perspective
• Technical Perspective
• Adopting the Cloud
• Operating in the Cloud
• Governing the Cloud
• Exam Preparation

2. Virtualization

• Introduction of Virtualization
• Business Perspective
• The Virtual Data Center: Server Virtualization
• The Virtual Data Center: Storage Networks and Applications
• Workplace Virtualization Technologies
• Adopting Virtualization
• Operating Virtualization
• Governing Virtualization
• Exam Preparation