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Hi everyone, as February unfolds one of the items I would like to point you all to is the VMware Learning Zone. Getting certified and attending quality training is important for all of us but it is really hard to get to either live on-line or in-person classes. This is where the VMware Learning Zone comes in. If you head over to https://www.vmware.com/education-services/learning-zone.html you will find options for VMware training and certification that I am sure will be very useful. You can purchase individual courses as well as a full subscription. The subscription option I think will appeal to most and comes in 3 flavors. There is the Free Basic subscription which provides access to over 700 technical videos, 58 short courses as well as training for the VMware Certified Associate. Next is the Standard Learning Subscription and finally the Premium Learning Subscription. There should be a subscription offer no matter what your requirements. Have a chat to your VMware TAM or VMware representative to help with more information and let's make this the year that we all get more certified.
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VMWARE TAM CUSTOMER WEBINAR
February 2019 – vSAN 2 Node and Stretched Clusters Deep Dive
Date: Thursday, February 21st
Time: 11:00am EST/ 10:00am CST/ 8:00am PST
Duration: 1.5 Hour
Synopsis:
vSAN 2 Node and Stretched Clusters Deep Dive – Best Practices, Troubleshooting, & Operations Considerations
Guest speaker:
Jase McCarty - Staff Technical Marketing Architect, Storage and Availability
Registration Link:
https://vmware.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yyQmR-oMQiaDq-Y-CIbp2w
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