1. Course Introduction
   
   • Introductions and course logistics
   • Course objectives
   
   
   
   
2. Design Principles and Process
   
   • Follow a proven process to design and deploy a cloud solution
   • Define customer business objectives
   • Gather and analyze business and application requirements
   • Document design requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
   • Use a systematic method to evaluate and document design decisions
   • Explain the differences between conceptual, logical, and physical designs
   
   
   
   
3. Service Definition and Standardization
   
   • Describe the technical foundation of cloud computing
   • Explain the deployment models of cloud computing
   • Describe the essential characteristics of cloud computing
   • Describe the fundamental service characteristics of a VMware vCloud® solution
   • Explain IT service concepts
   • Describe a structured service development process
   • List the potential components of a service-level agreement
   • Describe a service catalog offered within a vCloud Director platform
   
   
   
   
4. vCloud Director Architecture and Components
   
   • Describe the vCloud Director architecture
   • Define sites and availability zones
   • Review the vCloud Director components and explain their functions
   
   
   
   
5. vCloud Director Virtual Data Center Design
   
   • Describe the design of a provider virtual data center and its relationship to the underlying vSphere infrastructure
   • Define organizations, organization virtual data centers, networks, storage, catalogs, and vApps
   
   
   
   
6. Cloud Management and Resource Components
   
   • Identify the management components in a vCloud Director environment
   • Describe the use of management cluster concepts
   • Design the vSphere, NSX, and necessary storage infrastructure
   • Define the resource cluster design and use cases
   • Link definitions to requirements
   
   
   
   
7. vCloud Director Integrations
   
   • Describe the integration with VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™, vRealize Business for Cloud, and VMware vRealize® Operations™
   • Design integrations with third-party products
   
   
   
   
8. vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
   
   • Describe the vCloud Availability for vCloud Director architecture
   • List the prerequisites of vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
   • Implement vCloud Availability for vCloud Director
   
   
   
   
9. Customer Onboarding
   
   • Describe tenant layer 2 VPN access
   • Describe tenant SSL VPN access
   • Import existing VMware vCenter Server® managed infrastructure into vCloud Director

Completion of the following course is required:

•          VMware vCloud Director: Install, Confiqure, Manage or equivalent knowledge

Completion of the following courses is recommended:

•         VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage
•         VMware NSX: Design and Deploy
•         VMware vShere: Install, Configure, Manage
•         VMware vShare: Design workshop