Hi @Iams3le Sorry for the delay. First of all the course. I thought the instructor was very good like all Veeam instructors. I am not just saying that I have had instructors in the past from other software companies who were just using the time clocks, i.e. punch in, waste time, punch out, collect pay cheque. So I wanted to make that clear. Veeam vet their trainers very well. As for the course I am going to go on a limb with a slight bit of constructive criticism. I understand the goal is to have people think in an “Architect” fashion and not just turn the learning experience into a “learn by rote” facts and numbers effort, however, I personally felt too much time was spent with the teams being left to figure things out. Obviously the people who had a lot of experience jumped right in since this was like their daily jobs, but if you had no experience I see where one could just get lost, or be the quiet person in the group. Just my two cents but I would have left the exercise to the end or as homework, with most of the class time filled up going over real case scenarios with expert solutions already in place. Remember on the exam you are completely alone but the course trains you in “group mode”. Again that is just my opinion.
As for the exam, I felt it was not an easy one to prepare for so I ended up doing no preparation at all. What in North America we call a “Hail Mary pass” in North American football. My hunch was that knowledge wise the VMCE2021 should be your base (hence I don’t understand why, if I have understood this correctly, the VMCE2021 is no longer a prerequisite), and from there you need to work on your analytical and attention/focus to detail skills in order to pass.
Overall the VMCE/VMCA experience is excellent and I have personally benefited enormously and highly recommend it.
