VCAP-DCA... done!

Where do I begin?

I am so glad it's over. It's been a long time since I took an exam where I had to wait for the results. Maybe even 14 years! Even then though, I knew the exact date when the results were due. With the VCAP-DCA, VMware say that you'll get your score within 10 business days. That's not too precise (although thankfully not too long either) and in the end it was more like 13 business days since I actually took the exam.

So, what's it like?

There's a limit to what I can and will say about the exam. Three and a half hours didn't seem like nearly enough to get through it all – I ran out of time. A contributory factor in that though was the equipment / environment used to deliver the exam. I am used to working with a certain amount of screen real-estate and I lost a bit of time working with the 1024 x 768 display that I had. If you've ever tried using the vSphere Client on such a display you'll appreciate what I mean.

I can't say much about the content of the exam. Cover off as much of the exam blueprint as you can and you should be ok.

Next up for me is the DCD exam. Or maybe the Desktop exams. There's plenty to do!