This five-day course provides hands-on training to equip students with a range of skills, from performing routine VMware vSphere® 7 administrative tasks to complex vSphere operations and configurations. Through lab-based activities, students are immersed in real-life situations faced by VMBeans, a fictitious company. These situations expose students to real-life scenarios faced by companies that are building and scaling their virtual infrastructure. Approximately 90% of the class is application-focused and taught through labs. The course aligns fully with the VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization Deploy exam objectives. Product Alignment - VMware ESXi 7 - VMware vCenter Server 7 1 Course Introduction Introductions and course logistics Course objectives Introduction to fictitious company: VMBeans 2 Configure and Manage Your vSphere Environment Perform various vCenter Server configurations Configure an external identity source Configure virtual networking with advanced options Configure and manage advanced storage configurations Configure vSphere clusters (also using Cluster QuickStart) 3 Management and Operations