In episode thirteen of The VCDX Podcast, I am joined by two special guests who share their experiences of defending remotely and offer up plenty of great advice on how to tailor your preparation for a remote defense.

News & Updates

New VCDX’s

Congratulations to the newly minted VCDX’s since our last episode. All VCDX’s can be found in The VCDX Directory

VCDX #291 – Pawel Piotrowski – Poland – (DCV)
VCDX #292 – Asaf Blubshtein – US – (DCV)

Important Dates

The forthcoming online VCDX Workshop:

• Friday, Feb 26th, 2021 – Register Here

Up and coming application deadline for the June 2021 VCDX Defenses:

• Thursday, April 8th, 2021 (Don’t wait until the deadline to submit!!)

All important VCDX dates can be found on The VCDX Calendar

Interview Notes & Links

This episode’s special guests are:

• Chris Noon (#289) – https://vmusketeers.com/
• Asaf Blubshtein (#292) – https://softwaredefinedcoffee.com

Products discussed in the episode:

• Apple Pencil
• AirSketch Pro
• Huion HS611

Q&A

As always, if you have any questions you want answering on the Podcast, please send them to me via the two options below:

• My Twitter account: https://twitter.com/simonlong_
• Or find me on The VCDX Prep Slack Team

I’m always looking for feedback and ways to improve the podcast, so please, contact me with any thoughts and feedback you might have. If you enjoyed this episode, please remember to subscribe (using the links below) and let others know about it on social media.

In episode twelve of The VCDX Podcast, I am joined by two special guests to talk about their recent experiences of being observers in the latest VCDX defenses.

News & Updates

The forthcoming online VCDX Workshop

• Friday, December 4, 2020 – Register Here

March 2020 Defense Applications close on Monday, January 4th. Don’t wait until the deadline to submit!!

Interview Notes & Links

This week’s special guests are:

• Phoebe Kim (VCDX #288)
• Marco van Baggum (VCDX #223)

Q&A

As always, if you have any questions you want answering on the Podcast, please send them to me via the two options below:

• My Twitter account: https://twitter.com/simonlong_
• Or find me on The VCDX Prep Slack Team

I’m always looking for feedback and ways to improve the podcast, so please, contact me with any thoughts and feedback you might have. If you enjoyed this episode, please remember to subscribe (using the links below) and let others know about it on social media.

In episode eleven of The VCDX Podcast, My special guest talks about how the skills they gained throughout their VCDX journey, has helped their career, even in a job that isn’t using VMware technologies.

News & Updates

The forthcoming online VCDX Workshop

• Friday, April 24th 2020 – Register Here

June Defense Application Entry Opens on Thursday 30th April. Don’t wait until the deadline to submit!!

Interview Notes & Links

This week’s special guest is Faisal Hasan (VCDX #254)

Q&A

As always, if you have any questions you want answering on the Podcast, please send them to me via the two options below:

• My Twitter account: https://twitter.com/simonlong_
• Or find me on The VCDX Prep Slack Team

I’m always looking for feedback and ways to improve the podcast, so please, contact me with any thoughts and feedback you might have. If you enjoyed this episode, please remember to subscribe (using the links below) and let others know about it on social media.

Hey guys, I just wanted to bring to your attention a new project that I am working on called The VCDX Podcast. Yep, another Podcast.

As a VCDX panelist, I get asked a lot of questions related to the VCDX certification and the overall process. So I decided, instead of answering every question individually, I would answer them on a Podcast for all to hear and learn from.

The Podcast currently consists of 4 sections and this will probably change as the Podcast matures.

1. VCDX News and Updates
2. Special Guest Interview – With a mixture of VCDX panelists, mentors, and certification holders
3. Common VCDX Mistakes
4. Q&A

Episode 1 – Welcome To The VCDX Podcast was released last week and can be listened to or downloaded below.

The Podcast should be available where ever you get your Podcasts. Here are some quick links to the common platforms.

As with everything I write about, please provide feedback or ideas on how to improve the Podcast. If you have questions that you want answering, you can either message me on Twitter: @SimonLong_ or you can send me an email via my Contact Simon page

In episode ten of The VCDX Podcast, My special guest will share some of the common mistakes that they see regularly as a VCDX panelist, in the hope that future candidates don’t make the same mistakes as those who went before them.

News & Updates

Congratulations to the newly minted VCDX’s since our last episode:

• VCDX #286 – Igor Zecevic – France (DCV)
• VCDX #287 – Katsuhiko Niino – Japan – (NV)
• VCDX #288 – Phoebe Kim – US – (NV)

The forthcoming online VCDX Workshop

• Friday, Febrary 28th 2020 – Register Here

Interview Notes & Links

This week’s special guest is Paul McSharry (VCDX #234)

Talking Points:

1. Risk Management & Mitigation – “Risk is accepted by the business”
2. Too many constraints that limit the ability to show design expertise
3. Not enough logical design
4. Lack of diagrams both in design and in whiteboard for defense
5. Looking for a slide that answers the question, when a answer or drawing helps.
6. “I would use this tool (ie vROps,vRNI)“, without the how , why and impact.

Q&A

AS always, if you have any questions you want answering on the Podcast, please send them to me via the two options below:

• My Twitter account: https://twitter.com/simonlong_
• Or find me on The VCDX Prep Slack Team

I’m always looking for feedback and ways to improve the podcast, so please, contact me with any thoughts and feedback you might have. If you enjoyed this episode, please remember to subscribe (using the links below) and let others know about it on social media.

In episode nine of The VCDX Podcast, My special guest will be answering some of our listener questions around the VCDX-NV certification.

News & Updates

Up and coming VCDX Application deadline

• January 3rd – Deadline for March 2020 defense applications

Interview Notes & Links

This week’s special guest is Joe Silvagi (VCDX #175)

Q&A

AS always, if you have any questions you want answering on the Podcast, please send them to me via the two options below:

• My Twitter account: https://twitter.com/simonlong_
• Or find me on The VCDX Prep Slack Team

I’m always looking for feedback and ways to improve the podcast, so please, contact me with any thoughts and feedback you might have. If you enjoyed this episode, please remember to subscribe (using the links below) and let others know about it on social media.

In episode eight of The VCDX Podcast, we’ll be hearing from our special guest about their recent VCDX defense experience and how it was actually quite a bit different from the experience they were expecting.

News & Updates

Congratulations to the 2 new VCDX’s:

• #284 – Raymond De Jong (NV)
• #285 – Pankaj Verma (NV)

Up and coming VCDX Workshops

• Phoenix VMUG UserCon on Wednesday, October 30th. Register here for VMUG
• VMworld Barcelona on Monday, November 4th. Register here for the VCDX Workshop
• Online VCDX Workshop on Friday, November 15th. Register here for the VCDX Workshop

Interview Notes & Links

This week’s special guest is Veronica Davis (VCDX #280)

Common VCDX Mistakes

• “That was planned for phase 2 of this project” or “That was out of scope for this projcet”
  • Provided by VCDX panelist Paul McSharry and Joe Silvagi

Q&A

AS always, if you have any questions you want answering on the Podcast, please send them to me via the two options below:

• My Twitter account: https://twitter.com/simonlong_
• Or find me on The VCDX Prep Slack Team

I’m always looking for feedback and ways to improve the podcast, so please, contact me with any thoughts and feedback you might have. If you enjoyed this episode, please remember to subscribe (using the links below) and let others know about it on social media.

In episode seven of The VCDX Podcast, we’ll be offering some advice on ways to recover from failing your latest VCDX certification attempt.

News & Updates

• There will be a VCDX Workshop at the Boston VMUG UserCon on Wednesday, September 25th. Register here for the VCDX Workshop

Interview Notes & Links

• This week’s special guest is Mike Brown (VCDX #71)

Q&A

AS always, if you have any questions you want answering on the Podcast, please send them to me via the two options below:

• My Twitter account: https://twitter.com/simonlong_
• Or find me on The VCDX Prep Slack Team

I’m always looking for feedback and ways to improve the podcast, so please, contact me with any thoughts and feedback you might have. If you enjoyed this episode, please remember to subscribe (using the links below) and let others know about it on social media.