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Digital Certification Badges

Hello,

would you like to receive digital badges for your VMSP, VMTSP, VMCE or VMCA certification - e.g via Acclaim?

I think this would be great, you can show your achievement, clients and employers can verify your certifcation online on the Badge Website.

An example of an digital badge can be found here:
https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/e08d2837-6862-43a1-a57e-44246ab432e3

 

What do you think? Good idea or nonsense?

28 comments

haslund
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

This is a fantastic idea :nerd: VMCE and VMCA badges are already available on your acclaim today, for example on https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/44102657-8340-49e2-87cd-6e3566269787

However, VMSP and VMTSP (and VMTSP+) are not on Your Acclaim (yet at least).

Check out my blog on https://rasmushaslund.com - Rasmus is a Veeam Certified Trainer and passionate about all community work.
JMeixner
Userlevel 7
Badge +17

Ok :-)

I had not found the VMCE and VMCA badges up to now… So most of my suggestion is already there - perhaps the rest will be realized, too.

Jochen (Joe) Meixner | Veeam Vanguard 2024 | Veeam Legend 2021 - 2023 | Veeam Certified Architect (VMCA) | Twitter: @JoMeix | BlueSky: @jmeixner.bsky.social
regnor
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

Please don't hate me but I've never understood the purpose of YourAcclaim. Isn't the paper/digital certificate which you get after passing an exam proof enough?

Max M. | Systems Engineer @Veeam | VMCE/VMCA | VeeaMVP 2023 | former Legend & Vanguard
haslund
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

Fair question @regnor - I've seen quite a few fake PDF certificates, unfortunately. These days many tenders require consultants who implement to be certified and provide the capability to verify online and this is where Your Acclaim is nice.

Check out my blog on https://rasmushaslund.com - Rasmus is a Veeam Certified Trainer and passionate about all community work.
regnor
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

Fair question @regnor - I've seen quite a few fake PDF certificates, unfortunately. These days many tenders require consultants who implement to be certified and provide the capability to verify online and this is where Your Acclaim is nice.


I thought about fake certificates but couldn't belive someone actually doing this. Of course then a third party validation makes sense. I remember VMware had a page for validating their certifications but can't seem to find it anymore.

By the way I've just noticed that the VMCE2020 doesn't contain a certification ID ;)

Max M. | Systems Engineer @Veeam | VMCE/VMCA | VeeaMVP 2023 | former Legend & Vanguard
haslund
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

By the way I've just noticed that the VMCE2020 doesn't contain a certification ID ;)

Correct, I'm pretty sure that is on purpose but I can check up on it.

Check out my blog on https://rasmushaslund.com - Rasmus is a Veeam Certified Trainer and passionate about all community work.
JMeixner
Userlevel 7
Badge +17

@regnor, the fake certificates are a problem I have seen at several times with consultants and admins...

So I think the online verification ist very useful.

And on a platform like Acclaim you have all your certifications in one place and can direct a client or employer to this place where he can find them.

Jochen (Joe) Meixner | Veeam Vanguard 2024 | Veeam Legend 2021 - 2023 | Veeam Certified Architect (VMCA) | Twitter: @JoMeix | BlueSky: @jmeixner.bsky.social
haslund
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

@JMeixner Which certificates have you seen faked? For me, so far MCSA and VCP.

Check out my blog on https://rasmushaslund.com - Rasmus is a Veeam Certified Trainer and passionate about all community work.
JMeixner
Userlevel 7
Badge +17

@haslund , yes this is a huge problem with the microsoft certifications. But with the Google certifications, too.

Jochen (Joe) Meixner | Veeam Vanguard 2024 | Veeam Legend 2021 - 2023 | Veeam Certified Architect (VMCA) | Twitter: @JoMeix | BlueSky: @jmeixner.bsky.social
haslund
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

@regnor  I followed up on the “missing” certification ID from the PDF certificates. The PDF is mainly for people who like keeping awards in a frame etc. and since we have the digital badge now for real verification we felt it made sense to drop the ID number from the PDF.

Check out my blog on https://rasmushaslund.com - Rasmus is a Veeam Certified Trainer and passionate about all community work.
regnor
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

@haslund: Thanks for checking that. I liked having a paper/digital certificate, but it looks like the digital badges/verification are the future now. 

I’ve also noticed that I already had an YourAcclaim account and was able to collect all badges from 5 different email adresses.

Max M. | Systems Engineer @Veeam | VMCE/VMCA | VeeaMVP 2023 | former Legend & Vanguard
haslund
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

If you login to Your Acclaim, from your dashboard it is possible to share your badge to PDF. Today, this does not include a link back to Your Acclaim but I’ve talked to the team to see if we could have that implemented (no promises though).

Check out my blog on https://rasmushaslund.com - Rasmus is a Veeam Certified Trainer and passionate about all community work.
JMeixner
Userlevel 7
Badge +17

After the first VEEAM Legends are announced, I have to repeat my suggestion from last year.

Wouldn't it be great to get the Legends Badge as a badge shareable via Acclaim?

I think, the design of the legends logo would be an outstanding pretty badge….

Jochen (Joe) Meixner | Veeam Vanguard 2024 | Veeam Legend 2021 - 2023 | Veeam Certified Architect (VMCA) | Twitter: @JoMeix | BlueSky: @jmeixner.bsky.social
haslund
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

After the first VEEAM Legends are announced, I have to repeat my suggestion from last year.

Wouldn't it be great to get the Legends Badge as a badge shareable via Acclaim?

I think, the design of the legends logo would be an outstanding pretty badge….

Fully agree, Joe! Let’s see if we can make it happen :)

Check out my blog on https://rasmushaslund.com - Rasmus is a Veeam Certified Trainer and passionate about all community work.
Eddie Kwok
Userlevel 7
Badge +1

VMCE badges are already available on your acclaim today?

Please login to Your Acclaim dashboard or verity the Acclaim email setting. please find below attached for reference, thank you.

 


for example on https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/d3284be3-a564-4279-aa1f-e3d31e803362/linked_in_profile

Eddie Kwok
JMeixner
Userlevel 7
Badge +17

Hello @Eddie Kwok ,

yes, I have learned about the existing Acclaim VEEAM Badges. Hadn’t seen them before. Just after my suggestion was online in November, I have seen the first mesages with these badges on LinkedIn...

But my suggestion now was, to create an Acclaim Badge for the VEEAM Legends. :sunglasses:

Jochen (Joe) Meixner | Veeam Vanguard 2024 | Veeam Legend 2021 - 2023 | Veeam Certified Architect (VMCA) | Twitter: @JoMeix | BlueSky: @jmeixner.bsky.social
Eddie Kwok
Userlevel 7
Badge +1

Hello JMeixner,

Congratulations on your VEEAM Legends :sunglasses:

 

Eddie Kwok
Kseniya
Userlevel 7
Badge +3

Hey @JMeixner, tiny spoiler: I’m on it! I will share updates shortly :wink:  

Twitter @frainpan
JMeixner
Userlevel 7
Badge +17

Hey @Kseniya ,
super, thank you. I am very curious about it... :sunglasses:

Jochen (Joe) Meixner | Veeam Vanguard 2024 | Veeam Legend 2021 - 2023 | Veeam Certified Architect (VMCA) | Twitter: @JoMeix | BlueSky: @jmeixner.bsky.social
Eddie Kwok
Userlevel 7
Badge +1

hope can enter the VEEAM Legends program next time:sweat_smile:

Eddie Kwok
Geoff Burke
Userlevel 7
Badge +22

@Kseniya this is great news!

VMCA2024, VMCE2023, CKA, CKAD, KCNA, LFCS, PCA,TARS
I
Userlevel 7
Badge +4

Hello,

would you like to receive digital badges for your VMSP, VMTSP, VMCE or VMCA certification - e.g via Acclaim?

I think this would be great, you can show your achievement, clients and employers can verify your certifcation online on the Badge Website.

An example of an digital badge can be found here:
https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/e08d2837-6862-43a1-a57e-44246ab432e3

 

What do you think? Good idea or nonsense?

you have lot of batches @JMeixner .. Excellent .. 

Inder | www.thenetworkdna.com | Twitter @inder8588
coolsport00
Userlevel 7
Badge +19

I’m personally not a huge fan of Acclaim either @regnor , but I understand its purpose, as has been pointed out - a central repository of sorts for all your certs, instead of having to go to each tech/vendor cert site individually to pull it up if requested by someone/employer (though I have yet in my 15+yr cert career to have to ‘show’ one). 

Cheers!

Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00
Iams3le
Userlevel 7
Badge +9

After the first VEEAM Legends are announced, I have to repeat my suggestion from last year.

Wouldn't it be great to get the Legends Badge as a badge shareable via Acclaim?

I think, the design of the legends logo would be an outstanding pretty badge….

Hello @JMeixner, I wanted to great a new topic for this but having read through the comments, I would like to continue from here. I agree, one should be able to verify these badges as well.

Have we been able to implement the Veeam Legend badge shareable via credly etc? Here is a list of all available badges: https://www.credly.com/skills/veeam/related_badges.
 

When implemented, this will be great for all Legends and Vanguards. And also Veeam Community leaders may find this interesting.

For better results, I will be tagging these special players@Madi.Cristil and @Rick Vanover @NikolaPejkova to help oversee this. 
 

Many thanks!

 

 

[Microsoft MVP | Veeam Legend 5* | VMware vExpert 4* | Cisco Champion 3* | Object First Ace]
Iams3le
Userlevel 7
Badge +9

Hello @Eddie Kwok ,

yes, I have learned about the existing Acclaim VEEAM Badges. Hadn’t seen them before. Just after my suggestion was online in November, I have seen the first mesages with these badges on LinkedIn...

But my suggestion now was, to create an Acclaim Badge for the VEEAM Legends. :sunglasses:

Seconded! 

[Microsoft MVP | Veeam Legend 5* | VMware vExpert 4* | Cisco Champion 3* | Object First Ace]

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